Assistant Principal

Gospel Oak School, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 0BZ

6 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  9 February 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  3 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: L11-L15
• Additional allowances:

  L11-L15

Assistant Principal job summary

We are seeking to appoint an Assistant Principal to who is aligned with our mission to support social justice through exceptional schools, our values and Our Distinctive Culture. You must have a passion for working in challenging circumstances, in an area of high deprivation and be keen to improve the life chances of all the students.

We are very excited to offer this opportunity for a senior leader to come and join us. We are particularly looking for candidates who are ready to lead on one or two of the following key areas: quality of education-teaching & learning, curriculum development and raising attainment and achievement across all key stages. Candidates must be specialist teachers of maths as a key part of their role will be to support the head of maths in raising standards.

There will be a training programme to develop your knowledge and understanding of school leadership and coach you in the current research behind approaches to curriculum, pedagogy and behaviour, together with wider leadership development around managing workload for staff and change management.

This role offers an excellent career opportunity for a proven, successful middle leader who is ready to progress to a senior leadership role and continue their professional passion.

More information can be found in the attached candidate pack.

Next steps

If you are excited by this role and believe you have the vision and values to fulfil this challenge, then please contact the HR department on GOSHR@gospeloakschool.co.uk or by calling us on 0121 556 1351.

A visit to the school and an informal chat with the Principal is welcomed and encouraged prior to making your application.

Closing Date: Monday 9th February 2026 @ 10.00am. Interviews will take place later in the week beginning 9th February 2026.

Want to know more about Gospel Oak School?

Please visit our website www.gospeloakschool.co.uk, the Central Region Schools Trust website www.centralregionschoolstrust.co.uk and don’t forget to take a look at our promotional video.

The Central Region Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All our posts are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, 2 work references and other employment checks.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Central Region Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All our posts are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, 2 work references and other employment checks.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Gospel Oak School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1210 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Gospel Oak School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/gospel-oak-school

Gospel Oak School, formerly the RSA Academy serves the borough of Sandwell, but due to its geographical position students join us from Wolverhampton and Walsall. In 2017 the school joined the Central RSA Academies Trust and has been working closely and collaboratively across the trust to offer greater opportunities for all. Over the last 5 years the trust has grown in size and strength, from September 2021 the trust is now an academy approved sponsor in its own right and the RSA will no longer sponsor the trust, although we will continue to work closely with the RSA. This changing relationship has provided the trust and the school to rebrand ourselves, the trust will now be known as Central Region Schools Trust and the school; Gospel Oak School.

The rebrand for the school has allowed us to reflect on the true heritage of the local community. The school is based in Gospel Oak and as a community we are very proud of our Black Country heritage, it is for this reason our new branding reflects the colours of the Black Country along with symbolic representation of the area, with the narrowboat which reflects the locality of the Gospel Oak canal basin, the oak tree for when the parish was so large the parishioners prayed under it once a month and the Black Country links to industry within the area.

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