Assistant Principal - Director of English & Whole-School Literacy
Ernulf Academy, St. Neots, PE19 2SH5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
18 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
11 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £65,090.00 - £71,694.00 Annually (Actual)
Assistant Principal - Director of English & Whole-School Literacy job summary
Salary: £65,090 - £71,694 p/aReports To: Curriculum Vice Principal
Start Date: September 2025
Contract: Permanent
Location: St. Neots, Cambridgeshire
We are building a team of exceptional and highly skilled leaders, committed to driving excellence and improvement in our school. If you have a deep passion for English curriculum, teaching and assessment, and a proven track record of delivering impact and excellent outcomes, this could be the role for you.
As the Assistant Principal: Director of English, you will sit on SLT and work with the leadership team to shape the future direction of the school. You will raise standards and attainment across the school, ensuring excellence in every classroom, particularly in English. You will play a visible role in all areas of school improvement to drive academic outcomes and foster a scholarly culture, and be respected by staff as someone who upholds the highest of standards and works hard. This role is suitible for anyone who has a track record of delivering excellent departmental outcomes in English.
Key Responsibilities:- Lead and manage members of the subject team in a manner that promotes highly effective pedagogy and children’s learning.
- Be accountable for the planning of appropriate curriculum materials and resourcing to support excellent progression for all students.
- Lead departmental 'intellectual preparation' sessions.
- Provide leadership to the maths teams and the wider school.
- Address areas of concern if and when they arise.
- Lead the whole-school Astrea Reads programme.
- Lead and co-ordinate reading interventions such as Thinking Reading and Fresh Start
- Ensuring excellent practice in English classrooms.
- Securing excellent outcomes in English.
- Leading the English department effectively.
- Ensuring no children read below their chronlogical reading at by the end of Y8.
This is a fantastic time to join TEAM ERNULF on our turnaround journey. We are on a RAPID MISSION to turn our school into one of the BEST in the country! When the current leadership took over, in September 2024, Ernulf had NEVER received an Ofsted 'Good' in ANY category. In January 2025, after just one term, Ofsted rated us 'Good' in ALL categories. If our rapid improvement and ambition EXCITE you, then join us to disrupt disadvantage by transforming the education of our pupils. We are within an hour's commute of North London, Norfolk, Grantham and Rugby.
We belieive in keeping things simple. Our mantra is: WORK HARD, BE KIND. We don't just want children to attain incredible academic outcomes; we also want to help them become great people.
WORK HARD
Team Ernulf don't believe in fads. We know the biggest factor in a child's achievement is how hard they work. That is why we have sky high expectations. We have simple rules, centralised detentions, and we back our teachers - so that our classrooms are disruption-free. We do this to support our children who want to work hard and do well.
A knowledge-rich curriculum, built on ‘powerful knowledge’, underpins our teaching and learning principles. We offer a traditional approach to teaching, following evidence-based research by Rosenshine. Our pedagogy is influenced by Teach Like A Champion (TLAC). Stimulating lessons are delivered by teachers, who we back as the expert in the room.
BE KIND
Team Ernulf is WWF: warm, welcoming, and friendly. We pride ourselves on having a family atmosphere. We teach our pupils empathy and respect and have zero tolerance to bullying. A scholarly approach is at our core, but teaching pupils to be polite, considerate, and caring is just as important.
Our world-class enrichment programme takes learning beyond the classroom. In Autumn term 2024 alone, children visited Cambridge University, The British Museum, The National Gallery, RAF Hendon, Kenilworth Castle, and were on Channel 5 and BBC radio!! As well as this, every week KS3 children have the opportunity to take part in electives such as British sign language, clubbercise, building a robotic arm, chess, girls cricket, and many more!
What We Offer:- A knowledge-rich curriculum, built on ‘powerful knowledge’ and a traditional teaching and learning approach inspired by Rosenshine and TLAC.
- Collaborative planning with centralised, shared units of work and resources.
- Disruption-free learning and a warm/strict behaviour system, including centralised detentions. We back our teachers!
- Pay above the national scales!
- 8 INSET days per year!
- Whole-class feedback over marking to reduce workload and increase impact!
Benefits:
- Health Support: Access to AXA’s 24/7 health support line for medical advice.
- Cycle to Work Scheme: Salary sacrifice deduction for bicycles and cycling accessories.
- Discounts and Savings: Access to the Blue Light Card and Costco membership.
- Enhanced Family Leave: Paid leave to support our people when they need it the most.
- Optical Care: Financial contribution to optical care for habitual DSE users.
- Life Assurance: Peace of mind for our people and their families.
- Employee Support: Access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
- Discounted Gym Membership: Available at The Gym Group with 245 locations nationwide.
- Pension Scheme: Access to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
- Professional Development: Continued professional development and training opportunities.
- Convenience: Free on-site parking.
Interested in Applying?
If you are passionate about education, looking for a fresh opportunity, or simply want to make a positive impact, we would love to hear from you. Take a look at the job description and candidate pack to find out more about the role and how to apply. If you want to discuss this role in greater detail or visit the school please get in touch with Sarah McCormick - sarah.mccormick@astreaernulf.org
We reserve the right to close this position early if we receive a high volume of candidates, so do not delay, apply today!
Commitment to safeguarding
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks including references and enhanced DBS checks.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Ernulf Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 733 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Ernulf Academy website
Principal’s welcome – Ernulf Academy
Welcome to Ernulf Academy, an 11-16 secondary school in St.Neots located in North Cambridgeshire. The academy is part of Astrea Academy Trust, a highly successful multi-academy trust of primary and secondary academies in Cambridgeshire and South Yorkshire.
Ernulf Academy is a school fully committed to an inclusive, comprehensive curriculum for all, which is underpinned by our five core values: scholarship, curiosity, tenacity, responsibility and respect. These values are at the heart of our vision for the school and the important qualities and characteristics we want all pupils to develop. Our pupils are encouraged to develop confidence, independence and resilience. We strive for them to be ambitious and ‘be the best they can be’, whilst being considerate, tolerant and willing to contribute positively to the wider community.
Work hard
We firmly believe in a disruption free learning environment and as such we have established nine core routines which form the basis of our academic day. A knowledge-rich curriculum, built on ‘powerful knowledge,’ underpins our teaching and learning principles. We offer a traditional approach to teaching and learning following evidence-based research by Rosenshine and Teach Like A Champion (TLAC) which lead to inspiring and stimulating lessons. Our enrichment provision aims to take learning outside the classroom and we offer an extensive range of extra-curricular activities including sporting activities, residential visits and educational experiences.
Safeguarding is at the heart of what we do and we recognise the challenges that our pupils face. Therefore, we have a dedicated pastoral team with a Head of Year and Pastoral Co-ordinator for each year group and a ‘Wellbeing’ team including our school therapy dog.
Be kind
Ernulf Academy is a friendly and supportive school, which prides itself on treating everyone as individuals and having a ‘family’ atmosphere. We teach our pupils empathy and respect, and we have a zero tolerance to bullying. A scholarly approach is at our core but enabling our pupils to have a holistic education, preparing them for life in the 21st century and becoming global citizens is just as important.
School location
Similar jobs nearby
Quick Apply
Coleridge Community College
Radegund Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 3RJ
Assistant Principal - Director of Mathematics + whole school responsibility
Ernulf Academy
Barford Road, St. Neots, PE19 2SH
Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed