Assistant Principal - English & Whole-School Literacy
Ernulf Academy, St. Neots, PE19 2SH7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2026 or sooner
Closing date
6 October 2025 at 12:59am
Date listed
22 September 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 - English & Whole-School Literacy job summary
Salary: £65,090 - £71,694 p/a | Full-Time | Permanent
Location: Astrea Academy Ernulf, St Neots
Join our mission to become one of the best schools in the country.
Astrea Academy Ernulf is on a rapid improvement journey, and we’re looking for an exceptional leader to drive excellence in English. If you have a deep passion for curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment—and a proven track record of delivering outstanding outcomes—this is the opportunity for you.
Located in St Neots, Ernulf is a proud member of the Astrea Academy Trust. In September 2024, the current leadership team took over a school that had never been rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted. Just one term later, in January 2025, we achieved ‘Good’ in every category. Last year, we improved outcomes by over 10%—and we’re aiming to do it again.
We are unapologetically ambitious for every scholar. Our mantra is simple: Work Hard, Be Kind. We believe in disruption-free learning, a knowledge-rich curriculum, and a warm, welcoming school culture.
Key Responsibilities- Lead and manage the English department, ensuring excellent pedagogy and outcomes.
- Drive curriculum planning, sequencing, and delivery aligned with Rosenshine and TLAC principles.
- Lead departmental intellectual preparation and CPD.
- Oversee the Astrea Reads programme and targeted reading interventions (Thinking Reading, Fresh Start).
- Ensure no scholar reads below their chronological age by the end of Year 8.
- Play a visible role in whole-school improvement and sit on the Senior Leadership Team.
- Uphold high standards of behaviour, scholarship, and staff development.
- A proven leader with a track record of delivering excellent English outcomes.
- Passionate about curriculum, teaching, and assessment.
- Aligned with our values and committed to transforming lives through education.
- Respected by staff and scholars for your integrity, work ethic, and high standards.
- Ready to contribute to a dynamic, forward-thinking leadership team.
- Pay above national scales
- 8 INSET days per year
- Whole-class feedback policy—no excessive marking
- Centralised behaviour and detentions—teachers are backed
- Collaborative planning and shared resources
- World-class enrichment programme
- Rapid career development and CPD opportunities
- Free on-site parking
- Access to AXA health support, Blue Light Card, Costco, gym discounts, and more
- Teachers’ Pension Scheme and enhanced family leave
Interested in Applying?
If you’re ready to take the next step in your leadership journey and help us disrupt disadvantage, we’d love to hear from you. For more information or to arrange a visit, contact Sarah McCormick at sarah.mccormick@astreaernulf.org.
We reserve the right to close this position early if we receive a high volume of applications—don’t delay, apply today!
Safeguarding & EDI CommitmentAstrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All roles are subject to enhanced DBS checks. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups, including Black, Asian, and minority ethnic communities, disabled people, and LGBTQI+ candidates. As a Disability Confident employer, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
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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.
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View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Ernulf Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 743 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.
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