Assistant Principal for Pedagogy

Astrea Academy Sheffield, Sheffield, S3 9BE

Deadline is tomorrow

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  2 March 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  17 February 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 for Pedagogy job summary

Astrea Academy Sheffield Secondary Phase have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Principal for Pedagogy to join their team!

This brand new role to Astrea Academy Sheffield Secondary Phase will be the key driver in ensuring all teachers are supported in delivering high-quality teaching so all scholars achieve the best possible outcomes.

‘The best available evidence indicates that great teaching is the most important lever schools have to improve pupil attainment. Ensuring every teacher is supported in delivering high-quality teaching is essential to achieving the best outcomes for all pupils, particularly the most disadvantaged among them.’

What qualities are we looking for?

• Outstanding Teacher: Proven track record of excellent outcomes.
• Research-Obsessed Practitioner: Deeply knowledgeable about "Teach Like a Champion" and Rosenshine’s Principles.
• Inspirational Leader - Ability to motivate and inspire others to achieve their best.
• Excellent Communicator: Skilled in delivering effective CPD to large groups of teachers.
• Organised and Forward-Thinking Professional: Capable of launching and leading the new Instructional Coaching program using the Steplab platform.
• Hard Worker with a 'No Excuses' Approach: Committed to senior leadership with a strong work ethic

The successful candidate will have the knowledge, skill and passion for leading the delivery of high quality teaching across the school, and most importantly, the ability to drive change. You will possess the leadership and communications skills necessary to support and motivate others, and the organisational skills to manage the breadth of work that this role encompasses. We are looking for an aligned professional to join our forward-thinking, passionate and no excuses senior leadership team and are interested in candidates with a range of academic specialisms and expertise. A final role will be drawn up in consultation with the successful candidate and the leadership team.

Interested in applying?

If this is something you’re interested in, looking for a new challenge, have a passion for education or maybe all of the above, take a look at the job description & candidate pack to find out more about the role to apply.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 3rd March 2025.

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.

Commitment to safeguarding

Astrea Academy Sheffield is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its scholars and expects all staff, volunteers and members of the Academy community to share this commitment.

We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent and effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, scholars and staff within the Academy. All concerns are passed through the Safeguarding Team in line with our Astrea Academy Sheffield Safeguarding Policy 2023 and Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023 Guidance.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Astrea Academy Sheffield

• School type: Free School, ages 2 to 18
• Education phase: Through
• School size: 1025 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Astrea Academy Sheffield website (opens in new tab)
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At Astrea Academy Sheffield, we address our young people as scholars because we know that every single one of them is capable of outstanding academic achievements. We promote scholarship by offering an all-through curriculum which is rich in powerful knowledge and meticulously planned by subject experts. We know that powerful knowledge is the key that will open powerful doors for our scholars in the future. Therefore, we are relentlessly committed to delivering exceptional lessons in every classroom, every day.

We respect every scholars’ right to access an exceptional education and offer academic, inspiring and broad opportunities for all through both our curriculum and co-curriculum. We teach our young people to be responsible through our thoughtful character education programme and essential habit building work. Our scholars respect everyone in our academy’s community and grow their responsibility, knowing that they are the leaders of tomorrow.

We are tenacious in our commitment to do the very best for the young people in our care and this tenacity is mirrored in the way that our scholars work on their academic and character education every day.

We foster curiosity in our young people by providing them with a rounded education which opens doors to new opportunities, ideas and experiences. Our classrooms are filled with the awe and wonder that is comes from the joy of learning.

If you are interested in coming to see more of what we do, then please email info@astreasheffield.org to arrange a visit.

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