Assistant Principal
Highfields Primary Academy, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN6 7JBThis job expired on 14 May 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
14 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
25 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week. 6.5 hours per day Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs and Fri
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L1-5
What skills and experience we're looking for
A teaching qualification together with qualified teacher status (QTS) • Knowledge of teaching, learning and assessment at primary • A good understanding of recent curriculum developments and initiatives in primary and their impact in the academy • An understanding of the use of data to assess and inform teaching and learning and target appropriate intervention • Experience of dynamic and successful team leadership at middle leader/senior leader level • Experience of leading and implementing strategies which have ensured high standards of pupil achievement • An excellent classroom practitioner that can model best practice • A passion for learning • Excellent organisational and personal management skills • Effective planning and teaching • Effective behaviour/classroom management • An ability to demand high standards • An ability to work independently and be a team player • An ability to develop and support other staff to develop a variety of teaching strategies • An ability to enthuse and direct pupils and staff towards raising expectations and levels of achievement • An ability to meet deadlines • An understanding of self-evaluation • Strong ICT skills • A commitment to both self and team development • Ability to take the initiative • Ability to make difficult decisions and relay these effectively • Self-motivated • Reliable and able to maintain a high level of confidentiality • Resilient and determined to succeed
What the school offers its staff
Highfields Primary Academy is a vibrant and caring primary school situated in Doncaster. Our teaching team is highly motivated and driven by a desire to raise standards and improve outcomes for all our children. Highfields Primary Academy is an improving school. The school is at the heart of the community and has strong links with parents and community leaders. Ofsted recognised the high standards of behaviour and the positive relationships throughout school and was identified as good in all areas (February 2022).
As a Trust, we have developed an extensive range of employee benefits that focus on yourFinancial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing. Here are just a few examples in each area…
Financial Wellbeing:
- Membership to either the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Technology scheme and Vehicle Leasing Scheme*
- Access to an extensive discounts platform
Physical Wellbeing:
- 24/7 access to an online GP or Advanced Nurse Practitioner for you & your household
- Gym & fitness discounts
- Cycle to Work scheme*
- Free annual flu jab
Mental Wellbeing:
- Access to an industry-leading Employee Assistance Programme
- Menopause Support Service
- Trained Mental Health First Aiders in all our settings
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
About Highfields Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 111 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Highfields Primary Academy website
- Email address
- info@highfieldspa.org.uk
Highfields Primary Academy is a vibrant and caring primary school situated in Doncaster. Our teaching team is highly motivated and driven by a desire to raise standards and improve outcomes for all our children. Highfields is an area of high deprivation and many of our children struggle with early communication. At Highfields Primary we give the children a wide, language-rich curriculum which enriches their lives and enables them to set their own personal goals and achieve them through dedication and hard work. The commitment of the staff to deliver these ambitious aims creates a positive environment in which staff work collaboratively to support and discuss all aspect of the children’s learning in a creative and purposeful way. This ethos means that parents and children are welcomed into our school and positive attitudes are fostered by adults and children. Leaders mentor staff and model great practice in an open and encouraging way. As a result, there is a clear and ambitious vision of the school’s future which the whole school community work towards together.
Arranging a visit to Highfields Primary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email info@highfieldspa.org.uk.
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