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Assistant Principal (Impact)

Blue Coat Church of England Academy, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 2ND

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2026

• Closing date

  2 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  19 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: L12-L16 Dependant on Experience

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you an enthusiastic and committed leader with a proven track record in school improvement? Are you ready for a new and exciting challenge?

We are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified professional with a proven track record in middle or senior leadership to join our Senior Leadership Team. This role will focus on Impact, including the strategic leadership of student progress and wider strategic leadership of the Sixth Form.

What the school offers its staff

The school has been rated as ‘Excellent’ in our recent SIAMs inspection and ‘Good’ by Ofsted in each of its last three inspections, most recently in January 2023: “Blue Coat Church of England Academy is an inclusive school where kindness flourishes. The school’s values include wisdom, service, endurance and hope. The school’s culture is rooted in these values. There are positive relationships between staff and pupils. Staff know their pupils well, and pupils feel cared for. Staff have high expectations, and pupils live up to these.”

Blue Coat Church of England Academy is one of the oldest educational establishments in Walsall, is well-respected and valued by the community it serves. We operate on a very collaborative approach to school improvement working with a range of other schools and nationally recognised trainers. The school is very proud of the family ethos which pervades all aspects of its work, which is grounded in Christian values. The school has recently been awarded the Rights Respecting Schools Silver Award, demonstrating our commitment to embedding the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into our ethos and curriculum.

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

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.

Applying for the job

Please complete the online application.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Assistant Principal - Impact Job Description (January 2026).pdf - 249 KB (opens in new tab)

Assistant Principal - Impact Advert (PDF).pdf - 399 KB (opens in new tab)

About Blue Coat Church of England Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 967 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Blue Coat Church of England Academy website
• Email address: applications@bluecoatacademy.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/blue-coat-church-of-england-academy

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Arranging a visit to Blue Coat Church of England Academy

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