Assistant Principal - Pastoral, Personal Development and Attendance

The Valley Leadership Academy, Bacup, Lancashire, OL13 0TG

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2026

• Closing date

  19 October 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  6 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £64,691 to £75,049 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for an exceptional Assistant Principal to help lead us on our journey to excellence.

We want to hear from talented leaders looking to extend their experience, and ambitious middle leaders seeking their first senior leadership post. You will be highly motivated and passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people with the natural ability to inspire and motivate both pupils and peers.

As an outstanding teacher and leader with demonstrable leadership experience, you will make a significant contribution to the leadership and success of our school. As a Star leader, you’ll join the Star Academies family, a high-performing and supportive network of primary and secondary schools with some of the best leaders in education.

You will have:

• A degree-level qualification and Qualified Teacher Status.
• Experience of effective management of a high-achieving faculty.
• Experience of sustained delivery of outstanding attainment and achievement.
• A strong commitment to our STAR values.

What the school offers its staff

About The Valley Leadership Academy

The Valley Leadership Academy is a secondary school for 11 to 16 year olds in Bacup. We joined Star Academies in 2019 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.

We are a rapidly improving school with high ambitions and expectations for all of our pupils. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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JDPS - Assistant Principal - Personal Development and Attendance.pdf - 325 KB (opens in new tab)

About The Valley Leadership Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 589 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Valley Leadership Academy website
• Email address: Jo.Taylor@thevalley.staracademies.org
• Phone number: 01706 873896
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-valley-leadership-academy

The Valley Leadership Academy is a secondary school for 11 to 16 year olds in Bacup. We joined Star Academies in 2019 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.

We are a rapidly improving school with high ambitions and expectations for all of our pupils. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.

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