17 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    29 November 2026 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    12 November 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Leadership and management

Visa sponsorship

Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored

Subject

Leadership and management

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full time equivalent salary

£77,625 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you an ambitious education leader who wants to shape what outstanding quality and practice look like across a large Further Education college?

Leicester College is seeking an Assistant Principal - Quality, Performance & Innovation to provide strategic leadership for quality improvement, teaching, learning and assessment, performance and innovation. As a member of our Senior Leadership Team, you will have the opportunity to influence practice across the College and make a measurable difference to the experiences and outcomes of our students and apprentices.

This is much more than a traditional quality assurance role. We are looking for someone who will bring fresh thinking, challenge established approaches and champion evidence-informed improvement, professional learning and the effective and ethical use of digital technology and AI.

You will be a credible and influential senior leader with significant experience in Further Education or a comparable educational environment and a strong track record of improving teaching, learning and quality.

If you combine high expectations with curiosity, collaboration and a real commitment to improving students' life chances, we'd love to hear from you.

For more details, please take a look at the role description. We'll still consider applications even if you don't meet every single one of the requirements, so don't be put off if you don't match them perfectly.

What the college offers its staff

Why Leicester College?

Joining Leicester College offers a competitive reward package alongside the opportunity to make a significant impact within a large and diverse FE organisation. You can expect:

  • Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) membership with generous employer contributions

  • 35 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays and up to 7 concessionary days per year

  • A strong commitment to professional development, leadership learning and career progression

  • Flexible and hybrid working opportunities where role requirements allow

  • Access to a wide range of staff benefits and wellbeing support, including retail discounts, travel benefits and family‑friendly policies

Further details on our full reward and benefits package can be found here.

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.
Skilled Worker visas can 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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About Leicester College

Organisation type
FE College, ages 16 to 99
Education phase
Sixth form or FE college
Size
No information available
Age range
16 to 99
Ofsted report
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Email address
recruitment@leicestercollege.ac.uk
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