Assistant Principal - SENDCo
Longsands Academy, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 1LQ14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
1 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
16 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Deputy 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) Leadership scale 11 - 15
Assistant Principal - SENDCo job summary
Join Our Leadership Team and Make a Lasting Impact
Are you ready to take the next step in your leadership journey? Do you want to be part of a team that transforms the lives of students, many of whom face disadvantages and rapidly accelerates their progress?
Do you want to work in a school where you are free to teach, supported by impeccable student behaviour and streamlined systems that cut through bureaucracy?
Astrea Academy Trust is seeking an ambitious and driven individual to join Longsands Academy as an Assistant Principal. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced or aspiring senior leader with a proven track record of whole-school impact.
Why Join Us?
This role is ideal for someone who shares our vision of educational excellence and is ready to drive rapid improvement, building on our strong academic foundations. At Longsands—and across the Trust—we are committed to a knowledge-rich curriculum and a traditional approach to teaching, behaviour, and culture.
Longsands Academy is a fully inclusive 11–18 secondary school serving the community of St Neots and surrounding areas. With around 1,750 students, including 250 in our thriving Sixth Form, we are proud of our inclusive and aspirational ethos—supporting students aiming for Oxbridge as well as those with special educational needs.
We are ambitious for every child, regardless of background, prior attainment, or need. Our commitment is to ensure that all students have the opportunity to thrive and succeed—whether that means progressing to university or pursuing other aspirational pathways.
What We Offer
- A values-driven culture focused on inclusion, aspiration, and academic excellence
- A knowledge-rich curriculum built on ‘powerful knowledge’
- A traditional teaching approach grounded in Rosenshine’s Principles and Teach Like a Champion
- Collaborative planning with centralised, high-quality resources
- Disruption-free learning supported by a warm/strict behaviour system
- Centralised systems for detentions and homework
- No formal graded lesson observations—just ongoing, no-stakes instructional coaching
- Excellent CPD and career development opportunities across the Astrea Cambridgeshire region
- Strong support from the Astrea Central Team
- Recognition of continuous service from previous schools, academies, or trusts
The Ideal Candidate
We’re looking for a highly effective and inspiring leader who:
- Is aligned with our values and mission
- Has a passion for Core Routines, Deliberate Practice, and Behaviour Curriculum
- Can raise expectations and drive consistency in behaviour standards across the academy
- Can motivate and support colleagues in pursuit of a shared vision
Interested in Applying?
If you're passionate about education, looking for a fresh opportunity, or simply want to make a positive impact, we’d love to hear from you. Take a look at the Job Description and Candidate Pack to learn more about the role and how to apply.
We warmly welcome visits and would be delighted to show you around our academy so you can experience our excellent learning environment first-hand.
Closing Date:
1 June 2025 – Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity!
Commitment to Safeguarding and EDI
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks, including references and enhanced DBS checks.
We value diversity and actively encourage applications from candidates who are underrepresented in our workforce, including people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, and LGBTQI+ communities.
As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to removing barriers to recruitment, development, and progression for disabled staff. We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to ensure all applicants have the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.
Flexible Interview Dates
Please note that interview dates are flexible. The academy reserves the right to interview shortlisted candidates during the application window.
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you're ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to our dynamic, forward-thinking team, apply today and be part of our mission to create a lasting impact.
Commitment to safeguarding
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment.
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.
About Longsands Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1653 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Longsands Academy website
Longsands Academy, part of Astrea Academy Trust, is a successful, fully-inclusive secondary school at the heart of its community. We pride ourselves on providing an engaging and supportive environment in which our students feel empowered to reach and embrace their full potential with confidence. Our staff are committed to nurturing the abilities of every child with a curriculum which promotes academic excellence and is delivered by subject specialists. The opportunities we provide allow all students to showcase their talents, whether through the traditional school day or as a result of the wealth of extra-curricular activities on offer. Furthermore, in order to develop the important qualities of independent learning and resilience, our students are encouraged to take responsibility for their learning both in and out of lessons. We are extremely proud of the achievements of our students that are a result of the high expectations, students’ hard work and commitment and the supportive relationships that exist between staff, students and their parents/carers.
The pursuit of academic excellence is at the heart of the Academy. Through high expectations of behaviour, a commitment to great standards of teaching delivering a knowledge-rich curriculum, and positive working relationships with all members of the academy community, all students, regardless of their background or personal circumstances, are encouraged to achieve their academic aspirations. We believe that schools must teach powerful knowledge that takes students beyond their everyday experiences. We believe in a traditional, subject-based approach to teaching in order to create a scholarly culture that is disciplined and joyful. We want to ensure that we open doors for every students’ future and develop in them a life-long love of learning.
We are committed to developing our staff to be the very best that they can be by striving to ensure that all of our colleagues can access high-quality Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Our CPD programme is both department-based and in collaboration with academies within the Astrea family and external partners. Wide-ranging opportunities for professional development are available for staff at all stages of their career, including ECTs, experienced classroom teachers, middle and senior leaders and support staff.
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