Assistant Principal (Teaching and Learning)
Trinity Academy Halifax, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX2 9TZ10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
23 March 2026 at 9am
Date listed
13 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: 1 x FTE, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L10 to L20 (£64,690 to £82,654)
What skills and experience we're looking for
What are we looking for?
• An experienced leader with a track record of success
• A candidate with an aptitude for delivering and developing quality teaching
• A focus on Curriculum or Teaching and Learning is required.
You must be fully committed to optimising the opportunities that are available to children and young people, secure in the knowledge that you will be joining an ambitious, forward-thinking Academy Trust that sets the standards for our family of schools and academies.
What the school offers its staff
What can we offer you?
- An opportunity to be part of the Trinity MAT, an organisation that is improving the life chances of thousands of young people.
- An outstanding professional development programme, supported by our very own Trinity Teaching School Alliance, West Yorkshire Maths Hub and White Rose Maths.
- The support of a dedicated team of leaders, both within Trinity Academy Halifax and across our other schools.
- A proven suite of school improvement strategies e.g. Behaviour for Learning (BfL), which ensures a calm and productive learning environment.
Further information about the job
Trinity Academy Halifax
Assistant Principal (Teaching and Learning)
Leadership L10 – L20
£64,690 - £82,654 per annum
Trinity Academy Halifax is the outstanding 2013 and 2023 flagship school in the Trinity Multi-Academy Trust and the lead school in the Trinity Institute of Education. In 2019 the academy was awarded the World Class Schools quality mark, and we have proudly been reaccredited this in 2022. The latest Ofsted report highlights:
- Pupils are extremely well behaved.
- Pupils’ personal development is central to the school’s ethos.
- Leaders provide a sharply honed professional development programme for staff that enables them to excel in their work and which promotes their wider development.
- Staff feel that leaders are considerate of their workload and well-being. They are proud to work at the school.
The academy has a relentless focus on improving and being the very best we can be for students in our care. Our vision is to inspire each and every student to achieve their potential through high-quality teaching, provided within an environment led by our Christian values.
We understand and value the impact of an inspiring, imaginative and strong leader and we are looking to appoint an Assistant Principal to join our senior leadership team. The successful candidate would be joining an ambitious, forward-thinking team of senior leaders who are continuing to secure improvements across the board.
Start date: September 2026
Closing date: 9am, Monday 23rd March 2026
Interviews: Week commencing Monday 30 March 2026
Apply now! For further information on this role, the benefits of working for the trust and how to apply, visit our recruitment website; www.trinitymat.org/all-vacancies.
Trinity Multi-Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are made subject to an enhanced DBS check. We are an equal opportunities employer and want our staff profile to reflect the community we serve.
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):
Enhanced DBS with children's barred list check
Online and social media checks
Qualifications
Prohibition from teaching
Right to work
Satisfactory references
Childcare disqualification
Health assessment
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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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Trinity Academy Halifax
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1599 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Trinity Academy Halifax website
- Email address
- recruitment@halifax.trinitymat.org
Trinity Academy Halifax is the founding academy of Trinity Multi Academy Trust. It formed in 2010 to provide a fresh new start to students in the area where secondary schools and learners had struggled and underperformed for more than a decade.
Since that time has secured two Ofsted 'outstanding' judgements as well as being designated as a National Support School, the leading school in the Trinity Institute of Education) and a Maths Hubs of Excellence (leading the West Yorkshire Maths Hub) and being accredited as a World Class School, twice.
An inspiring place to work and learn, in 2012 the academy moved into it's fabulous new building and it's world class facilities look and feel just as attractive and vibrant today.
Even more importantly, excellence in teaching and learning is the academy’s driving force, a commitment supported by:
* Effective Behaviour for Learning Policy, allowing teachers to teach and learners to learn efficiently in a positive and collaborative environment.
* A unique and exciting weekly CPD programme which encourages and develops innovative teaching and support, and allows every team member to progress and thrive at each stage of their career – from ECT to Leadership.
TAH is a Church of England academy. Its core Christian values of Empathy, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility influence every part of academy life, from its meaningful well-being culture, proactive pastoral system supporting student behaviour, to the celebration of success of all that the students and staff achieve.
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