Assistant Principal
Tuxford Primary Academy, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG22 0NAThis job expired on 30 March 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
30 March 2025 at 8am
Date listed
20 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L1-L5
What skills and experience we're looking for
Do you believe that every child needs a champion? Are you passionate about teaching and learning? Are you deeply committed to making a difference every day? Do you have a good understanding and experience of working with primary aged children?
Tuxford Primary Academy is looking for a highly motivated and dedicated Assistant Principal to join our dynamic, talented and supportive team.
Why join Tuxford Primary Academy?
We are a primary academy for pupils aged 3-11 years based in Tuxford with over 250 pupils. In our latest Ofsted inspection (June 2024), we were rated ‘good’ with comments including ‘the school has a dedicated team of staff who are proud to work at the school’. The children told the inspector ‘Everyone is welcome at our school.’
Our academy has a caring and supportive staff team who believe in every child. The future for all children and families who attend Tuxford Primary Academy is bright, and we know that when we work together, we can ensure our children achieve their very best.
We collaborate within a wider team of primary and special academies sharing best practice and develop our expertise.
Our ideal candidate will:
- Go the extra mile to ensure the very best outcomes, experience and holistic care for our children
- Live by our values of respect, care and empowerment
- Believe that relationships are key – with our children, each other, our parents and carers, our colleagues within our Trust and beyond, and our community
- Be highly motivated, be flexible, enjoy teamwork and embrace a challenge.
- Be significant in the academy’s continued journey, in this predominantly non-teaching role.
- Be inspired to work as part of the wider primary, special and trust team with a commitment to collaboration
What the school offers its staff
Our employee benefits
At Diverse Academies, you’ll find yourself in a vibrant, inclusive and supportive environment, where everyone can grow, progress and achieve a fulfilling career. We offer a fantastic range of rewards and benefits, challenging and interesting work, and opportunities to achieve your potential.
You will benefit from:
- A strong and caring ethos among staff and students.
- Well-behaved and motivated children
- An academy who will allow you to be creative and support your professional development
- Full support and induction
- A network of academies within the Diverse Academies and the support and opportunities this provides
- Enrolment into the Teacher Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of at least 23.68%.
- Excellent Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities covering technical, leadership and coaching skills via the trust’s Diverse Association for Professional Learning.
- Full support and induction.
- Salary sacrifice opportunities such as car, cycle and technology schemes.
- Staff discounts and offers on gym membership, holidays, days out, cinema tickets, restaurants and top online shopping sites including instant voucher codes.
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme – emotional, financial and legal support to both you and your family by a team of qualified professionals.
- Health and Wellbeing delivered through our occupational health provider, eyecare vouchers for a free eye test and contribution towards glasses for display screen equipment users.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Tuxford Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 250 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Tuxford Primary Academy website
- Email address
- office@tuxfordprimary-ac.org.uk
Arranging a visit to Tuxford Primary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@tuxfordprimary-ac.org.uk.
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