Assistant Vice Principal

St Aldhelm's Academy, Poole, Dorset, BH12 4HS

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  11 May 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  23 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £61,534.00 - £67,898.00 Annually (Actual)

Assistant Vice Principal job summary

Assistant Vice Principal (AVP) - Whole School Leadership

As Assistant Vice Principal, you will play a central role in securing and sustaining high standards across the school. You will contribute to strategic leadership, ensuring that the school’s vision is consistently translated into effective practice and positive outcomes for all pupils. Your work will be characterised by a sharp focus on consistency, impact, and continuous improvement.

Leadership & Strategic Impact

• Provide clear, decisive leadership that contributes to the school’s ambitious vision and improvement priorities
• Support the implementation of well-designed systems and processes, ensuring they are embedded securely and applied consistently by all staff
• Promote a culture of high expectations and mutual respect, where staff are supported and held to account
• Contribute to accurate and evaluative self-assessment, identifying strengths and areas for development with clarity
• Play a key role in driving sustained improvement, with a demonstrable impact on pupils’ experiences and outcomes

Quality & Consistency of Provision

• Support the delivery of a well-sequenced and ambitious experience for all pupils
• Ensure that provision is consistently strong across the school, enabling pupils to know more and remember more over time
• Monitor practice through a range of first-hand evidence, triangulating findings to inform next steps
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to address variation and secure consistently effective practice

Pupil Experience & School Culture

• Establish and maintain a calm, orderly, and purposeful environment in which pupils can learn and thrive
• Promote positive attitudes to learning, ensuring that pupils engage well and take pride in their work
• Contribute to a culture where pupils feel safe, are respectful, and understand expectations clearly
• Support opportunities that enable pupils to develop confidence, resilience, and readiness for their next stage
• Ensure that pupils’ views are considered and contribute meaningfully to school improvement

Systems, Evaluation & Accountability

• Ensure that key systems and routines are clearly defined, well understood, and consistently applied
• Use data and other evidence effectively to identify patterns, inform actions, and evaluate impact
• Hold responsibility for ensuring that actions lead to tangible improvements over time
• Communicate clearly with staff, providing guidance and challenge to secure high standards
• Contribute to inspection readiness, ensuring that the school can demonstrate strong practice and impact across all areas

Who We Are Looking For

You will be:

• A highly effective leader with a strong track record of contributing to school improvement
• Able to demonstrate a clear understanding of what constitutes high-quality provision and effective leadership
• Committed to securing consistently high standards and positive outcomes for all pupils
• An excellent communicator who builds credibility and fosters strong professional relationships
• Reflective, resilient, and focused on achieving sustained impact

What We Offer

• A committed and supportive senior leadership team
• A culture of high expectations and professional trust
• Opportunities for sustained professional development and leadership progression
• The opportunity to contribute to a school with a clear focus on improvement and strong outcomes for pupils

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About St Aldhelm's Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 841 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Aldhelm's Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-aldhelm-s-academy

A mixed comprehensive school with approximately 700 pupils on roll, in years 7 to 11.
Part of Ambitions Academies Trust and located in the beautiful county of Dorset.

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