Assistant Vice Principal

St Paul's CofE Primary School, Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 4AL

5 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  18 May 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  13 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £51,773.00-£57,136.00

Assistant Vice Principal job summary

St Paul's is a small, friendly school in the centre of Salford. Through our teaching, learning and pastoral care, we strive to ensure that our children believe in themselves and in God, so that they have the confidence to overcome barriers in order to achieve, to the best of their ability, whatever they aspire to. Our Christian values, which are at the heart of all we do, help to prepare our children to be a positive citizen in today's society - compassion, forgiveness, respect, trust and justice.

The Governors and Principal of St Paul’s CE Primary School are seeking a motivated and passionate Assistant Principal to lead Key Stage 2, to join their team in providing exceptional opportunities for learning and promoting positive outcomes for children.

We are looking to appoint an Assistant Principal to join our Senior Leadership team who:

· Is an exceptional classroom practitioner with KS2 experience

· Is an aspiring or experienced leader who strives for excellence

· Consistently models the highest expectations

· Forms excellent relationships with pupils, staff and parents

· Is driven, determined and passionate about making a difference

· Is a committed team player

We can offer:

· An opportunity to work with a forward-thinking team

· Fantastically hardworking and polite pupils

· A wide range of development and CPD opportunities

· A supportive working environment

At Vantage CE Academies Trust, we are very proud of our values-led ethos:

·    Fostering a culture of professional development

·        Developing centres of excellence

·        Encouraging our individual spiritual journeys

·        Developing future and aspirational thinking

·        Celebrating individual distinctiveness and our particular vocation to the least advantaged

·        Encouraging curiosity

·        Refusing to set a limit on what is possible for ourselves, for one another, and for our community of schools.

 

If you think this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

We warmly encourage visits to our school. Please contact us on 0161 850 2455 visit our website  http://www.stpaulsceprimaryschool.co.uk/ or email stpoffice@vantageacademies.co.uk

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 Paul's CofE Primary School

• School type: Academies, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 225 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Paul's CofE Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-paul-s-cofe-primary-school-salford

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