Associate Assistant Principal L4

The Skipton Academy, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 1UQ

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  26 June 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  17 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £53,602.00 - £53,602.00 Annually (Actual) L4 - Fixed term for 1 year

Associate Assistant Principal L4 job summary

Associate Assistant Principal – KS4 Achievement

Leadership Pay Point 4

Prime Objectives of the Post

To review and lead on assessment in KS3 and how we report academic progress to Parent/Carers.

Climate for Learning

To engender a strong school identity and sense of belonging, promoting an exceptionally positive climate for learning by:

Acting as a positive role model to staff and students, fostering a strong sense of pride and community

Regularly visiting curriculum areas, classrooms and tutor bases to support achievement, celebrate success and support/address poor attitudes to learning

Encouraging a positive attitude amongst students, so they can be self-reflective and resilient in their learning

Contributing to publications, social media and press releases to promote the successes of students in the school

Student Behaviour and Attitudes, Welfare and Safety

To promote high standards of behaviour and safety by:

Providing strategic leadership and modelling to all staff and students

Enforcing consistently high standards of behaviour and uniform in line with whole school expectations

Ensuring the consistent use of rewards and sanctions

Leadership

To be a visible and positive member of the academy Senior Leadership by:

o Leading by example, embracing the vision and values of the school

o Maintaining a high profile

o Taking a share of the supervision of students at break and lunchtimes as agreed as part of the duty rota

o Contributing to the strategic development of the academy

o Contributing to whole school improvement through rigorous and accurate self-evaluation and strategic action planning

o Undertaking any other responsibilities as can be reasonably requested such as on call / isolation duties which contribute to the smooth running of the school and supervision of students

o Contribute to the planning and delivery of the assembly rota as required

o Support the Assistant Principal and Head of KS4 in the identification of underachieving students in KS4 and coordinating interventions to allow them to achieve their target grades.

o Support KS4 students through providing a coordinated mentoring program and creating strong links with Parent/Carers

o Provide support for staff with KS4 students who are underachieving and help them identify strategies to enable students to ‘catch up’.

To lead strategies to further strengthen the home-school partnership by:

Establishing and maintaining positive working relationships with parents/carers

Leading on relevant parental engagement events

Further developing lines of communication

To support the professional development of staff by:

Appraising the performance of colleagues as required

Leading whole school CPD as required

We are looking for:

a dedicated and passionate teacher with leadership experience who has resilience and a strong, positive work ethic

a commitment to providing high quality lessons to engage, challenge and inspire our students

a colleague who is inspirational to colleagues and students and committed to sharing best practice

a strong commitment to extra-curricular and enrichment opportunities

In return for your commitment we can offer:

the opportunity to make a real difference

personalised CPD with a strong commitment to professional growth and developing individual career paths

a committed and enthusiastic staff

a very supportive Senior Leadership Team and Trust Executive team

As strategic leaders with significant whole-school responsibilities, Leadership Team members have a contract which goes beyond the 1265 hours working time applicable to teachers.

As with other posts, it may be subject to amendment from time to time after consultation with the post holder and without changing the level of responsibility of the post.

For your application (no more than 2 sides of A4) please explain:

the significant impact you have had as a leader in your current or previous roles

the leadership skills, qualities and experiences you believe make you an exceptional candidate for the post of Assistant Principal at The Skipton Academy

Closing date for applications: 9am Thursday, 26 June 2025

Provisional interview date: Week commencing 30 June 2025

Commitment to safeguarding

Moorlands Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people in our recruitment procedures and in all our work across and beyond school. The school adheres to statutory guidelines in respect to safe recruitment. All persons employed by the school, in any capacity, will undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and confirmation of employment is subject to a successful outcome. All teaching staff members recruited by the school have their eligibility to teach checked with the DfE.

Applying for the job

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About The Skipton Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 590 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Skipton Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-skipton-academy

The Skipton Academy is a vibrant 11-16 comprehensive school which is rapidly growing and expanding in size; pupil numbers have increased recently to such a degree that we now need to expand our staffing across a range of subject areas.

We are committed to our ethos of “Belong Challenge Inspire” and this has been key to the improvements in every aspect of the school. Our dedicated staff are fully committed to this ethos and have bought into a common goal and support each other to make The Skipton Academy a vibrant and positive place to work.

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