Deputy Principal

Brook Academy, Gloucester, GL3 4ZN

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2026

• Closing date

  23 September 2025 at 11:59am

• Date listed

  9 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Deputy headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £66,919 - £73,819

Deputy Principal job summary

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL 

Contract: Permanent

Actual Salary: L13-L17 (£66,919 - £73,819)

Start Date: January 2026 or sooner

An exceptional opportunity to lead, inspire, and transform lives.

Are you a passionate and dynamic leader ready to make a lasting impact? The Brook Academy, part of the Cabot Learning Federation, is seeking a Deputy Principal to help shape the future of our specialist SEMH provision for students aged 11–16 in Gloucester.

Our academy is dedicated to supporting young people with social, emotional and mental health needs as their primary challenge, alongside speech, language and communication needs. We are proud to deliver consistently excellent educational experiences that improve life chances and serve our community.

Guided by our core values of equity, resilience, and togetherness, we foster a reflective and inclusive culture where every child is empowered to thrive. As Deputy Principal, you will play a pivotal role in leading a happy school filled with wonderful students and staff, collaborating with senior leaders across specialist and alternative provisions to ensure children with EHCPs remain actively engaged in learning and achieve strong educational outcomes.

With outstanding facilities, including a mechanics workshop, hair and beauty salon, music studio, and creative arts spaces, our students benefit from both academic and vocational opportunities that mirror those in mainstream settings, while receiving the tailored support they need.

This is your chance to join a committed team where every staff member is proud to support students in developing a sense of self, place, and community. If you’re inspired by our vision and ready to lead with purpose, we would be delighted to welcome you.

Full role information and requirements, including the job description and person specification, can be found in the attached candidate information pack.

Why CLF?

We are a diverse and inclusive community of 36 academies across five cluster regions in the South West that is committed to excellence and making a positive impact. Our people bring unique perspectives, but we’re all driven by a shared moral purpose and a passion for making a positive impact, whether in a teaching, leadership or support role. We’re proud to foster a culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and make a meaningful difference to the lives of others.

We are an equal opportunity employer and proud to serve a diverse student population and our communities. We strongly believe that representation matters. We particularly encourage applicants from those groups in order to represent the students we serve, as well as wider underrepresented groups including gender, transgender, age disability, sexual orientation or religion.

What we can offer you: 

• Access to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme. 

• Comprehensive induction and ongoing support for career development and wellbeing.  

• Sector-leading professional development entitlement and opportunities. 

• Collaboration with colleagues across the trust through subject communities and specialist networks. 

• Shared CLF curriculum, written and curated by trust experts, reducing individual teacher workload.   

• Career enhancing and progression opportunities within the trust and through the CLF Institute. 

• A collaborative culture which supports workload. 

• Well-being support through an Employee Assistance Programme. 

• Health benefits, including wellness sessions, gym discounts, and flu jabs. 

• A range of generous family leave options, including above industry average occupational maternity pay. 

• Additional benefits like cycle to work scheme, on-site parking and many more! 

Recruitment timeline:  

Academy tours*: Week commencing 8th September.  

Closing Date: Noon on 23rd September 2025

Short-listing: 23rd September 2025.

Interviews**: 30th September 2025 and 1st October 2025

*We welcome visits from potential candidates. If you would like to arrange a school visit prior to the closing date, please contact the academy/site directly to arrange a suitable appointment. 

**This is a two-day process (a first full assessment day, with the final interview on day two).

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a high level of interest in the role. Therefore, candidates are advised to apply at their earliest convenience to avoid missing out.  

How to apply:

Please complete a full application form via the Eteach website. As part of our commitment to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), we do not accept CVs – a full education and employment history must be provided through the application form.  

Please note that there is a requirement on page 24 of the Candidate Information Pack for you to attach a supporting letter of no more than 3-pages, detailing why you should be considered for the role. Please ensure this is uploaded under the CV/resume attachment prior to submitting your application and that it is labelled with your name, followed by ‘Supporting Letter – The Brook Academy, Deputy Principal’. The Supporting Statement section in the application form does not allow anything over an 8,000-character limit, which is why we ask for this to be uploaded as an additional document. 

Please also note that updates regarding an application, which could include an invite to interview, will be sent to the email address used when registering an account. 

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 Brook Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 16
• School size: 64 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Brook Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/brook-academy

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