Deputy Principal
Oasis Academy MediaCityUK, Manchester, M50 3UQ6 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
21 May 2025 at 8am
Date listed
15 May 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
- L16 to L20
Deputy Principal job summary
Deputy Principal: Quality of Education
It’s time to work in a job you love.
Salary offered: Leadership Pay Scale – L16 to L20
Job overview:
You’ll have a clear and compelling vision and a strong belief in the importance of education, supporting the Principal alongside ALT in active leadership duties to direct the school’s wider mission. You’ll enable learners to become ambitious, capable and well-rounded citizens.
Across all our Oasis Academies we are committed to delivering excellence for everyone, entitling our students, staff and community to an exceptional education. We believe in the power of inclusion. And nowhere more so than across our Oasis Academy MediaCityUK. With superb state of the art educational facilities located in the heart of Salford and within easy reach of major transport routes across Greater Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool. MediaCityUK is an aspiring community and a focused educational establishment that is now looking to appoint an innovative and inspirational Assistant Principal to help take our school into its next exciting phase.
Offering genuine career development opportunities that stretch way beyond the confines of a traditional school structure (Oasis is both international and also runs community hubs, food banks and even farms), you would be joining a family that puts the welfare, wellbeing and recognition of our employees at the very centre of what we stand for and believe in.
We know for senior leaders, helping to lead an academy is a tough job requiring resilience and flexibility – which is why we wrap around an unrivalled support network of peers and innovative educators to lean on and develop alongside; all aligned with the Oasis vision to deliver exceptional education within the heart of our communities, whilst providing the autonomy to put your stamp on the school.
Working at Oasis Academy MediaCityUK is fast paced, challenging and exciting; offering inspiring opportunities to work with talented and inspiring leaders from across the country. All our staff are highly valued and recognise the important part they play in the success of our academy. We pride ourselves on our ambition to create the best possible academy to both work in and attend as a student. You can be part of that journey.
What will you bring:
· A talented leader who can inspire and motivate students and staff
· A resilient, creative and an effective change agent that brings everyone together in a shared vision that has student success and achievement at its very heart.
· A passionate educator with a proven track record of success in raising student achievement
· Expertise that will help set the strategic direction for the whole academy.
So what are you waiting for?
Go ahead and complete the application form and tell us all about you, your experience and how your ambition to see every student succeed matches ours.
Recruitment timeline:
We are looking to get the right candidate in role for September 2025. We actively encourage early applications. The position will close 8.00am on Wednesday 21st May, and interviews will be held on Friday 23rd May at Oasis Academy MediaCityUK.
We are committed to the safeguarding of our students through our recruitment and school practices; all jobs are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016); therefore, the ability to speak fluent spoken English
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 are not accepted.
About Oasis Academy MediaCityUK
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1020 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Oasis Academy MediaCityUK website
Oasis Academy MediaCityUK is a mixed, mainstream, multi-faith secondary school in Salford, Manchester. The school caters for students aged 11-16. It boasts a £25 million building equipped with state-of-the-art facilities.
Oasis Academy MediaCityUK is sponsored by Oasis Community Learning, a multi-academy trust established in 2004 that is part of Oasis Global. Oasis UK was founded by Reverend Steve Chalke MBE in 1985 to deliver educational, healthcare and housing projects across the world.
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