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Group Assistant Principal
One Sixth Form College, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 3SU22 days remaining to apply
Job start date
26 August 2025
Closing date
25 April 2025 at 8am
Date listed
2 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year - Permanent
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £58,722 - £71,193 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you a dynamic and visionary leader ready to shape the future of post-16 education? We are seeking a Group Assistant Principal to play a pivotal role in driving curriculum excellence, fostering collaboration,and ensuring continuousimprovement across our outstanding sixth form colleges.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic Leadership & Collaboration: Lead within our dynamic matrix management structure, breaking down silos and enhancing cross-campus collaboration to improve teaching and learning experiences.
- Curriculum & Quality Assurance: Work closely with Assistant Principals, Heads of Faculty, and Subject Leads to shape curriculum strategy, optimise resource allocation, and uphold rigorous quality standards.
- Specifically in this instance the postholder will work with the Assistant Principal at Abbeygate 6thForm to lead on the alignment of A level subjects at ASFC and OSFC.
- People & Performance Management: Line manage key personnel to drive continuous improvement and professional development, ensuring a high-impact learning environment.
- Group-Wide Influence & Impact: Play a proactive and co-operative role in the corporate leadership of the Group, promoting its values and embedding best practices consistently across all colleges.
Apply today to make a lasting impact on the future of education.
Eastern Education Group is a dynamic and forward-thinking education provider committed to delivering high-quality learning experiences across multiple institutions. Our group encompasses a diverse range of educational settings, including schools, further education colleges, and specialist learning provisions, ensuring that learners of all ages and backgrounds receive the support and opportunities they need to succeed.
At the heart of our mission is a dedication to excellence, inclusivity, and innovation in education. We strive to create an environment where students can thrive academically, socially, and professionally. Through strong partnerships with local communities, businesses, and industry leaders, we ensure our curriculum remains relevant, equipping students with the skills and knowledge required for future careers.
Our group also prioritises supporting students with additional learning needs, offering specialist provisions for those with SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities), SEMH (Social, Emotional, and Mental Health needs), and vocational training to empower every learner. We take a holistic approach to education, combining academic excellence with pastoral care, safeguarding, and wellbeing initiatives to foster a safe and supportive learning environment.
As a collective, Eastern Education Group is committed to continuous improvement, innovation, and maintaining high standards across all our institutions. We work closely with regulatory bodies, including Ofsted, to ensure compliance and the highest quality of teaching, learning, and student support. Our leadership team, educators, and support staff are dedicated to shaping the future of education, driving positive change, and enabling learners to realise their full potential.
As a Group, our Character Strengths and Mission Statement underpin our expectations of all our students and employees. Please familiarise yourself with these and incorporate them into your personal statement; this will be of benefit if you are invited to attend for an interview.
This is an opportunity to join a hugely supportive organisation where we value, support and facilitate your professional development, as well as offering many other benefits including an attractive pension scheme, staff wellbeing initiatives and employee assistance.
The Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
For further information please contact our recruitment team at:recruitment@easterneducationgroup.ac.uk
Completed application forms should be made via outrecruitment portal– if you have not heard from a member of the HR Team within 14 working days, please presume your application has not been successful on this occasion.
Closing Date:8.00am on Friday 25thApril 2025
Interviews: Friday 2ndMay 2025
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, gender, gender reassignment, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age in accordance with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010.
The College is committed to safeguarding children and safer recruitment practices and will undertake all the required pre-employment checks on the successful candidate including an enhanced DBS Disclosure.
All data will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. For more information about how we access and use your information please visit our website
What the school offers its staff
This role offers an exciting opportunity for career progression, providing structured leadership support and professional development. You’ll have the chance to shape educational strategy at a group-wide level while maintaining a strong presence within your designated college.
If you're passionate about educational excellence, strategic leadership, and student success, we’d love to hear from you!
Commitment to safeguarding
SAT and WSC are committed to Safeguarding. We aim to create the safest environment within which every student has the opportunity to achieve and progress.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About One Sixth Form College
- School type
- Academy, ages 16 to 19
- Education phase
- Sixth_form_or_college
- School size
- 2252 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 16 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- One Sixth Form College website
- Email address
- recruitment@easterneducationgroup.ac.uk
One Sixth Form College wowed Ofsted during their latest inspection, being judged Ofsted 'Outstanding’. Our Sixth Form is now amongst the first educational institutions in the East of England to get the highest possible grade under the new and more challenging Ofsted Framework.
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