Opportunity for Vice Principal (VP) or Assistant Principal (AP)

Corpus Christi Catholic Primary Academy, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 2LT

22 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  17 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  18 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Deputy headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £52,301.00 - £62,202.00 Annually (Actual)

Opportunity for Vice Principal (VP) or Assistant Principal (AP) job summary

Opportunity for Vice Principal (VP) or Assistant Principal (AP)

Required for September 2025
Full-time, Permanent Contract

Salary for VP:
Leadership Scale 6 – 10 (£56,316 - £62,202)

Salary for AP:
Leadership Scale 3 - 7 (£52,301 - £57831)

We invite you to bring your heart to Corpus Christi Catholic Primary Academy and lead within our joyful and compassionate community. Here, we nurture each child's unique gifts, empower teachers to share their love of learning, and together, as leaders, we create a future of boundless promise.

Working in partnership with the Archdiocese of Birmingham we are seeking to appoint either a:

• Vice Principal or

• Assistant Principal

* Please note that the Vice Principal role must be a practicing Catholic.

The successful candidate will support the Principal by providing strategic leadership, management and coaching to secure high standards.

The successful candidate will:

• have a secure understanding of the role of a Catholic school leader and be able to articulate how they would promote Catholic life within school and parish communities;

• display the knowledge, skills, drive and resilience required to improve outcomes for all pupils by setting consistently high standards for teaching and learning, pupil progress and attainment;

• demonstrate a high level of competence in teaching in a primary school, with some experience also of successful senior leadership;

• evidence high standards and expectations for behaviour, attendance and safeguarding;

• evidence a high level of competence in presenting accurate evaluation and data to enable Local Governing Body and Directors to receive evidence for progress from which they can exercise their role in supporting and challenging.

We can offer:

• The opportunity to be part of the St Gabriel the Archangel CMAT which will bring together 53 primary schools and 10 secondary schools from September 2025.

• Strategic leadership and formation development;

• Supportive Directors, CEO, COO, Local Governing Body and Trust Central Team;

• Opportunities for collaborative work in partnership with other senior leaders across the Trust;

• Pupils who are enthusiastic, confident, happy and eager to learn;

• Dedicated and committed staff, eager to build on our high standards;

• A strong faith community.

For more information, please contact Mr D Belcher, HR Officer at the company head office on 01902 558569

Closing Date: 17th March 2025, 12 noon. We are keen to receive early applications. We reserve the right to close advertised vacancies earlier than the published deadline, should the need arise.

Interviews: Week commencing 24th March 2025.

St Francis and St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Company is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance.

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.

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.

About Corpus Christi Catholic Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 206 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Corpus Christi Catholic Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/corpus-christi-catholic-primary-academy (opens in new tab)

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