Principal

Hope Academy, Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, WA12 0AQ

27 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  24 February 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  27 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • 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: Competitive dependent upon experience in line with School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document.

Principal job summary

Can you create the leaders of tomorrow by inspiring today’s learners?

 

Join our team who work in state-of-the-art facilities, and have the drive, passion and determination to deliver outstanding teaching and learning experiences to our young people. We are seeking an enthusiastic and passionate Principal with a good work ethic, a sense of moral purpose and a genuine desire to make a difference to the lives of our young people. You will help us to drive change and create a happy and safe place for learning together and achieving ambitious objectives. You will be driven by a desire to serve our Hope community through love. If you believe that your values and ambitions align with ours, and you believe that you can support our journey to deliver our vision, we would love to hear from you.

 

Our curriculum is designed to inspire the minds of our students and build the leaders of the future, giving all students the opportunities to thrive and achieve the best version of themselves. Our focus is on the highest quality of teaching, with bespoke CPD for all staff in order to achieve our goal.

 

Hope Academy benefits from its membership of the All Saints Multi Academy Trust, a unique joint denominational multi academy trust who operate across Liverpool, St Helens and Sefton.

 

Closing date for applications: 10:00 Tuesday 24 February 2026 

Tour Dates:    Friday 6 February 9:30

Wednesday 11 February 2:30

Friday 13 February 9:30

Interview date: Thursday 5 & Friday 6 March 2026

 

Applications should be made through our recruitment portal on our website www.allsaintsmat.org/current-vacancies.

 

Our Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo safeguarding checks appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Trust is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children. 

 

The Trust is an equal opportunities employer.

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 Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo safeguarding checks appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Trust is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children. 

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 Hope Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England/Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1288 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hope Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hope-academy

Hope Academy is a £33 million joint faith Academy which opened in September 2011. We are currently on a journey to become an ‘outstanding Academy’. Staff and students are driven by our core values of Respect, Courage and Ambition

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