Principal
Oasis Academy Boulton, Birmingham, West Midlands, B21 0RE38 days remaining to apply
Job start date
5 January 2026
Closing date
7 September 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
28 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- L15-L21
Principal job summary
Is our Principal at Oasis Academy Boulton , the role for you?
- Firstly you’ll be joining a large established Trust of 54 Academies with support and systems in place & a strong track record of putting exceptional education at the heart of our communities. You won't work in isolation, we are a real team.
- At Boulton Academy you’ll be joining a Good Academy where “the school continues to serve pupils, families and its local community well." And where offers ”pupils a safe haven where they can flourish." Ofsted 2024. Although very much an inner city Academy, with the excellent outside facilities such as our allotment it certainly doesn't feel like it and there's a real local village style school feel to the academy.
- As a founding member of the NioT benefit from excellent training and professional development opportunities to continue to progress your Senior Leadership career. Many of our staff continue to progress into National roles at Oasis and there's not many other educational institutes that can offer these further progression opportunities we can.
- Our overall vision for every part of Oasis is for community and a place where everyone is included. Want to make a difference ? Then this could be the role for you!
If you share our vision and our values resonate then please read on!
About our Principal Role
You'll be joining us at Oasis a great time. Lot's of work is going on in the Education sector and we're lucky to be playing a key role in shaping this. At Oasis we are a family and you won't just do things in isolation here, you have a team of experienced staff in place all helping to ensure we offer the best opportunities ultimately to our pupils and communities. Benefit from our initiatives such as every child having and laptop and being at the forefront of testing new technologies and ways of work. At an Academy level you'll be joining a "good academy" and we're rightly proud that the school is recognised to serve pupils, families and its local community well. Coming off the back of some really strong SAT's results It's a great position to be in and to build further from.
Our new principal will be key in the next step of our journey which will see all pupils exceling academically and going on a journey of personal growth and talent discovery and going on to be citizens who can contribute meaningfully to their communities.
About Boulton Academy
You’ll be joining an academy with great facilities and outdoor space, access to community hub and where every child has their own iPad. We love our root to vegetable initiative and would love for you to love this also!
What's important to us?
Someone who can connect with our ethos and our 9 habits and ensure that children and staff being the best versions of their professional selves are at the heart of all decision making.
What will you get in return?
- Leadership pay scale L15-21
- Continued professional development & access to NioT training.
- Excellent further learning opportunities & career progression pathways from National conferences to true subject matter thought leadership.
- Wider Oasis Community Learning benefits portal including health & dental cover & discounts at leading companies
About Oasis Community Learning
The overall vision for every part of Oasis is for community. A place where everyone is included, making a contribution and reaching their potential. Delivering first-class, innovative education is part of the work we do as we seek to grow an Oasis Hub in every area where we work; creating safe and inspiring local neighbourhoods that provide integrated and diverse services to benefit the whole person and whole community.
Next steps
Informal visits to meet Sasha Paterson (Responsive Principal) and/or Afshan Asghar (Deputy Principal) are welcomed and really encouraged. These will be Tuesday 2nd September at 3:00 PM and Wednesday 3rd September at 4:00 PM at Boulton Academy, Boulton Road, Birmingham B21 0RE
Please reach out directly to the academy with name, current role and contact details to be included here.
Recruitment timeline
We are looking to get the right candidate in role for January 2026. We actively encourage early applications, and position will close on 7th September . Shortlisting will commence the week beginning 8th September with interviews on either Wednesday 17th or Thursday 18th September. Invites to interview will go out a week prior to this.
Additional Information
We are also currently recruiting for a Principal at Oasis Academy Blakehale Infant & Junior School. Please do check out the advert for this. We are keen to get the right candidate for Oasis and we would like to consider applications for BOTH positions. As part of your application there will be a question asking if you are happy to be considered for both. If this isn't the case , we will still consider applications purely for one opportunity.
Based on this Informal visits to meet Sasha Paterson (Responsive Principal) and/or Afshan Asghar (Deputy Principal) are welcomed and really encouraged at Oasis Blakenhale Infant and Junior School also. These will mirror the times for Boulton visits so one visit can be done on Tuesday and one Wednesday. To reconfirm these dates are: Tuesday 2nd September at 3:00 PM and Wednesday 3rd September at 4:00 PM at Blakenhale Infant & Junior School, Blakenhale Road, Birmingham B33 0UN. Please reach out directly to the academy with name, current role and contact details to be included here.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks and a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis Community Learning ethos.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Oasis Academy Boulton
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 225 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Oasis Academy Boulton website
Oasis Academy Boulton is a warm, welcoming, inclusive academy with a friendly and enthusiastic team of teachers and support staff. Our children are eager to learn, have excellent behaviour and a positive attitude and enjoy coming to school; parents and carers are very supportive of the academy. As part of the Oasis Community Learning family of academies, we have great regional links and access to experts in education at a regional and national level for guidance and training.
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