Principal

The Bromfords School, Wickford, Essex, SS12 0LZ

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  14 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  28 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Highly competitive, based on experience and expertise
• Additional allowances:

  Highly competitive, based on experience and expertise

Principal job summary

The Compass Education Trust is seeking an outstanding and visionary school leader to become the next Principal of The Bromfords School, starting September 2026. This is an exciting and career-defining opportunity to lead this established secondary school at a pivotal time as the Trust prepares to join the Harris Federation from September 2026. As Principal, you will provide the professional leadership and strategic direction needed to secure exceptional standards of teaching, learning, behaviour and personal development. You will inspire staff and students alike and ensure the school continues to serve its community with ambition, inclusivity, and a relentless focus on student success.

Main Areas of Responsibility

As Principal, you will need to provide the leadership and management necessary to secure high quality teaching and learning to raise standards of achievement.

The Principal's effective leadership will result in an academy where:

• There is a positive ethos that reflects the Academy's commitment to high achievement, effective teaching and learning, and good relationships
• Staff, governors and parents have confidence in the leadership and management of the Academy
• Staff and governors recognise their accountability for their tasks and contribute fully to the development and successful implementation of policies and practices
• The life of the Academy and the curriculum effectively promote students' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and prepare them for adult life
• Effectiveness is kept under rigorous review, and links with the wider community contribute to students' attainment and personal development
• Efficient and effective use is made of staff, accommodation and resources
• Delegated responsibilities to ensuring that finance and administration are effective, and the carefully costed development plan is focused on improving educational outcomes

Qualifications & Experience

We are seeking an inspiring, knowledgeable and resilient leader with:

• A proven track record of raising attainment and improving educational outcomes
• Significant senior leadership experience, ideally as a Headteacher or Deputy Headteacher
• Deep understanding of curriculum, assessment, and school improvement strategies
• Strong communication skills and the ability to motivate students, staff and parents
• A commitment to inclusion, safeguarding, and high expectations for all pupils

• Qualified Teacher Status, Degree, Further relevant professional studies
• Relevant Further Degree or NPQH
• Leadership in curriculum development and in monitoring and evaluation strategies

From September 2026, the Compass Education Trust will formally join the Harris Federation, one of the country’s leading multi-academy trusts. The successful post holder will therefore join and be employed under the Harris Federation, gaining access to world-class leadership development, a nationally recognised school improvement model, and unrivalled opportunities for progression across a large and high-performing federation of academies.

The Compass Education Trust, Harris Federation and their academies are committed to ensure the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

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

The Bromfords School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be offered a position subject to full pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure.

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 The Bromfords School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1135 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Bromfords School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-bromfords-school-wickford

The core purpose of our school is to enable every young person to achieve their full potential, in every aspect of their lives. We are a school where it is important for our students to feel happy, safe and able to express themselves.

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