Principal

Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit, Kingston-upon-Hull, HU4 7AD

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  20 April 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  27 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £67,897.00 - £78,700.00 Annually (FTE) L12-18

Principal job summary

Venn Academy Trust is seeking to appoint a dynamic, innovative and proactive leader to the role of Principal at Whitehouse PRU. This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious individual to lead the PRU along with the primary SEMH outreach service in close partnership with executive leaders, building on existing strengths and driving further improvement to ensure outstanding provision for all pupils. The successful candidate will demonstrate the vision, resilience and strategic leadership required to navigate an ever‑changing educational landscape, while maintaining a clear focus on delivering high‑quality outcomes for pupils and meeting the expectations of commissioners and stakeholders.

You will be highly skilled in working collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders and partner organisations, forging strong and effective relationships to maximise the educational, social and emotional opportunities available to children who are often among the most vulnerable. You will lead and develop an established staff team to respond to the individual needs of pupils, supporting them to identify and overcome barriers to learning. This will include shaping personalised strategies, identifying special educational needs and statutory assessment requirements, and creating the conditions that enable pupils to re‑engage with education and, where appropriate, make a successful return to mainstream provision.

We Offer:

• A supportive and caring staff team and leadership who value work-life balance
• Enthusiastic, well-behaved children who enjoy learning
• A strong culture of collaboration and continuous improvement
• Opportunities for professional growth and career development
• A commitment to staff well-being including annual employee survey where we really listen to staff!
• Employee benefits such as access to the Teachers Pension Scheme, free parking, free flu vaccinations, access to 24/7 GP service for you and your family as well as other EAP support.

Visits to the school are warmly encouraged - come and see what makes our school special. Please contact info@vennacademytrust.org to make arrangements.

Closing date: 20 April 2026 at 9am.

Our Multi Academy Trust is a group of inspirational and aspirational mainstream and specialist schools in Yorkshire whose main objective is to ensure that all pupils make exceptional progress through the development of outstanding staff.

Venn Academy Trust is committed to achieving fairness and equality in employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Our Trust is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects all staff to share this commitment.

An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants

Online searches will be carried out as part of Venn Academy Trust’s recruitment due diligence for all shortlisted candidates, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Venn Academy Trust is committed to achieving fairness and equality in employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Our Trust is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants. As part of Venn Academy Trust recruitment processes, in accordance with statutory guidance: Keeping children safe in education (2023) an online search will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates.

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 Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• School size: 18 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/whitehouse-pupil-referral-unit

We are very proud of our unique setting. The Whitehouse PRU is a pupil referral unit for primary school aged pupils. We help and support pupils to re-engage with their learning both academically and socially.

Our prime purpose is to prepare pupils to be ready to return to mainstream or to transfer to the most appropriate provision.

Whitehouse PRU is co-located with the Bridgeview Special School. Bridgeview is a special school for pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs.

We are part of the Venn Academy Trust which consists of a group of inspirational mainstream and specialist schools in Hull and Doncaster.

Venn Academy Trust’s main objective is to ensure that all pupils make exceptional progress through the development of outstanding teachers. Our approach promotes and celebrates individuality, whilst encouraging the pursuit of excellence.

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