Senior Vice Principal
Parkside School, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD13 5AD16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April 2025
Closing date
7 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
16 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Leadership Scale 22-26
Senior Vice Principal job summary
Do you want a job where you make a difference to the lives of children and young people?
Do you want to be inspired on a daily basis by your work?
Are you passionate about inclusion and committed to meeting the needs of all children?
Do you have the ability to engage, motivate lead staff?
Are you ready to take on a new senior leadership role?
It couldn’t be a more exciting time to join Parkside School. In September 2023, Parkside School joined Wellspring Academy Trust, recently awarded the title of Multi Academy Trust of the year. Wellspring Academy Trust is known for its inclusive practice and these values are matched by Parkside School. Details of Wellspring Academy Trust can be found at: https://wellspringacademytrust.co.uk/
‘We make a difference’ - if you have the same philosophy, this may be the job for you.
In September 2024 a new Principal joined the school. The Principal is keen to build a new, reshaped and dynamic leadership team. As such, we are looking for a like-minded, talented leader to join us on this journey and are recruiting to the position of Senior Vice Principal. As the sole ‘deputy’ in the school, you will be working alongside the Principal in shaping and driving the next stages of Parkside’s improvement journey.
September 2024 saw a significant change at Parkside. In addition to the new Principal, the start of the academic year saw the introduction of a new school day, curriculum offer and timetable structure, a new uniform and a strong focus on community and relationship building through the implementation of a new coaching model. These changes are becoming embedded and now is the time to progress to maximise the opportunities that they bring to support sustainable cultural change.
The specific areas of responsibility will be determined upon appointment. In the first instance we are looking for the right person. Someone who holds the same values of the school and Trust but also has experience and a track record in secondary school improvement. As such, it is expected that the successful candidate will already have significant senior leadership experience. This post would be an excellent opportunity for someone who aspires to be a Principal in the future and, over time, you will be supported on that journey.
There is much to do, but you will not be working in isolation. The successful applicant will be working closely with the new Principal, the Trust wide school improvement team and will have the opportunity to visit and work with other schools to witness effective practice, using that experience to develop others at Parkside School.
Interested candidates should ensure that they have the same inclusive values as the Trust and school which will underpin whatever area of the school in which they take responsibility.
Our vision for Parkside School is that it should visibly and substantively impact on the community it is embedded within. This impact should be important, meaningful and considerable. This means young people from Parkside should develop into well-rounded young people who know how to keep themselves safe. We want students to have a personal and specific hope for the future which they can articulate, believe in and share with others; students who can empathise, critique, protect, love, inspire, make, design, explore and understand; students who are willing to try things they have never done before, do things they don’t want to do and be willing to reinvent themselves to become the best that they can be.
To take Parkside forward, we will need to be courageous. We will need to try new things, be open to change and have the courage to put ourselves out of our comfort zones in order to grow.
We encourage any applicant to book an informal phone conversation / virtual meeting about this role with Robin Ghosal, Principal or to come and visit the school. Please contact Kath Jackson, PA to the Principal kathryn.jackson@parksideschool.net to arrange a suitable time.
If you are as excited by this challenge as we are and you think this might be the role for you, please apply by completing an application form, having taken note of the attachments, by Friday 7th February 2025. In your application, please make clear your area of expertise in which you feel you could lead at Parkside School.
Interviews for successfully shortlisted candidates will be undertaken during the week commencing 10th February 2025.
The School has adopted the principles of Safer Recruitment and will safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to do the same. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal records check via the Disclosure and Barring Service. Parkside School is an Equal Opportunities Employer
Commitment to safeguarding
Wellspring Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils. All posts are offered subject to enhanced DBS checks. As this role involves working with children in regulated activity, please note that it is an offence to apply for the role if barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.
References will be requested and an online search carried out for shortlisted candidates, prior to interview. Further pre-employment checks, including prohibition from teaching, childcare disqualification and section 128 checks, if relevant for the role, will be completed for the successful candidate upon acceptance of the post.
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.
About Parkside School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1144 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Parkside School website (opens in new tab)
Parkside School and locality
We want all of our schools to make a positive contribution to the community that they are embedded within. This impact should be meaningful, considerable and lasting.
We want the young people of Parkside school to have every available opportunity to develop into well-rounded citizens who are equipped to make a positive contribution and who know how to keep themselves safe. We want students to have passionate hopes for their future; hopes that they can articulate, believe in and make real. We want to develop a nurturing environment that develops students who can empathise, critique, protect, love, inspire, make, design, explore and understand; students who are willing to try things they have never tried before, do things they have never done before and who are willing to risk reimagining themselves as the very best version of what they can become.
Located in the picturesque village of Cullingworth, Parkside School is surrounded by rolling hills and dramatic countryside.
The village, three miles south of Keighley and seven miles west of central Bradford, is not only popular with commuters but also with tourists, walkers and cyclists who revel in some of the country’s most glorious scenery.
The locality is steeped in history; the Brontë Parsonage Museum and its famous literary collections lie less than five miles east.
Also on the doorstep is the Saltaire World Heritage Site; a Victorian model village that is home to Salts Mill, which itself boasts striking architecture, eateries and shopping.
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