Trust Senior Vice Principal

Dixons Academies Trust, Bradford, BD5 7RR

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  6 October 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  22 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: DAT L21-24 £84,699 - £91,158

What skills and experience we're looking for

Our mission is to challenge educational and social disadvantage in the North. As a school trust of 17 schools, we are committed to making a difference where it matters most through delivering exceptional education in our schools in Bradford, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester, which include primaries, secondaries, all-throughs and a standalone sixth form. The Dixons Central team includes experts from a range of professional backgrounds, who work together to provide an outstanding service to our Academies.

What the school offers its staff

Why choose Dixons Academies Trust?

• We are values driven: our values of work hard, be nice, be good underpin everything we do
• We have been challenging educational and social disadvantage for over 30 years
• We are launching a bold flexible working policy to give our teachers more time back
• We are ambitious for every child and highly inclusive
• We are always in the top 5 nationally for progress at secondary
• We prioritise the professional development and growth of all our staff; every member of Team Dixons receives regular coaching
• We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and our staff work collaboratively to share resources and reduce workload
• Hybrid working arrangements and free on-site parking
• Salary sacrifice schemes (Car leasing, lifestyle benefits and discounts)

We establish high-performing non-faith academies which maximise attainment, value diversity, develop character and build cultural capital. By the age of 18, we want every student to have the choice of university or a high-quality apprenticeship.

Visit our OpenSource platform to learn more about our approaches and culture.

Learn more

Full details of this role can be found in the job description and person specification.

Interview date 9/10 Ocobter 2025

Please visit www.dixonsat.com or call us on 01274 085526 and speak to Angela Skinner, Business Support Administrator, HR, in order to discuss the role further.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, recruiting a diverse workforce, and creating an inclusive environment for everyone at Dixons. Therefore, we encourage applications from underrepresented communities and irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergent status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual orientation. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible through the recruitment process should this be required.

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 organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Dixons Academies Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Email address: askinner@dixonsat.com
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/dixons-academies-trust

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