Vice Principal
Harris Girls Academy Bromley, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 1QR14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January
Closing date
29 September 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
15 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £76,112 - £83,427
Pay scale
- Leadership Scale 16-20 (Outer London)
Additional allowances
Performance and Loyalty Bonus + Pension scheme (TPS) + Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan + Additional Harris Benefits
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for an outstanding leader to join our SLT at Harris Girls' Academy Bromley as Vice Principal.
Our 10-person Senior Leadership Team comprises of a principal, two Vice Principals, five Faculty Directors and two Assistant Principals. You will play a pivotal role in the day to day running of the Academy and the creation and implementation of strategy that will ensure the Academy continues to build on its success and improving the world class education we are currently delivering.
We believe that we have built something special here through a leadership at all levels philosophy of constant improvement, and listening to our students, staff, and wider community. Leadership at HGABR means constantly reviewing and reinventing our approach, as we respond to the new opportunities and challenges of our young people present and seek to improve the education they receive. Leadership at HGABR considers that the academy exists as an important community organisation that has an impact on a significant number of lives, and we believe that stewarding this organisation is a responsibility that requires dedication and excellence from us.
As an ideal candidate, you will have:
- Proven successful school leadership
- Experience working with diverse groups and are a strong advocate for parent and community involvement
- Embraced challenges and seek opportunities to develop as an educational leader
- Promoted innovative, transformative practices to support student engagement and learning
- Modelled a positive inquiry-based approach to problem solving
- Inspired and supported students and staff to reach their full potential
- Fostered an environment of instructional excellence
- Built relationships which support student success in a safe and caring school
Please download the Job Pack for a full job description and person specification.
What the school offers its staff
Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level to senior leadership. We look for talented individuals who share our vision for creating exceptional places of learning, and are committed to ensuring that every child in London has access to the best possible education. In addition to the opportunities for career progression, training and development, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits.
Flexible working opportunities
We are committed to fostering a positive and supportive working environment for our staff, recognising that achieving a balance between professional and personal responsibilities is essential. We understand that each individual's circumstances are unique, which is why we offer flexible working options that can be adapted to meet the needs of both the academy and our employees.
Further information about the job
We are happy to negotiate individual responsibilities with you, but these could involve:
- Overseeing the strategic management of data, assessment and target setting (including reporting achievement data to governors and external bodies as required), working with the Principal to set challenging and aspirational whole academy targets.
- Leading on teaching, learning and assessment across the academy, providing the necessary Professional Learning opportunities to ensure the highest of standards are maintained in the classroom and in student outcomes.
- Leading on effective behaviour and inclusion, ensuring that the needs of all students are met within and beyond the classroom.
- Responsible for the success and leadership of at least two faculties.
As a member of the Academy Leadership Group, you will need to meet these general expectations:
- To collaborate to build and realise the shared vision of excellence and high standards
- To play a major role in determining strategy
- To contribute actively towards the formulation and implementation of all academy policies and procedures
- To agree challenging subject targets, and ensure rigorous monitoring, evaluation and review of progress towards these
- To ensure high quality teaching and learning in line managed faculties
- To manage delegated budgets effectively
- To attend academy leadership meetings
- To engage in the process of appointing new staff
- To participate in duties lunch/break/before and after school
- To contribute to assemblies
- To share in the management of student disciplinary incidents
- To actively participate in the monitoring, evaluation and review of teaching and learning in line managed faculties
Commitment to safeguarding
The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring 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, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About Harris Girls Academy Bromley
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1096 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Harris Girls Academy Bromley website
- Email address
- info@harrisbromley.org.uk
- Phone number
- 020 8778 5917
Harris Girls’ Academy Bromley is the number one school in Bromley for progress and one of the most successful schools in the country, with progress being amongst the top 1% of schools this year at +1.09 (Progress 8 2017). We are very proud of our academic and cultural achievements and are ambitious about the future.
At Harris Girls’ Academy Bromley, we aim to ensure that every student is inspired and supported to achieve her personal best in a creative and enterprising culture where learning comes first. Through the development of our learning ethos of CORE, we encourage the girls to become Committed, Optimistic, Resilient and Enterprising.
We believe that every girl can and should achieve their full potential and our commitment is one of ensuring our students develop a love of learning, a passion for enquiry and enterprise and a dedication to being the best that they can be.
Harris Girls’ Academy Bromley is an outstanding school, offering students and staff state-of-the-art facilities in new and recently refurbished buildings. Our examination results place us amongst the very best in the country and we believe that with high quality teaching and support our girls will become responsible and successful in their chosen paths. We believe that teaching is a craft and continually strive to become even better at it; our high quality CPD supports ambitious and hardworking colleagues to make a real difference to the lives of our students. If you are passionate about your subject, committed to your own learning and keen to make a difference; this could be the academy for you.
Come and see us in action: visits to Harris Girls' Academy Bromley are strongly encouraged and very welcome. Please call 020 8778 5917 or email info@harrisbromley.org.uk to arrange a time to come in or an informal conversation with the Principal.
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