Vice Principal
Ark Alexandra Academy, HASTINGS, East Sussex, TN34 2PG11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
18 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
6 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: 40 hours a week, Monday to Friday.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Ark Outside London Leadership Scale, points 21 - 25
What skills and experience we're looking for
Ideal candidates will have:
- Experience of leading, coaching and managing staff at a senior level and with a proven track record of success
- Experience of delivering life-transforming impact on the outcomes of pupils by raising teacher and leader quality across a range of departments
- Experience of leading a high achieving team of leaders within a complex school environment.
What the school offers its staff
What we offer:
- Salary higher than the national pay scales
- Twice as many training days as standard and network-wide events with Ark colleagues, held by the best minds in education
- Coaching for every teacher
- Access to the high-quality, professional development, including nationally recognised qualifications such as NPQSL and NPQH
- Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues across the network.
Further details about the role
Vice Principal
Reports to: Headteacher
Start date: September 2025
Location: Hastings, East Sussex
Salary: Ark Outside London Leadership Scale, points 21 - 25 (£82,641 - £91,154 per annum)
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Closing date: 23:59 on Sunday 18 May 2025
Interview: Thursday 22 May 2025
A fantastic opportunity for an existing Vice Principal or experienced Assistant Principal to join a rapidly improving school with excellent support and an ambitious Senior Leadership Team.
Our school:
Ark Alexandra Academy is situated on the sunny south coast in Hastings, East Sussex and is the largest secondary in the Ark network. A popular school, Ark Alexandra has grown from a 10 to 12 form entry, operating on a ‘One School, Two Campus’ model, which brings with it unique opportunities for growth and development. The school is on an exciting and rapid journey of improvement under a new leadership team, which is underpinned by research and best practice.
We take a traditional and research-based approach to education with a primacy placed on cognitive science and what the best schools do. We are a no-nonsense, mobile phone free school, where staff can focus their efforts on teaching great lessons. We place a primacy on student rewards, House competitions, and extra-curricular activities including DofE (bronze to gold), Army Cadet Force and termly trips, ensuring our students develop the cultural capital they need to succeed.
The opportunity:
We are seeking an outstanding Vice Principal to realise our ambitious vision and make Ark Alexandra a world class school. You will have significant skills, drive and a proven track record of having had impact in a Secondary setting. You will understand the importance of working hard and creating a high performing team.
The exact responsibilities will depend on the skills of the successful candidate, and we are keen to hear from any strong leaders excited by the challenge of joining our school. Currently, we are looking for a leader who can demonstrate skills leading across Teaching & Learning, or Behaviour and Culture. A proven track record of impact in this area would be desirable, however, to help you gain experience in all aspects of school leadership, and preparing you for future progression, the exact role and specific responsibilities will be reviewed and agreed annually.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Assistant Principal or current Vice Principal to work in a high performing school within a successful network. This role would suit someone who has ambitions to be a Principal in the future and who is eager to have impact in all aspects of school leadership in a disadvantaged context.
As a member of the senior leadership team, you will be centrally involved in the overall leadership and management of the academy and will help to establish a school culture that maintains exceptionally high expectations for both staff and pupils. You will also have the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues across the network and will feed into the development of excellent practice beyond your own school.
How to apply:
To apply, please submit an application via www.arkalexandra.org/jobs/vacancies by 23:59 on Sunday 18 May 2025.
We welcome conversations about the role and visits to our school. Tours are available on 13 or 14 May 2025. If you are interested in finding out more about this opportunity or would like an informal and confidential conversation with one of the Headteachers, please contact Carol Sales, PA to the Headteachers, at c.sales@arkalexandra.org
Commitment to safeguarding
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies.
Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.
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Additional documents
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About Ark Alexandra Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1552 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Ark Alexandra Academy website
- Email address
- c.sales@arkalexandra.org
We are aiming to create one of the top performing schools in the UK right here in Hastings.
Ark Alexandra Academy is a popular secondary school in Hastings. We have grown from 10 to 12 form entry and operate a ‘One School, Two Campus’ model, which brings with it unique opportunities for career growth and development. The school is on an exciting and rapid journey of improvement under a new leadership team, which is underpinned by research and best practice. We place a primacy on traditional values: discipline, courtesy and respect. Our students are smart and ready to learn and thrive. We are a strict no mobile phone school.
As part of the Ark network, Ark Alexandra Academy has access to the dedicated support of a highly successful MAT with a well-regarded CPD offer for leaders and teachers at all levels.
In addition, the school is part of the Hastings DfE Education Investment Area giving an increased focus on the region, potential funding, and genuine opportunities for collaboration between schools.
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