Vice Principal Behaviour and Culture - Cambridgeshire

Astrea Academy Trust, Sheffield, S9 4WG

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  6 October 2025 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  22 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Deputy headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £84,303.00 - £92,976.00 Annually (Actual)

Vice Principal Behaviour and Culture - Cambridgeshire job summary

Vice Principal - Behaviour & Culture

Astrea Academy Trust | Cambridgeshire
Leadership Scale | Permanent | Full-Time

Astrea Academy Trust is seeking an exceptional senior leader to join our Cambridgeshire team as Vice Principal - Behaviour & Culture. This is a rare and exciting opportunity to shape the culture and climate across multiple schools, driving transformational change and championing inclusive excellence.

As Vice Principal, you will lead the strategic development of behaviour and culture across our secondary academies, ensuring every school is a calm, purposeful, and joyful environment where scholars feel safe, valued, and inspired to succeed. You will work closely with Principals and senior leaders to embed consistent, values-driven systems that foster high expectations, warm relationships, and a profound sense of belonging.

This role is ideal for a dynamic leader with a proven track record of school improvement, who is passionate about equity, inclusion, and the power of culture to unlock potential. You will be a skilled communicator, a strategic thinker, and a role model for staff and scholars alike—able to build strong teams, mentor leaders, and drive sustainable change.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead behaviour and culture strategy across Cambridgeshire secondary schools.
• Support Principals in embedding inclusive, high-expectation environments.
• Design and implement Trust-wide systems and routines that empower staff and scholars.
• Champion a culture of kindness, gratitude, and respect.
• Ensure disadvantaged and SEND scholars thrive through inclusive practice.
• Build staff capacity through coaching, training, and modelling best practice.
• Contribute to Trust-wide projects and secondary improvement strategy.

What We’re Looking For

• A visionary leader with experience in senior leadership and school improvement.
• Deep understanding of behaviour systems, inclusion, and safeguarding.
• Proven ability to lead change, inspire teams, and deliver impact.
• Commitment to Astrea’s mission of educational excellence and equity for all.

Why Join Us?

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to delivering a knowledge-rich education that transforms lives. We believe in explicit instruction, carefully sequenced curricula, and a culture of deliberate practice. Our schools are warm, disciplined and joyful places where teachers can teach and scholars can learn.

Interested in Applying?

If you are aligned with our mission and values, and ready to lead with impact, we would love to hear from you. For an initial confidential conversation, please contact Rebekah Ramsden, Deputy Director of Secondary Education, at Rebekah.ramsden@astreaacademytrust.org

For further information about the role or to discuss the application process please contact either Stephen Casey or Sarah Fedun from the recruitment team at Astrea - recruitment@astreaacademytrust.org

Commitment to Safeguarding and EDI

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All roles are subject to enhanced DBS checks and satisfactory references. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

Ready to Lead with Purpose?

If you're ready to take the next step in your leadership journey and shape the future of education in Cambridgeshire, apply today and be part of our mission to inspire beyond measure.

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

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks. 

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 Astrea Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Astrea Academy Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/astrea-academy-trust

Astrea is a trust that is coming of age and moving beyond its foundational years into a mature phase of development, our aim is that every child gets a brilliant education. Our work starts and ends with a universal belief in high standards and expectations for every child, no matter what barriers they face.

Underpinning our vision is a commitment that knowledge and scholarship will be celebrated, we want our children to become resilient in the face of challenge and we commit to providing all Astrea children with rich opportunities and to supporting them every step of the way. I am incredibly proud of what the Astrea family has achieved and as the trust matures, we are in a strong position to embark upon this next exciting phase, where all of our energy will be focused on providing a brilliant education which helps children to learn, thrive and lead successful lives.

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