Vice Principal

Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 9AR

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2026

• Closing date

  22 September 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  9 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £78,702.00 to £93,424.00 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for an exceptional Vice Principal to help lead us on our journey of sustained excellence.

We want to hear from talented leaders looking to extend their experience, and ambitious middle leaders seeking their first senior leadership post. You will be highly motivated and passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people with the natural ability to inspire and motivate both pupils and peers.

As an outstanding teacher and leader with demonstrable leadership experience, you will make a significant contribution to the leadership and success of our school. As a Star leader, you’ll join the Star Academies family, a high-performing and supportive network of primary and secondary schools with some of the best leaders in education.

You will have:

• A degree-level qualification and Qualified Teacher Status.
• Experience of senior leadership and management in a school setting.
• Experience of sustained delivery of outstanding attainment and achievement.
• A strong commitment to our STAR values.

What the school offers its staff

About Eden Boys’ Leadership Academy, Bradford

Eden Boys’ Leadership Academy, Bradford is a new secondary school for boys that opened in September 2019 and we were graded as ‘Outstanding’ in all areas by Ofsted during our first inspection in February 2024. The school has a Muslim faith designation, welcoming applications from pupils of all faiths and none. During its opening year, the school admitted an intake of 120 pupils into Year 7. The school will continue to admit a new intake of Year 7 pupils at the beginning of each academic year. Like all Star schools, it has a leadership specialism.

We have an exemplary reputation for excellence in every aspect of school life. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.

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.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

JDPS - Vice Principal (1).pdf - 325 KB (opens in new tab)

About Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford

• School type: Free School, Muslim, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 598 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford website
• Email address: info@ebbradford.staracademies.org
• Phone number: 01274 280350
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/eden-boys-leadership-academy-bradford

School location

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Bradford and West Yorkshire