Vice Principal for Behaviour
Bluecoat Beechdale Academy, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 3GP21 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
25 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
4 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- English, Mathematics, Science
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- From £73,819 to £81,441
What skills and experience we're looking for
As Vice Principal, you will work with the Principal to set the strategic direction and improvement priorities for the school, monitor their implementation and drive the school’s continuous development. Some of your responsibilities will include;
1. Working with the Principal to write the SEF and AIP.
2. Strategic oversight of Behaviour, Attitudes and Personal Development.
3. Strategic oversight and implementation of the Performance Management process.
4. Designing and monitoring quality assurance activities in the school and coordinating Trust QA processes for Behaviour, Attitudes and Personal Development.
5. Having a strategic overview of Teaching & Learning and Continuous Professional Development including INSET design, Staff Induction, TeachMeets, Instructional Coaching, ITT Coordination, NPQs, Leadership Development and Support Staff Development.
6. Working with the Principal to ensure succession planning within the organisational structure and through recruitment.
7. Line Management of Year Leaders and other Pastoral Leaders.
8. Ensure that the vision, ethos and values relating to the expectations around student behaviour, attitudes and personal development is clearly communicated to all staff, students and parents, and reinforced regularly.
9. To promote strong standards of behaviour in the school and secure consistency in expected routines.
10. To have strategic oversight of Personal Development within the school including RSHE, Careers, Student Leadership, Enrichment and Character Development.
11. Have ambitious expectations for all pupils regardless of their demographics or student profile.
12. Make sure the school works effectively with parents, carers and professionals and support all pupils.
13. Have strategic oversight of the data in the school and ensuring that all data is relevant, useful and being used by all teaching staff to raise standards of behaviour.
14. Coordination of external quality marks.
15. Seeking funding streams and external partners.
16. Undertaking professional duties and administrative tasks as reasonably delegated by the Principal.
17. Deputising for the Principal as appropriate.
18. Implementation of whole Academy policy and practice.
19. Participating in whole Academy planning and policy making.
20. Leading significant monitoring, review and evaluation roles.
21. Leading significant Academy development and improvement projects.
22. Attending and leading senior staff and other Academy committees and meetings within the Trust to share ideas and best practice for all schools.
23. Attending and contributing to Governors’ meetings (Academy Advisory Boards), for example through the preparation of papers and presentation of issues for consideration.
24. Strengthening partnership and community working.
The Vice Principal will also have a shared responsibility as defined within the Senior Leadership Team for:
1. Staff support in matters of student behaviour and discipline.
2. Manage staff duty rotas.
3. Leading and coordinating assemblies.
The Vice Principal will work with the Principal in developing the policies and practice, which promote inclusion, equality and the extended services that the school offers.
What the school offers its staff
- Archway benefits to include shopping discounts and competitions
- A free and confidential employee assistance programme offering counselling and advice
- Access to Teachers’ Pensions
- Access to discounted travel schemes
- Cycle to work scheme
- Comprehensive training and support
- Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
- Eye care voucher scheme
- Free flu vaccine
- Access to e-learning and development
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 are not accepted.
About Bluecoat Beechdale Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 901 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Bluecoat Beechdale Academy website
- Email address
- hr@archwaytrust.co.uk
- Phone number
- 0115 9135211
Arranging a visit to Bluecoat Beechdale Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@archwaytrust.co.uk.
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