Vice Principal

Future Academies, London, SW1V 3AT

5 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  13 October 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  8 October 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: School Teachers Pay and Conditions, Leadership Pay Scale (Fringe), points 14 - 18 (£72,763 - £80,134)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are delighted to share that Mount Grace School is expected to join Future Academies from 1st November 2025, marking the beginning of an exciting new chapter in the school’s journey. As we prepare for this important transition, we are now seeking to appoint a Vice Principal to join our senior leadership team from January 2026.

This is a pivotal leadership role at a time of strategic change, offering a rare and exciting opportunity to help shape the future direction of the school as it becomes part of the Future Academies Trust. The successful candidate will play a key role in driving school improvement, embedding high expectations, and ensuring that the values and vision of the Trust are realised at Mount Grace.

As Vice Principal, you will report directly to the principal and will deputise as and when required. You will support the principal with the overall management of the school, ensuring that all aspects of the schools’ day-to-day operations are aligned with its vision and values. You will also be responsible for ensuring that that the highest academic and professional standards are always maintained.

About us:

We are Future Academies: a flourishing multi-academy trust, founded with the aim of improving the life chances and raising the aspirations of young people. We offer a rich and stimulating education comprised of a knowledge-rich curriculum, diverse cultural and extracurricular opportunities, and a strong pastoral support system. All children and young people are welcomed in our inclusive community, and all are challenged to be the best they can be. This ethos is embodied in our Trust values -Knowledge, Aspiration, and Respect - and in our motto, libertas per cultum (“freedom through education”).

What the school offers its staff

Future Academies recognises its employees as the most important asset and critical to its success. To demonstrate this all staff are offered the following benefits:

• A supportive ethos and concern for the well-being of all colleagues.
• Excellent CPD opportunities and career progression.
• Employer Contributions to Local Government or Teachers Pension Scheme.
• Mintago – access to numerous cost saving employee benefits including fantastic cost savings on childcare.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Access to a Virtual GP

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

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Vice Principal - Mount Grace - Recruitment Pack - September 2025.pdf - 715 KB (opens in new tab)

About Future Academies

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Email address: HREnquiries@futureacademies.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/future-academies

Arranging a visit to Future Academies

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HREnquiries@futureacademies.org.

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