Vice Principal
Northstowe Learning Community, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 1DJ18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st January 2026
Closing date
13 October 2025 at 9am
Date listed
25 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
- £76,772.00 - £84,699.00 Annually (FTE) Secondary School Leadership Band 5, Points 17-21
Vice Principal job summary
Salary: Secondary School Leadership Band 5, Points17-21 (£76,772 - £84,699)
Hours of work: This is a full-time position
About Northstowe Learning Community (NLC)
Northstowe Learning Community brings together:
An 11-16 secondary school (NSC)
Northstowe Sixth Form (NSF)
Northstowe Primary School (NPS)
Situated on the Northstowe Education Campus, NLC is co-located with the Trust’s Martin Bacon Academy. This specialist provision provides an innovative experience for its sixth form students through full integration with the Northstowe Sixth Form. This creates a vibrant educational hub where inclusion, collaboration, and excellence are central to the student experience.
From September 2025, the school contains:
One Reception and one Year 1 class (as the primary builds to its full 3FE (630 capacity)
Approximately 760 students in Years 7-11 (as the secondary builds to its eventual 12FE 1800 PAN)
112 Sixth Form students (45 students in Year 13 and 67 students in Year 12). The Sixth Form will grow over time to reach its capacity of 400.
NLC continues to grow rapidly in step with the new town of Northstowe, which will eventually be home to around 30,000 residents accommodated in up to 10,000 homes. The school is deliberately designed to play a key role in the provision of community facilities to reflect the Cambridgeshire Village College ethos.
Our Journey So Far
Northstowe Secondary College opened in 2019 with its first Year 7 cohort of just 71 students. In September 2024, the addition of both primary and sixth form phases marked a major milestone in our development and the school was renamed Northstowe Learning Community to reflect its expanded and unified identity.
With the recent completion of Phase 2 of our building programme, NLC now features:
An additional new specialist block for 11-16 education
A state-of-the-art primary school building
A purpose-built sixth form centre
Phase 3 will commence once further housing development is confirmed. Once complete, Northstowe Learning Community will be one of the largest schools in the East of England, with capacity for approximately 2,800 students from Reception through to Year 13. The campus aims to serve all ages and abilities, taking a lead role in bringing people together to create a sustainable and empowered local community.
Our Ethos and Vision
At NLC, we are committed to providing outstanding teaching and pastoral care, creating a culture where students work hard, enjoy learning, and thrive. Our dedicated staff are warm, approachable, and determined to give every child the best possible start in life. This is more than a leadership role—it’s an opportunity to shape a major educational institution from the ground up, embedding values of achievement, kindness, and inclusion at every level.
As Vice Principal, you will:
Contribute to the leadership of a growing, all-through school in one of the UK’s most ambitious urban developments
Be visionary in fostering a culture of excellence, aspiration, and belonging
Collaborate with a talented, committed staff team across all phases
The opportunity:
To join our motivated, friendly staff and students in a highly-regarded multi-academy Trust with a strong community presence.
To work collaboratively with Senior Leaders within the Trust, sharing excellent and innovative practice and benefiting from the support and guidance of an experienced network of leaders.
To gain expertise and support from our wider trust network of specialist advisors with access to informal and formal professional development.
To contribute to the culture where students experience a positive and enriching education, ensuring teaching is underpinned by high levels of subject expertise and approaches which respect the distinct nature of subject disciplines.
The ideal candidate will have:
Successful teaching experience in an 11-19 environment.
An excellent track record of leading a successful department/team.
Outstanding interpersonal skills to communicate effectively and professionally with staff, students, parents and others.
A passionate and uncompromising commitment to maintaining high standards of teaching and learning for all students.
Commitment to and evidence of continuous improvement and professional development.
The Opportunity
To join our established but growing team of teaching and support staff
To contribute to the educational outcomes of young people in our community
Collaboration and training opportunities within Meridian Trust
The ideal candidate
Is a qualified teacher with an interest in career development and CPD
Is an experienced teacher with a good track record of educational outcomes
Has high expectations for themselves and cares about delivering high quality lessons
Possesses outstanding communication skills and personal integrity
Has a thorough understanding of child protection and safeguarding matters
Demonstrates the school’s core values of kind, curious and hardworking
About Meridian Trust -
Meridian Trust is a values-led organisation formed in 2011 that has risen to be one of the highest-performing academy trusts in the country. The Trust is founded on its commitment to a high-quality educational provision for all at the heart of local communities. Meridian currently operates primary, secondary and special schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire.
Meridian Trust offers a wealth of fantastic benefits for teaching and support staff which are highlighted below but are not limited to -
Apprenticeship and CPD opportunities which allow you to gain specialist knowledge in a role you are passionate about developing in.
Access to our benefits partner Vivup - benefits include an online GP, Lifestyle savings, support for mental health and wellbeing through the Employee Assistance Programme and many more
Cycle to work scheme
Teacher’s pension scheme
Healthcare benefits including free eye test vouchers and flu vaccinations
Free on-site parking
Discounts on a wide range of benefits from everyday essentials to holidays
To explore our full range of benefits, please visit https://www.meridiantrust.co.uk/jobs-and-training/benefits/.
How to apply:
For more information about the role please download the Recruitment booklet.
Applications must be submitted via My New Term. In line with safer recruitment practices, we are unable to accept CVs. If you have any questions about the application process or you would like to arrange a visit to the school, please contact Sarah Wakerley, HR Officer on recruitment@northstowe.education
Closing date for applications is: Monday, 13th October 2025 (8am)
Interview dates: Wednesday, 15th and Thursday, 16th October 2025. Due to the short turn around time between the advert closing and the interview date. Candidates will be contacted by telephone on the morning of 13th October if they have been shortlisted for interview. Early applications are encouraged.
The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as online searches.
Further information about the job
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
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Northstowe Learning Community
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 19
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 772 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Northstowe Learning Community website
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