Vice Principal

Outwood Academy City Fields, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 4SF

5 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2026

• Closing date

  20 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  15 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Deputy headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: L18 to L22

What skills and experience we're looking for

• A good honours degree;
• Teaching qualification with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS);
• Postgraduate degree;
• NPQH or working towards;
• Up to date knowledge of educational theory and practice;
• A knowledge and clear understanding of how to drive intervention;
• Experience of driving and delivering projects which have demonstrable impact on students;
• Proven experience of leading and managing staff, with the ability to motivate and develop others;
• Experience of Ofsted inspections;
• Excellent verbal skills and written skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with all members of the Academy / Trust community;
• An innovative leader, with a clear understanding of educational opportunity and how it can be translated into practical reality;
• Resilience and determination;
• Ability to identify, challenge and improve underperformance;
• Ability to build and form good relationships with colleagues and other professionals;
• Ability to absorb a wide range of information and deal with confidential issues;
• Ability to follow procedures, pay attention to detail and produce accurate work;
• Ability to work flexibly to meet deadlines and respond to unplanned situations, managing demands at all times, conflicting workloads;
• Personal commitment to inclusion and diversity to ensure the maximum benefit for all students and staff;
• Be able to maintain confidentiality, acting in a professional manner at all times;
• Ability to work as part of a team;
• Ability to relate to students in a pleasant and sympathetic manner and to recognise potential child safeguarding issues;
• Commitment to on-going personal development and willingness to undertake appropriate training.

What the school offers its staff

What will we do for you?

• A competitive salary with pay progression
• A fantastic pension and additional benefits
• Flexible family friendly policies from day one
• Wellbeing strategy and Employee Assistance Programme
• Our Workload Charter with guaranteed CPD every week andmuch more(for teaching roles)

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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About Outwood Academy City Fields

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 900 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Outwood Academy City Fields website
• Email address: a.jarrett@cityfields.outwood.com
• Phone number: 01924 298752
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/outwood-academy-city-fields

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