Vice Principal (Pastoral)

Gospel Oak School, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 0BZ

26 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  20 April 2026 at 11am

• Date listed

  25 March 2026

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 (Actual)

Vice Principal (Pastoral) job summary

We are seeking to appoint an Vice Principal (Pastoral) to who is aligned with our mission to support social justice through exceptional schools, our values and Our Distinctive Culture. You must have a passion for working in challenging circumstances, in an area of high deprivation and be keen to improve the life chances of all the students.

We are very excited to offer this opportunity for a senior leader to come and join us. The successful candidate will have responsibility for ensuring the school delivers the highest quality of pastoral care and support for all students but especially the disadvantaged and vulnerable ones. We welcome applications from talented Assistant Principals/Headteachers through to experienced Vice Principals/Deputy Headteachers as we believe that we have a tailored programme to meet your needs and to broaden your experience ready to become a Principal/Headteacher within 2-3 years.

Further information about the school can be found on our website. We are a rapidly improving school and Ofsted stated that ‘Pupils and staff agree that Gospel Oak School is a school that is transformed. Pupils behave well. It is a calm place, where pupils feel safe. Relationships between staff and pupils are warm. Pupils’ attendance is strong. Pupils welcome the changes to their school. They are proud that they have been a part of that change by meeting the school’s expectations, developing positive attitudes and treating each other with respect.’ (October 2025).

To find out more, or arrange a visit to the school, please contact Kerry Hampton.

Want to know more about Gospel Oak School?

Please visit our website www.gospeloakschool.co.uk , the Central Region Schools Trust website www.centralregionschoolstrust.co.uk and don’t forget to take a look at our promotional video.

The Central Region Schools Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All our posts are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, 2 work references and other employment checks

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Central Region Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All our posts are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, 2 work references and other employment checks.

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.

About Gospel Oak School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1210 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Gospel Oak School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/gospel-oak-school

Gospel Oak School, formerly the RSA Academy serves the borough of Sandwell, but due to its geographical position students join us from Wolverhampton and Walsall. In 2017 the school joined the Central RSA Academies Trust and has been working closely and collaboratively across the trust to offer greater opportunities for all. Over the last 5 years the trust has grown in size and strength, from September 2021 the trust is now an academy approved sponsor in its own right and the RSA will no longer sponsor the trust, although we will continue to work closely with the RSA. This changing relationship has provided the trust and the school to rebrand ourselves, the trust will now be known as Central Region Schools Trust and the school; Gospel Oak School.

The rebrand for the school has allowed us to reflect on the true heritage of the local community. The school is based in Gospel Oak and as a community we are very proud of our Black Country heritage, it is for this reason our new branding reflects the colours of the Black Country along with symbolic representation of the area, with the narrowboat which reflects the locality of the Gospel Oak canal basin, the oak tree for when the parish was so large the parishioners prayed under it once a month and the Black Country links to industry within the area.

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