Vice Principal
Saint Gabriel's College, London, SW9 6UL9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2026
Closing date
15 October 2025 at 1pm
Date listed
6 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Salary Leadership Pay Scale 18-22
Additional allowances
Salary Leadership Pay Scale 18-22
Vice Principal job summary
About the Role
The Vice Principal is directly accountable to the Principal and plays a central role in leading the strategic development of Saint Gabriel’s College. This senior leadership role ensures the highest standards of education, ethos, culture, and inclusion across the school. Supporting the Principal in sustaining a safe, inclusive, and values-driven environment where all students can fulfil their God- given potential.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Oversight of three Directors: Ethos and Culture, Quality of Education and Inclusion
- Lead, manage, and maintain the work of the Director of OofE, including curriculum development, monitoring systems, data collection, reporting, professional development, Early Career Teacher programmes, and intervention strategies to secure excellent student outcomes.
- Lead, manage and maintain the work of the Director of Ethos and Culture including oversight of safeguarding (DSL responsibilities), Academic Support Year Leaders (ASYL) team management, school ethos and culture, advisory programmes, cultural capital, enrichment, careers, behaviour systems, community links, admissions, attendance, welfare, rewards, sanctions, and alumni engagement.
- Lead, manage and maintain the work of the Director of Inclusion, including inclusive practices, student support systems, mental health and well-being initiatives, EAL provision, inclusive curriculum developments, monitoring vulnerable groups, and staff professional development in inclusive education.
Leadership & Accountability
- Line manage all three Directors, including performance management and accountability for team outcomes.
- Maintain overall accountability for the quality of education, curriculum, ethos, and inclusive culture within the school.
- Continually develop and implement strategies to improve academic performance and student outcomes.
- Ensure high-quality teaching standards are maintained across the school.
- Develop and deploy strategies to improve behaviour, including metrics to measure progress.
- Provide the oversight of Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) with full oversight of safeguarding policies and practice.
- Undertake other duties as required, including deputising for the Principal or representing the school.
This role is central to ensuring Saint Gabriel’s College upholds its values and commitment to excellence by creating a high performance inclusive and thriving community, where every student is supported and challenged to reach their full potential.
Requirements
Qualifications
- Degree and teaching qualification (required)
- NPQ or equivalent (required)
- 3+ years’ senior leadership experience with demonstrable impact (required)
- Evidence of ongoing professional development (desirable)
- Experience deputising for a Headteacher/Principal (desirable)
- Senior leadership experience in more than one school (desirable)
Attributes
- Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Knowledge of safeguarding and education systems
- Effective time management and IT competence (Google Education Suite)
- Commitment to safeguarding, equality, and student success
Contract: This is a full-time, permanent position.
Start date: January 2026 or sooner
How to apply: If you think, you have the skills, experience, and passion that we need, please do apply.
An application form is provided with the online advertisement or can be obtained from recruitment@saintgabrielscollege.org.
- Closing date: Completed applications should be submitted by 12 noon Wednesday 15th October 2025 your personal statement should be no more than two pages.
- Interviews: Week commencing 27th October 2025
We would love you to come to visit our school - Please contact 0207 7933901/ recruitment@saintgabrielscollege.org.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead and shape the future of Saint Gabriel’s College, ensuring every student achieves their potential in a thriving diverse community
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of our students and we expect all Governors, Staff, Volunteers and Contractors to demonstrate the same commitment.
Saint Gabriel’s College and the Southwark Diocese Board of Education are committed to positively addressing discrimination in all forms and that all sectors of the community have fair and equal access and experience within employment. We welcome individuals of all backgrounds and communities, particularly those underrepresented in our workforce.
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 Saint Gabriel's College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 594 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Saint Gabriel's College website
Saint Gabriel’s College is a small inclusive Church of England secondary school where every member of the community is valued. All our students are encouraged to achieve excellence by working hard, continuously improving, growing spiritually and thinking of others.
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