Vice Principal
The Billericay School, Billericay, Essex, CM12 9LH23 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1 September 2026
Closing date
16 April 2026 at 1pm
Date listed
24 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
- £84,092.00 - £92,595.00 Annually (FTE) Leadership Pay Scale Points 20 - 24
Vice Principal job summary
We are seeking a Vice Principal to execute the vision and values and continue to drive with us towards establishing the school as a centre of excellence. The successful candidate will be dynamic and responsive; an effective collaborator and communicator, somebody who upholds high expectations of others and even higher standards of personal responsibility. That person will join a school looking to the future, continuing to strive to provide an even better school experience for our community. They will be part of a strong leadership team, and even stronger staff body, who work collegiately to ensure every student is able to succeed. The successful candidate will benefit from the support of a highly engaged trust, working closely with experienced Headteachers and former Headteachers to ensure the school continues to improve. At The Billericay School we take pride in embedding high expectations across all standards within a broad academic curriculum and robust pastoral programme, complimented by an extensive provision of enrichment.
Main areas of Responsibility (this will be negotiated with the individual candidate but could involve):
- To oversee the strategic management of data, assessment and target setting (including reporting achievement data to governors and external bodies as required), working with the Principal to set challenging and aspirational school targets
- To lead of teaching, learning and assessment across the school providing the necessary Professional Learning Opportunities to ensure the highest of standards are maintained in the classrooms and in student outcomes
- To lead on effective behaviour and inclusion, ensuring that the needs of all students are met within and beyond the classroom
Further details are listed on the attached job description.
The Billericay School is a heavily oversubscribed comprehensive in Essex. The school has polite and engaged students who want to learn and benefits from good parental support.
Our Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff to share in this commitment. The post is subject to satisfactory medical checks, enhanced DBS clearance and references.
Compass Education Trust is currently engaged in discussions which are expected to result in the transfer of all schools to Harris Federation with effect from 1 September 2026 (the "Proposed Transfer"). Any employment commencing from 1 September 2026 will not be directly impacted under TUPE, but if the proposed transfer proceeds, it is anticipated that your employment will commence with Harris Federation rather than Compass Education Trust. Further details will be discussed with you at the interview stage.
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 The Billericay School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1702 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Billericay School website
The Billericay School is one of the largest schools in Essex with a roll of almost 1700 students, including 300 in the Sixth Form. The school site enjoys an enviable location; close to the town centre, yet situated in spacious grounds, the school is positioned on an elevated site with distant and sweeping views down towards the River Thames and beyond. In times past, a windmill stood nearby, a piece of local history still commemorated in the school badge.
Teaching takes place in five principal blocks.
The original structure, that dates from the school's foundation some sixty years ago includes an open air, furnished and planted quadrangle for lower school students to use during the summer months.
Other buildings include a modern Technology and Business Studies block, an Art, Food Technology and Textiles building and a Sixth Form Centre that provides a modern, attractive environment for our older students.
Other resources include a large assembly hall with television link, a drama studio, a music suite with recording studio, a media area with video editing suite and a large library/ resource based learning centre, which includes extensive ICT and study facilities as well as housing over 30,000 books.
The school's sporting facilities are exceptional, including a swimming pool, sports hall, gymnasium and fitness suite.
Our grounds include tennis and netball courts and football, rugby and cricket pitches. The school has recently achieved the national Sportsmark Award for its sporting excellence and work with the community.
The school also has a medical room, with the services of qualified staff throughout the school day.
It is also worthy of note that many of our staff have chosen to send their own children to the school. What greater sign of confidence could there be!
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