Vice Principal
West Drayton Academy, West Drayton, Middlesex, UB7 9EADeadline is tomorrow
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
22 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
25 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: 0.6
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £37,870 - £41,543
What skills and experience we're looking for
Vice Principal
Salary (actual): £37,870 - £41,543
Grade: L8 – L12
Hours: 0.6
Contract: Permanent
Start: 1st September 2025
West Drayton Academy are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, reflective and committed part-time Vice Principal Teacher, with a view to becoming full time from January 2026. We are looking for the special teachers - the ones who remember exactly why they chose this profession and cannot wait to inspire the next ‘wide-eyed’ generation.
West Drayton Academy is seeking to appoint a professional who has high expectations of themselves and their pupils, and is committed to improving the lives of our children. The ideal candidates will be caring, self-motivated and be able to work from their own initiative. They will be highly effective in supporting the academy to establish a safe, happy and inclusive school where hard work, good behaviour and excellent progress are prized.
We are looking for an individual who has:
- A passion for leading teaching and learning
- a proven track record of securing and maintaining high standards and excellent progress
- the ability to produce and analyse data and use it to inform teaching and learning
- a reflective mind-set and be committed to continual improvement.
What the school offers its staff
For the right candidate, we will offer
- extensive support and CPD;
- the opportunity to work with other professional colleagues across the Multi-Academy Trust;
- a welcoming school, with friendly, enthusiastic and supportive staff team;
- an ambitious and dynamic Senior Leadership Team;
- a dedicated Governing Body;
- supportive parents and children who are keen to learn;
- an employee assistance programme (EAP).
We warmly welcome candidates coming to visit the school prior to application; please contact the school to arrange. Please visit the school website for an application pack. We do not accept CV’s.
Closing Date: Tuesday 22nd April 2025
Interviews: Tuesday 29th April 2025
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Check with a check of the DBS Barred List.
Commitment to safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people expect all staff, and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Check with a check of the DBS Barred List.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@theparkfederation.org
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About West Drayton Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 678 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- West Drayton Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@theparkfederation.org
- Phone number
- 01895 442904
West Drayton Academy is a popular and oversubscribed school in West Drayton, which is in the borough of Hillingdon.
We are one of eight schools in the highly respected Park Federation Academy Trust. Please download our teacher application pack to find out more about our school.
School location
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