Assistant Principal Opportunities - Young People Provision
| Posting date: | 26 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £61,591 to £71,401 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 March 2026 |
| Location: | s22rl |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | onlyFE |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | SHF127-30063 |
Summary
Assistant Principal Opportunities – Young People Provision
Curriculum Delivery & Quality
Curriculum Strategy & Planning
Salary £61,591 - £71,401
The Sheffield College is a large, diverse and ambitious further education college committed to transforming lives through learning and meeting local skills needs. As part of our continued strategic growth, we are recruiting two Assistant Principals to join our Senior Leadership Team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our Young People provision.
These roles offer a unique opportunity for experienced senior leaders to drive excellence, strengthen curriculum leadership and contribute to an ambitious, future‑focused educational offer for thousands of young people.
About the Roles
Both Assistant Principals will report to the Vice Principal Curriculum (Young People) and line-manage Academy Directors. They will play a central role in ensuring our study programme offer is high-quality, coherent and responsive to learner, employer and sector needs.
Each post leads a distinct but interconnected area of curriculum leadership:
Assistant Principal: Young People (Curriculum Delivery & Quality)
This role ensures high-quality, consistent curriculum delivery across academies, translating strategic expectations into effective, day‑to‑day practice. You will drive improvements in teaching, learning and assessment, ensure successful implementation of the Skills Guarantee, and raise outcomes, attendance and learner experience across the Young People provision.
Key Focus Areas
• Leading high‑quality curriculum delivery across all Young People academies.
• Ensuring all study programme elements—including Skills Guarantee requirements—are fully embedded.
• Driving continuous improvement in teaching, learning, assessment and learner experience.
• Using performance data to monitor delivery and secure timely intervention.
• Coordinating delivery readiness: staffing, timetabling, induction and assessment planning.
• Leading deep dives, observations, quality reviews and performance cycles.
• Building leadership capacity across the Academy Director group.
Assistant Principal: Young People (Curriculum Strategy & Planning)
This role shapes a coherent, future‑focused curriculum offer by leading curriculum alignment, qualification reform and strategic planning. You will strengthen curriculum pathways and progression routes, improve curriculum mapping and planning processes, and ensure the curriculum offer aligns to sector reforms and the Skills Guarantee.
Key Focus Areas
• Leading qualification reform implementation and sector‑aligned curriculum development.
• Coordinating curriculum planning, mapping and alignment across all academies.
• Ensuring clear pathways, progression routes and coherent curriculum structures.
• Using progression, destination and curriculum performance data to inform planning decisions.
• Coordinating operational readiness for new or revised qualifications.
• Strengthening curriculum design and planning through leadership of Academy Directors.
• Ensuring strong alignment between curriculum design, delivery and learner experience.
Shared Leadership Responsibilities
Both roles will also:
• Contribute to College strategic planning and SLT decision‑making.
• Support inclusive, aspirational provision that enables all learners to achieve their potential.
• Lead people management processes including performance, capability and line‑management of Academy Directors.
• Participate in cross‑college projects, committees and strategic initiatives.
• Support safeguarding, open days, enrolment, exams and the duty manager rota.
• Role-model the College’s FREDIE+ values (Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Engagement, Innovation).
About You
We are looking for senior curriculum leaders who bring:
Essential Experience
• Significant experience in senior curriculum leadership within FE.
• Proven ability to lead curriculum improvement, planning or delivery at scale.
• Strong track record of improving quality, outcomes and learner experience.
• Experience using data to analyse performance and drive improvement.
• Experience line‑managing and developing leaders.
• Strong track record as a teacher.
Qualifications
• Degree-level qualification (or equivalent professional experience).
• Teaching qualification (Cert Ed, PGCE or equivalent).
• Level 2 English and Maths (or equivalent).
• Desirable: Level 5 management qualification.
Knowledge & Competencies
• Strong understanding of the FE curriculum landscape, funding, qualification reform and Ofsted requirements.
• Knowledge of safeguarding and equality legislation.
• Strategic planning, problem-solving, influencing and organisational leadership capability.
Why Join Us?
• Shape a transformational curriculum for young people across a large FE college.
• Lead ambitious reform, improvement and curriculum development projects.
• Work as part of a collaborative, forward-thinking Senior Leadership Team.
• Play a direct role in improving outcomes and life chances for young people in Sheffield.
• Contribute to long-term strategic change with sector-wide impact.
What we can offer you
As the successful candidate, you will be offered a salary of between £61591 - £71,401 per annum based upon a combination of the skills, knowledge and experience that you can bring to the role.
Our benefits
• Enhanced Pension contributions scheme with TPS - 28.68%
• Annual leave - 42 Days (310.8 hours) + 8 Bank Holidays (59.2 hours)- this includes a discretionary Christmas closure period
• Health and wellbeing, we offer
• Employee assistance programme through Bupa
• Occupational Health through PAM
• Free eye tests for VDU users
Next Steps:
To apply: Click apply online and follow the links to complete the online application.
Closing date: 15th March 2026
If you would like to be considered for both Assistant Principal roles, please indicate this clearly in your application.