Assistant Principal
| Posting date: | 20 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 April 2026 |
| Location: | Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF8 4QR |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 86e64867-464e-4489-a9dc-5d23f42955b8 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Relevant Experience
• Leadership experience.
• Demonstrable experience of improving student outcomes.
• Successful management of others.
• An excellent classroom practitioner.
• Understanding of effective teaching and learning and how to promote them.
• Evidence of raising achievement.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Experience of performance management.
• Success in managing change in a school/college environment.
• Head of Faculty experience.
Education and Training
• Educated to degree level.
• Teaching qualification.
• Recent and relevant professional development.
• Senior leadership professional development.
• Evidence of on-going professional development.
Special Skills and Knowledge
• Good awareness of issues impacting on teaching and learning in the 16 – 19 age range.
• Clarity of vision and a philosophy centred upon the individual student’s value and potential.
• Evidence of success in leading a team initiative in education.
• Clarity of vision and a philosophy centred upon the individual student’s value and potential.
• Ability to analyse data effectively to improve performance.
• Confidence with data systems and reports, including Excel.
• Ability to encourage, motivate and lead staff.
• Positive, open and approachable style of management.
• Awareness of key issues for college.
• Ability to think strategically.
• Knowledge of adaptive teaching.
• Knowledge of the SEND code of practice.
Personal Skills and Qualities
• Be authentically empathetic, humble and respectful.
• Ability to prioritise and manage own time effectively.
• High quality communication skills.
• Ability to work independently or as a team, showing initiative.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to work collaboratively, to build trust and to develop shared solutions.
• Sound judgement and consistency even when under pressure.
• Commitment to the highest possible standards of achievement for students and staff.
• Ability to build positive relationships with and engage students.
• An ability to motivate and inspire others, gaining support for shared goals.
• Able and willing to learn new tasks and roles quickly.
• Demonstrate high levels of safety awareness and risk management.
• An organised approach to your work
• Flexible approach to working.
• An openness to developing new experiences.
• A desire to continue to learn and develop within the role.
What the school offers its staff
Why Work for Us?
• NCLT was crowned ‘Employer of the Year’ at the 2023 MAT Excellence Awards - these national awards celebrate the very best performers from over one thousand MATs across the country
• A strong commitment to staff wellbeing as outlined in our staff wellbeing charter
• Access to high quality professional training, in-house and externally, to support your professional development
• Attractive pension scheme
• Additional benefits such as a cycle to work scheme and a technology scheme
• A culture of self-reflection and improvement to meet the needs of our staff
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.
Relevant Experience
• Leadership experience.
• Demonstrable experience of improving student outcomes.
• Successful management of others.
• An excellent classroom practitioner.
• Understanding of effective teaching and learning and how to promote them.
• Evidence of raising achievement.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Experience of performance management.
• Success in managing change in a school/college environment.
• Head of Faculty experience.
Education and Training
• Educated to degree level.
• Teaching qualification.
• Recent and relevant professional development.
• Senior leadership professional development.
• Evidence of on-going professional development.
Special Skills and Knowledge
• Good awareness of issues impacting on teaching and learning in the 16 – 19 age range.
• Clarity of vision and a philosophy centred upon the individual student’s value and potential.
• Evidence of success in leading a team initiative in education.
• Clarity of vision and a philosophy centred upon the individual student’s value and potential.
• Ability to analyse data effectively to improve performance.
• Confidence with data systems and reports, including Excel.
• Ability to encourage, motivate and lead staff.
• Positive, open and approachable style of management.
• Awareness of key issues for college.
• Ability to think strategically.
• Knowledge of adaptive teaching.
• Knowledge of the SEND code of practice.
Personal Skills and Qualities
• Be authentically empathetic, humble and respectful.
• Ability to prioritise and manage own time effectively.
• High quality communication skills.
• Ability to work independently or as a team, showing initiative.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to work collaboratively, to build trust and to develop shared solutions.
• Sound judgement and consistency even when under pressure.
• Commitment to the highest possible standards of achievement for students and staff.
• Ability to build positive relationships with and engage students.
• An ability to motivate and inspire others, gaining support for shared goals.
• Able and willing to learn new tasks and roles quickly.
• Demonstrate high levels of safety awareness and risk management.
• An organised approach to your work
• Flexible approach to working.
• An openness to developing new experiences.
• A desire to continue to learn and develop within the role.
What the school offers its staff
Why Work for Us?
• NCLT was crowned ‘Employer of the Year’ at the 2023 MAT Excellence Awards - these national awards celebrate the very best performers from over one thousand MATs across the country
• A strong commitment to staff wellbeing as outlined in our staff wellbeing charter
• Access to high quality professional training, in-house and externally, to support your professional development
• Attractive pension scheme
• Additional benefits such as a cycle to work scheme and a technology scheme
• A culture of self-reflection and improvement to meet the needs of our staff
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.