VICE PRINCIPAL



JOB TITLE:     Vice Principal

BASED AT:     Samuel Whitbread Academy

SALARY/GRADE RANGE:   Leadership Pay Scale points 23 - 27 

RESPONSIBLE TO:    Academy Principal

RESPONSIBLE FOR:    Safeguarding, Pastoral Support & Personal Development

The Bedfordshire Schools Trust (BEST) is a multi-academy trust providing exceptional education across our community of 11 schools and five nurseries. Since forming in 2016, we have grown significantly into one of the largest single employers in Central Bedfordshire. We now educate more than 5,000 children across the area, from nursery age to advanced level study.  It is our aim to grow the BEST in everyone, and everything we do is driven by our values, but our aims can only be achieved if we recruit, retain and develop the highest quality workforce – and we want those we employ to be valued in the workplace.  The first eight years of BEST has been a real success story – and we are looking forward to an exciting future, too.

Samuel Whitbread Academy are looking for a Vice Principal who has a highly robust and detailed understanding of all aspects of safeguarding, pastoral support and personal development in a secondary school context.  You will have demonstrated impact with significant measurable improvement in your current setting.  You will be able to easily transfer this experience to our setting and align it to our ethos.  

The successful candidate will be an exceptional leader and excellent communicator, who already has some experience of leadership at a whole-school level.  You will be able to demonstrate excellence in your classroom practice and will evidence significant investment in your own professional development.

As Vice Principal, you will play a pivotal role in the strategic leadership and management of the Academy. Working closely with the Principal, you will help drive our mission to provide outstanding education and foster a culture of high expectations and continuous improvement. 

All senior leaders within our Academy are passionate about our ethos and committed to rigorously promoting and upholding the vision of BEST and living out our core values.

We would like the successful applicant to start in April 2025, however we are willing to consider a September start date for the right candidate.

This role will involve working closely with the students at Samuel Whitbread Academy and you will be engaging in regulated activity with children.

CLOSING DATE:  Midnight, Sunday 19th January 2025

INTERVIEW DATE:  w/c Monday 20th January 2025

Information about Samuel Whitbread Academy can be found on the school website https://www.samuelwhitbread.org.uk/  

Applications may be made online via the MyNewTerm website, If you would prefer a Word Application Form, one may be obtained by directly emailing Samuel Whitbread Academy via the contact details provided below. 

We are committed to the safeguarding and promotion of children's welfare and offers of employment are subject to DBS clearance and two satisfactory references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

Strictly no agencies.