Assistant Principal

Description:

Leadership Pay Range + AET Wellbeing Cash Plan + Car Scheme + Pension Scheme (TPS) + Additional AET Benefits

Permanent, Full Time

September 2024 Start

We are seeking to appoint a driven and inspiring leader to join our academy as Assistant Principal as part of a dynamic and ambitious leadership team. The successful candidate will be committed to fulfilling our vision of enabling ambitious futures for every member of our academy community.

New Forest Academy is a successful and popular secondary school adjacent to the New Forest National Park.

We are very proud of our success story. Our recent Ofsted report (September 2023) noted that we are a friendly school with a vision to provide the best education for all. Ofsted commented that pupils' behaviour is excellent and that they are polite and respectful. Our students are a joy to work with and the successful candidate will benefit from the chance to support their continued development both inside and outside of the classroom.

As Assistant Principal, you will join a team focussed on achieving something truly special in the next stage of our academy improvement journey. This will result in exceptional outcomes for a generation of young people. The post will provide significant whole-school leadership opportunities which will provide excellent preparation for those aspiring to headship in the future.

You will join a school where staff at all levels contribute to delivering our vision. As an active member of Academies Enterprise Trust, the successful postholder will be able to contribute to and influence change across a large national network.

New Forest Academy is a successful and popular 11-16 community school adjacent to the New Forest National Park and we are proud to serve the South Waterside community in Hampshire.

As a small school we are fortunate to be able to really get to know each and every student. Staff who work here see this a real benefit and you will join a school where tailored CPD and effective communication is firmly embedded. We are a 'good' school, with outstanding features.

Our vision is to enable ambitious futures for all members of our academy community. We strive to ensure that expert teaching of our exciting curriculum allows students from all backgrounds to fulfil their academic potential. We achieve this by sequencing the most important and compelling knowledge backwards from ambitious curriculum aims, and adapting what we teach to our local context. Our passionate team of subject experts deliver chosen content through research-based, best practice approaches. We provide exceptional opportunities to develop the unique interests and talents of our students, and to prepare them for life in modern Britain. Strong relationships and first-class support across the community ensure that students are safe, happy and successful.
If you are successful, you will join a school where all colleagues play their part and contribute to whole school improvement through our distributed leadership model. If you embody these values and have high expectations, you will be very successful working with us.

School visits are welcome, to arrange please contact Jess Mockridge (Principal's PA) by email on

The role is due to commence September 2024

Closing date: 13th May

Interviews are scheduled to take place as soon as possible after the closing date.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

In line with our safeguarding practices we are unable to accept CV's. Apply today.

Academies Enterprise Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a robust, fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Academies Enterprise Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria