Vice Principal


Company:	Teaching Vacancies
Salary:	Not specified
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, SE22 0NR
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	9 Sept 2026
Closing date:	11 Oct 2026

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for an outstanding individual to joinHarris Girls' Academy East Dulwich as Vice Principal.

The post of Vice Principal is one that mirrors the role of the Principal, and the academy willsupport you as you aspire to Principalship.

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• QTS and a good undergraduate degree (or equivalent)

• Minimum of three years' experience at senior leadership level, at least once as a deputy/ Vice Principal

• Experience of delivering high quality INSET to teaching staff

• Proven success in raising achievement as a subject leader across at least two key stages

• Evidence of leading, supporting and managing others, both individuals and teams, ensuring high quality performance

• Successful experience of processes of monitoring, evaluation and review

• Good level of ICT skills and experience of how new technologies can be used to raise achievement

• Recent experience of involvement in innovative curriculum development

• Experience of presenting to a wide audience

• Ideas of how Language, Literacy and Numeracy can be used across the curriculum to raise standards

• Experience of embedding innovative strategies for improving teaching and learning in a whole school situation

• Experience of managing and implementing change successfully at whole school level

• Experience of using coaching as a model for ensuring on going professional development particularly with subject leaders

What the school offers its staff

HGAED is a great place to work. At a time when there is so much attention, deservedly so, on teacher wellbeing and workloads, we are committed to ensuring our staff have work-life balance by reducing unnecessary admin work and meetings. We dedicate time and resources to staff wellbeing and development, ranging from NPQSL qualifications to meditation and teacher hacks such as whole class feedback to reduce workload. We are looking for staff who share our commitment to developing themselves personally as well as professionally, who are open to feedback and development and share our vision for our whole community. We believe very strongly that education can be transformative for all. We'd love you to be part of the transformation of our students' lives.

The staff here at HGAED are supportive, ambitious for our students, and happy. Our Head of Art, Clare, writes ‘The students are astute, funny and thirsty for life. They are invigorating and I really love teaching them. They keep me on my toes. But what I most appreciate working here is that we work in a climate where all ideas are encouraged, no matter how impossible they may seem, and I have seen some fantastic dreams come into being, the art gallery, the debate cake sessions and the research centre all starting to gain momentum. Not many schools would take such risks and I truly value being listened to and challenged to go beyond what I think I can do.'

Senior Leader Development

With Harris, you will join a large network of likeminded senior leaders and have opportunities to learn from colleagues who are some of the best senior leaders in the country. Our senior leaders can benefit from tailored professional development programmes via the Harris Institute of Teaching and Leadership which will enable you to develop your pedagogy, leadership skills and drive school improvement.

Supported by experienced mentors, you can access national professional qualifications and draw on expert knowledge from dedicated subject consultants who offer invaluable subject and curriculum insight.

Benefits

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance (usually £2,000 for Inner London and £1,500 for Outer London), an Annual Loyalty Bonus, Teachers Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, Employee Assistance Programme, and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.

Further details about the role

We are happy to negotiate individual responsibilities with you, but these could involve:

• Overseeing the strategic management of data, assessment and target setting (including reporting achievement data to governors and external bodies as required), working with the Principal to set challenging and aspirational whole academy targets.

• Leading on teaching, learning and assessment across the academy, providing the necessary Professional Learning opportunities to ensure the highest of standards are maintained in the classroom and in student outcomes.

• Leading on effective behaviour and inclusion, ensuring that the needs of all students are met within and beyond the classroom.

As a member of the Academy Leadership Group, you willneed to meet these general expectations:

• To collaborate to build and realise the shared vision of excellence and high standards

• To play a major role in determining strategy

• To contribute actively towards the formulation and implementation of all academy policies and procedures

• To agree challenging subject targets, and ensure rigorous monitoring, evaluation and review of progress towards these

• To ensure high quality teaching and learning in line managed faculties

• To manage delegated budgets effectively

• To attend academy leadership meetings

• To engage in the process of appointing new staff

• To participate in duties lunch/break/before and after school

• To contribute to assemblies

• To share in the management of student disciplinary incidents

• To actively participate in the monitoring, evaluation and review of teaching and learning in line managed faculties

Commitment to safeguarding

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

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