Principal


Company:	Teaching Vacancies
Salary:	Not specified
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Hillingdon, UB8 3GA
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	2 Oct 2026
Closing date:	16 Oct 2026

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

Qualifications & Knowledge:

• Degree (or equivalent) and Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

• NPQH qualification (or currently undertaking/commencing prior to role start date).

• Relevant, high-level training and involvement in safeguarding.

Experience & Skills:

• Senior leadership experience at Headteacher, Head of School, Deputy, or Assistant Headteacher level.

• A proven track record of outstanding classroom practice and improving teaching and learning.

• Demonstrated ability in performance data analysis, robust school self-evaluation, and target setting.

• Proven experience in effective behaviour management and coaching/mentoring staff.

Personal Qualities:

• An ambitious, reflective, and resilient leader with strong moral purpose and humility.

• Outstanding communication skills with the ability to build strong relationships across students, staff, families, and the wider community.

What the school offers its staff

• Competitive Salary: Outer London Leadership Pay Scale L29–L35 (£110,884 – £127,778 FTE).

• 125 hours each year of dedicated professional growth time for full-time staff, supported by the Aspirations Learning Institute.

• Expert mentorship from experienced former principals in the Trust central team, alongside career mobility opportunities across the network.

• Access to Occupational Health, an Employee Assistance Programme, and the Cycle to Work Scheme.

• Teachers’ Pension Scheme.

Further details about the role

We are seeking an exceptional, highly motivated leader to take Park Academy West London into its next stage of success.

As Principal, you will deliver dynamic strategic and operational leadership, cultivate a high-performing and supportive learning environment, and ensure high standards in teaching, student achievement, and behavior. Supported by a dedicated central team, including the Trust Chief Education Officer, phase Directors of Education, and specialist support across HR, finance, and premises, you will have the resources and collaborative network needed to make a lasting impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement a clear, community-focused strategic plan aligned with the Trust’s vision and underpinned by sound financial planning.

• Educational Excellence: Monitor, evaluate, and elevate the quality of teaching and learning across the 11–18 curriculum, embedding inclusive practices for all students.

• Achievement & Progress: Use performance data and self-evaluation to set ambitious targets, implement timely interventions, and drive strong progress against national benchmarks.

• Staff Development: Build leadership capacity, mentor senior and middle leaders, and foster a culture of personal responsibility and high-quality CPD.

• Culture & Values: Maintain high standards of student behaviour, attendance, and punctuality within a warm, respectful, and disruption-free school culture.

• Community & Trust Collaboration: Engage regularly with parents, carers, and local partners while actively contributing to the wider Aspirations Academies network.

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.

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