Job Description

Job Title:

Assistant Principal - Curriculum, Teaching and Assessment

Academy:

Alsop High School

Salary:

53,069-73,105

Grade

: Leadership scale L12-L16

Accountable to:

Vice Principal

Start Date:

Easter 2026

Contract Type

: Permanent

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and ambitious Assistant Principal to contribute to a newly formed, strong and experienced senior leadership team at Alsop High School. As Assistant Principal Curriculum, Teaching and Assessment, you will be an experienced teacher and leader with a track record of delivering substantial impacts at Year 11 and ensuring the strongest possible outcomes for every child.

Working closely with the Vice Principal Quality of Education/Achievement and wider SLT, you will bring clear and systematic approaches to supporting the strategic direction and development of all aspects of our curriculum development, quality of teaching and assessments.

You will be aspirational to become a Vice Principal for Achievement and Outcomes and will have experience in curriculum design and be prepared to work alongside our Vice Principal on timetabling and curriculum led financial planning.

As Assistant Principal of such a vital area of school life, you will be an excellent classroom practitioner and credible role model and will demonstrate impacts from your leadership journey so far. Leadership and management experience within a school setting is important and evidence of working to improve a curriculum area will be vital.

You will have exceptional communication skills to share information with parents, students and staff.

PURPOSE

To support the strategic direction, development and implementation of curriculum, teaching and assessment, whilst effectively managing and developing a quality assurance framework across Years 7-10. The successful candidate will lead on Yr 7-10 curriculum development, assessment, recording, reporting and tracking as well as driving our Alsop Lesson teacher framework.The person appointed will be a highly visible and approachable leader who is committed to serving the students, staff and wider community.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 53,069.00-73,105.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Cycle to work scheme Employee discount Gym membership Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking Referral programme Sick pay
Work Location: In person