Job Description

Employer
Oasis Academy Boulton
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Contract Length
Permanent
Salary
L15-L21
Posted
28th July 2025
Start Date
5th January 2026
Expires
7th September 2025 11:59 PM
Contract Type
Permanent
Start Date
5th January 2026
Job ID
1501284
Start Date
5th January 2026
Contract Type :Permanent Contract Length: Permanent Job ID: 1501284 Is our

Principal

at

Oasis Academy Boulton

, the role for you?





Firstly you'll be joining a

large established Trust

of 54 Academies with support and systems in place & a strong track record of putting exceptional education at the heart of our communities.

You won't work in isolation

, we are a real team.


At Boulton Academy you'll be joining a

Good Academy

where

"the school continues to serve pupils, families and its local community well."

And where offers "

pupils a safe haven where they can flourish

." Ofsted 2024. Although very much an inner city Academy, with the

excellent outside facilities such as our allotment

it certainly doesn't feel like it and there's a real local village style school feel to the academy.


As a founding member of the NioT benefit from excellent training and professional development opportunities to continue to

progress your Senior Leadership career.

Many of our staff continue to progress into National roles at Oasis and

there's not many other educational institutes

that can offer these further progression opportunities we can.


Our overall vision for every part of Oasis is for

community

and a place where

everyone is included.

Want to make a difference ? Then this could be the role for you!


If you

share our vision

and our

values

resonate then please read on!

About our Principal Role

You'll be joining us at Oasis a great time. Lot's of work is going on in the Education sector and we're lucky to be playing a key role in shaping this. At Oasis we are a family and you won't just do things in isolation here, you have a team of experienced staff in place all helping to ensure we offer the best opportunities ultimately to our pupils and communities. Benefit from our initiatives such as every child having and laptop and being at the forefront of testing new technologies and ways of work. At an Academy level you'll be joining a "good academy" and we're rightly proud that the school is recognised to serve pupils, families and its local community well. Coming off the back of some really strong SAT's results It's a great position to be in and to build further from.


Our new principal will be key in the next step of our journey which will see all pupils exceling academically and going on a journey of personal growth and talent discovery and going on to be citizens who can contribute meaningfully to their communities.

About Boulton Academy

You'll be joining an academy with great facilities and outdoor space, access to community hub and where every child has their own iPad. We love our root to vegetable initiative and would love for you to love this also!

What's important to us?

Someone who can connect with our ethos and our 9 habits and ensure that children and staff being the best versions of their professional selves are at the heart of all decision making.

What will you get in return?

Leadership pay scale L15-21 Continued professional development & access to NioT training. Excellent further learning opportunities & career progression pathways from National conferences to true subject matter thought leadership. Wider Oasis Community Learning benefits portal including health & dental cover & discounts at leading companies

About Oasis Community Learning

The overall vision for every part of Oasis is for community. A place where everyone is included, making a contribution and reaching their potential. Delivering first-class, innovative education is part of the work we do as we seek to grow an Oasis Hub in every area where we work; creating safe and inspiring local neighbourhoods that provide integrated and diverse services to benefit the whole person and whole community.

Next steps

Informal visits to meet Sasha Paterson (Responsive Principal) and/or Afshan Asghar (Deputy Principal) are welcomed and really encouraged. These will be

Tuesday 2nd September

at

3:00 PM

and

Wednesday 3rd September

at

4:00 PM

at Boulton Academy, Boulton Road, Birmingham B21 0RE


Please

reach out directly

to the academy with name, current role and contact details to be included here.

Recruitment timeline

We are looking to get the right candidate in role for

January 2026

. We actively encourage early applications, and position will close on

7th September

. Shortlisting will commence the week beginning

8th September

with interviews on either

Wednesday 17th or Thursday 18th September.

Invites to interview will go out a week prior to this.

Additional Information

We are also currently recruiting for a

Principal

at

Oasis Academy Blakehale Infant & Junior School.

Please do check out the advert for this. We are keen to get the right candidate for Oasis and we would like to consider applications for

BOTH

positions. As part of your application there will be a question asking if you are happy to be considered for both. If this isn't the case ,

we will still consider

applications purely for one opportunity.


Based on this Informal visits to meet Sasha Paterson (Responsive Principal) and/or Afshan Asghar (Deputy Principal) are welcomed and really encouraged at

Oasis Blakenhale Infant and Junior School

also. These will mirror the times for Boulton visits so one visit can be done on Tuesday and one Wednesday. To reconfirm these dates are:

Tuesday 2nd September at 3:00 PM

and

Wednesday 3rd September at 4:00 PM

at

Blakenhale Infant & Junior School, Blakenhale Road, Birmingham B33 0UN.

Please

reach out directly

to the academy with name, current role and contact details to be included here

.

Principal - & Person Specification

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Safeguarding Statement:

Oasis Academy Boulton is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.