Assistant Principal - Inclusion

Job details

Job role: Assistant headteacher

Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern: Full time

Contract type: Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary: £54,394.00 - £60,145.00 Annually (FTE)

L3-L7

Assistant Principal - Inclusion job summary

St Michael's Church of England Primary Academy is looking to appoint an Assistant Principal for Inclusion to work in our forward-thinking SEND Unit, the Ark. At the core of the Ark are the values of compassion and kindness, hope, love, connection and belonging. The Ark aims to support primary age children from across Wolverhampton whose SEMH needs mean they need additional therapeutic and mental health intervention. The Ark will support children whose SEMH needs present primarily through behaviours which make them vulnerable: attachment needs, anxiety, low mood and low self-esteem. Children will typically have had early childhood trauma or adverse childhood experiences.

This vacancy has a closing date of Friday 1st May, with interviews on the afternoon of Thursday 7th May. We are also eager to see candidates teach in their own setting.

A visit to the school can be arranged by contacting Mrs Hallam on [contact hidden].

Closing Date - 1st May 2026

Interviews - 7th May 2026

Start Date - September 2026

Three Spires Trust and its academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Section 128 direction check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job. CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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