Deputy Principal
Curriculum, Quality and Innovation
St Vincent Sixth Form College
Starting salary - Leadership scale 14 (£78,982 FTE)
Full-time from September 2025 or sooner where possible
St Vincent Sixth Form College is seeking an inspirational and highly effective leader to enhance, develop and improve our curriculum offer. As a Trust we are halfway through our five-year strategy timeline, and with excellent progress being made, our objective to deliver high quality education services to the local community remains a key focus for us.
At the heart of our aspirations to grow and develop our 16-19 provision is an ambitious curriculum plan focused on the development of an inclusive curriculum offer that meets the broad educational needs of our community.
The role of Deputy Principal is essential to enable St Vincent to implement our strategic and curriculum plans whilst providing quality assurance and scrutiny of a diverse and high performing curriculum, which includes full-time provision from Level 3 to Entry Level. We are seeking an exceptional individual to lead our curriculum teams and provide highly effective management of staffing, resources and education services for our student body.
Our staff are critical to the success of our colleges, and as we do for our students, we want to ensure this role will have the freedom to shape and develop provision in accordance with local labour market need and curriculum opportunities. This role requires someone with a positive and forward-looking ethos, who understands the importance of a growth culture and professional standards, whilst always promoting Trust values.
The Deputy Principal will join our senior team and will work collaboratively with colleagues to lead and develop a high-quality and agile curriculum that meets local need. The successful appointee will share our desire to be an outstanding college and will be active in college life. Further information about our curriculum and support services is available via our St Vincent Sixth Form College website.
Interested parties may wish to contact Andy Grant, Executive Principal, via the HR department to discuss this position further. Candidates should apply online by clicking on ‘apply for this job’.
The Lighthouse Learning Trust is committed to equality, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all staff. We are an equal opportunities employer that recruits on merit and we welcome applications from all members of the community.
Closing date for applications: Monday 12th May 2025 at 3pm
Date of interviews: To be held over the 20th and 21st May 2025
St Vincent College 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.
