Vice Principal - Behaviour and Culture

About this Role

As Vice Principal - Behaviour and Culture, you will be at the forefront of embedding our school’s values into daily life, ensuring every student feels seen, heard, and inspired. Your leadership will span across:

Pupil Experience & School Culture

• Ensure a calm, orderly, and purposeful environment is maintained across the school
• Promote consistently positive attitudes to learning, with pupils demonstrating engagement, respect, and pride in their work
• Secure a culture in which pupils feel safe, understand expectations, and contribute positively to the school community
• Oversee opportunities that support pupils’ wider development, preparing them well for their next stage
• Ensure that pupil voice is embedded and informs leadership decisions and school improvement

Strategic Leadership & Whole-School Impact

• Provide strong, visible leadership that secures the school’s ambitious vision and priorities
• Lead on the design, implementation, and refinement of whole-school systems, ensuring they are embedded securely and applied consistently
• Establish a culture of high expectations, where staff are both supported and held rigorously to account
• Drive sustained school improvement, demonstrating measurable impact on pupils’ experiences and outcomes over time

Quality & Consistency of Provision

• Ensure the delivery of a consistently high-quality and ambitious experience for all pupils
• Secure strong, consistent practice across the school so that pupils build knowledge and understanding effectively over time
• Monitor and evaluate provision through a range of first-hand evidence, ensuring that findings are used to inform strategic action
• Address variation decisively, working with leaders and staff to secure consistently effective practice

Systems, Evaluation & Accountability

• Ensure that whole-school systems and routines are clearly defined, consistently implemented, and regularly reviewed for impact
• Use data and a wide range of evidence to identify trends, inform strategic decisions, and evaluate effectiveness in relation to behaviour
• Hold leaders and staff to account for the quality of provision and outcomes, ensuring actions lead to sustained improvement
• Communicate with clarity and authority, providing both support and challenge to secure high standards
• Ensure the school is fully prepared for external review, with strong evidence of impact across all areas

Who We Are Looking For

You will be:

• An outstanding and experienced leader with a strong track record of securing whole-school improvement
• Able to demonstrate a deep understanding of effective leadership and high-quality provision
• Relentlessly committed to high standards and positive outcomes for all pupils
• A highly effective communicator who builds credibility, trust, and strong professional relationships
• Strategic, resilient, and driven to achieve sustained and meaningful impact

What We Offer

• A committed and ambitious senior leadership team
• A culture of high expectations, accountability, and professional trust
• Significant opportunities for leadership development and progression
• The opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future direction of the school and securing strong outcomes for all pupils