Deputy Principal

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 18 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Are you an exceptional leader ready for a new challenge

Join our award-winning academy in central London and play a central role in shaping the next phase of our development. Were looking for a high-performing all-rounder who values a holistic approach to school leadership.

Oasis Academy South Bank is proud to be recognised as one of the highestperforming schools in the country. We work hard to deliver excellent education and pride ourselves on outstanding academic outcomes sectorleading pastoral provision and deeply relational culture. Our hard work has been recognised in our outstanding Ofsted rating in 2024 and award of Tes Secondary School of the year in 2025.

Working in partnership with the Principal you will provide strategic leadership across all core areas of school improvement including:

Teaching and learning

Ensuring consistently excellent classroom practice
Leading monitoring evaluation coaching and intervention
Driving high achievement through evidenceinformed practice

Behaviour culture and safeguarding

Sustaining our calm purposeful caring environment
Maintaining rigorous safeguarding and pastoral systems
Promoting a culture of inclusion respect and aspiration

Leadership and staff development

Line managing staff and leading performance management
Providing highquality coaching guidance and challenge
Supporting wholeschool improvement and strategic planning

Curriculum assessment and accountability

Leading curriculum development and assessment strategy
Ensuring impactful data use and targeted interventions
Contributing to the academys development

Community and external partnerships

Strengthening relationships with parents and carers
Working closely with the Oasis Waterloo Hub and wider trust
Enhancing the academys role within the local community

Were looking for someone who:

Is an exceptional practitioner with broad experience across Deputy Principal domains
Inspires motivates challenges and empowers staff and students
Has strong analytical skills and uses data intelligently
Models professionalism ambition and moral purpose
Thrives in a valuesdriven highchallenge highsupport environment
Believes wholeheartedly in the potential of every young person

Our offer to you:

Highly supportive and collaborative senior leadership team
Strong culture of inclusion aspiration and community impact
Access to a national network of Oasis academies and leadership opportunities
Students who are hardworking respectful and eager to learn

Professional development and opportunities for specialisation

Were committed to nurturing exceptional leaders and will tailor aspects of the role to support your professional interests and future aspirations.

If you have a particular area of interest we will create structured opportunities for you to deepen your expertise. Where strengths and interests align you may take strategic leadership of a specific wholeschool area with mentoring and structured support from senior colleagues.

Whether you aspire to principalship or to becoming a sectorleading specialist were ready to invest in your growth and development.

How to apply

If you are an ambitious valuesdriven leader committed to transforming life chances we would love to hear from you.

We encourage academy visits or informal conversations before you apply. Start your application to find out how to arrange this.

Closing date: 23:59 25 March

Interviews: day 1: 15 April day 2: 21 April

It is essential that all candidates are available to take part in both interview days. Further information will be provided to shortlisted candidates.

Are you an exceptional leader ready for a new challenge Join our award-winning academy in central London and play a central role in shaping the next phase of our development. Were looking for a high-performing all-rounder who values a holistic approach to school leadership. Oasis Academy South Bank ...