Key Role Information

Salary
64,499.00 - 71,029.92
Job type
Full Time
Contract type
Permanent
Closing
23/02/2026 09:00
Interview
w/c 2nd March
Contract term
TTO - Term time only
Department
SLT
Key stage
Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5
Hours per week
32.50
Weeks per year
52.143
Visa sponsorship
No

Your Role

Gracewood Academy is seeking an Assistant Principal – Inclusion


This is a pivotal moment to join Gracewood Academy, as we begin a bold new chapter following our transition into Future Academies on 1st November 2025. We are seeking an outstanding, ambitious, and morally driven Assistant Principal who is ready to play a central role in shaping the school’s future. We are seeking a dynamic and experienced leader to join our Senior Leadership Team as Assistant Principal - Inclusion. This pivotal role includes strategic leadership of behaviour, attendance and SEND, ensuring that every student, regardless of background or individual need, can access the curriculum, feel safe and supported, and achieve highly.


About us:


We are Future Academies: a flourishing multi-academy trust, founded with the aim of improving the life chances and raising the aspirations of young people. We offer a rich and stimulating education comprised of a knowledge-rich curriculum, diverse cultural and extracurricular opportunities, and a strong pastoral support system. All children and young people are welcomed in our inclusive community, and all are challenged to be the best they can be. This ethos is embodied in our Trust values -Knowledge, Aspiration, and Respect - and in our motto, libertas per cultum (“freedom through education”).


Future Academies recognises its employees as the most important asset and critical to its success. To demonstrate this all staff are offered the following benefits:

  • A supportive ethos and concern for the well-being of all colleagues.
  • Excellent CPD opportunities and career progression.
  • Employer Contributions to Local Government or Teachers Pension Scheme.
  • Mintago – access to numerous cost saving employee benefits including fantastic cost savings on childcare.
  • Employee Assistance Programme.
  • Access to a Virtual GP


Further details of the role, including the job description and person specification, can be found in the attached recruitment pack. Details of our staff offer can be found in the attached HR Brochure.

Qualifications

Qualified Teacher Statusessential
Ongoing professional developmentessential
5+ years experience in a similar roleessential
Degree or equivalent qualificationessential

Gracewood Academy

Jenny Cain

hrenquires@futureacademies.org

Church Rd
Potters Bar
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
EN6 1EZ

Safeguarding Information

Future Academies is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and individuals that work with our young people to share this commitment.


All appointments are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and satisfactory references.


Future Academies is passionate about diversity and inclusivity and welcome applications from applicants with skills and experiences to fulfil the requirements of the job description and whose values and qualities reflect those in the person specification. We encourage applications from applicants regardless of any protected characteristic.