Deputy Principal

**Salary**:
Leadership Pay Scale, Points L14 (£68,586 FTE) to L18 (£75, 675 FTE) (dependent on experience)

**Job type**:
Full Time, Permanent

**Start date**:
01/09/2025

30 April 2025

**Job overview**:
Are you looking to take on a new challenge and have significant impact on a school improvement journey? Perhaps you are looking for the final step on your leadership journey before becoming a Headteacher? If so, this vacancy may be just what you are looking for

Having recently celebrated its 70th Birthday, Bassingbourn Village College is proud of its rich academic tradition and is seeking an energetic, passionate and inspiring leader to join us on our mission to be one of the very best schools in Cambridgeshire. Working alongside the Principal and leading the wider senior leadership team, this role will be vital in ensuring we have a high quality learning environment for all students that attend the College. You will have knowledge and experience of leading change and shaping high performing individuals/teams in different contexts. You will be an experienced and talented classroom practitioner able to build positive relationships with students and their families. This role would be an exciting opportunity for someone that is passionate about making school improvements to benefit all students and isn’t afraid to be creative and think creatively to achieve a goal.

A key part of this position will be leading and managing cultural change. You will be prepared to challenge how things have been done before in pursuit of excellence. Innovation and flexibility will be essential, as will coaching and empowering staff to be at the centre of improvement. You will have a leadership remit across different aspects of the College improvement plan and will need to work with other leaders to ensure a coherent strategy is developed where all students feel they belong. Leading, working within and alongside teams will be required to deliver success.

**Bassingbourn Village College**

Bassingbourn has just celebrated its 70th Birthday, being established as part of the Village College movement, opening in 1954. We are proud of this rich academic tradition but are now looking to become a high performing, happy and successful college, with a strategic plan to achieve this ambition by our 75th Birthday in 2029. To achieve this, we will need excellent, passionate leaders who believe in our potential to be a truly inclusive, community centred school that demands the best outcomes for all.

Bassingbourn Village College is an 11-16 mixed comprehensive school with a growing student body, currently 670. This enables us to know our students as individuals and foster our core values of respect, responsibility and residence. With a new Principal starting in September 2024, Bassingbourn is looking to build on its strong foundations and develop a rich and inspiring curriculum led by passionate and high quality staff.

What we can offer you?
- A contribution towards CPD courses and qualifications fees where appropriate.
- Access to a wide range of professional learning and CPD opportunities both within the school and across the Trust.
- A small Secondary school environment built on strong village college values where you can quickly make a difference.
- Opportunities to network and collaborate with colleagues across the Trust in the spirit of managing workloads, sharing knowledge, solution-focused problem solving and supporting CPD.
- A well balanced teaching load allowing you the time you need to make a real impact as a leader
- Access to a range of benefits including free access to Anglian Leisure sporting facilities
- details of our full range of benefits can be found in the enclosed Recruitment Information Pack

We encourage all interested applicants to visit the school or arrange a call with a member of the Senior Leadership Team before you apply. Please contact

today to arrange a visit or call.
- For further information about the role requirements, our Trust and school, please see the attached documentation._

**About**Bassingbourn Village College**:
**Bassingbourn Village College**
- South End, Bassingbourn, Royston
- Hertfordshire
- SG8 5NJ
- United Kingdom

+44 1763 242344

Bassingbourn Village College is a mainstream, co-educational, non-denominational secondary academy for children aged 11-16. It is situated in Bassingbourn, near Royston, on the Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire borders.

The school has been rated as “good” by Ofsted and it has 500 pupils enrolled. It converted to academy status in 2012.

**Principal**

Mr Ian Stoneham

**Values and vision**

Bassingbourn Village College’s core purpose is to know all its students as individuals. It aims to provide a personalised curriculum and a wide variety of experiences and support. The secondary school endeavours to ensure sustained progress within a caring and close environment.

The school considers its relatively small size to be a strength. It allows school leaders to