Vice Principal: Quality of Education
Ready to shape the quality of education for every learner and lead improvement at scale? Join Weavers Academy as Vice Principal for Quality of Education and drive real impact - championing equity, raising standards, and embedding a culture where high expectations are the norm in every classroom, for every child.
Job Title: Vice Principal: Quality of Education
Location: Weavers Academy, WellingboroughSalary: L18-22
Start Date: September 2026
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full Time
Application Closing Date: Wednesday 20th May 2026
Interview Date: Friday 22nd May 2026
About You:
When curriculum, teaching and inclusion align, outcomes change lives. Weavers Academy is seeking a Vice Principal of Quality Education to join an ambitious, high‑performing senior leadership team and drive measurable improvements in student outcomes.You will be an experienced and credible senior leader with a strong track record of improving teaching, curriculum quality and assessment through evidence‑informed practice. With a clear moral purpose, you will champion inclusion, equity and high expectations for all pupils, particularly the most disadvantaged.
Collaborative and influential, you will inspire leaders and teachers through high‑quality professional learning and rigorous evaluation.
Our Ideal candidate will have:
- A proven record of impact: recent and demonstrable success in leading and securing sustained improvements in pupil outcomes at Academy level.
- A commitment to equity: the ability to remove barriers and secure high achievement for disadvantaged pupils, pupils with SEND, those known to children’s social care, and high‑ability pupils.
- The ability to challenge and develop staff: a proven capacity to maintain high expectations, avoid unconscious lowering of ambition, and ensure learning effectively stretches and supports all pupils.
- An ambitious moral purpose: an unwavering belief that all pupils
- including the most vulnerable and the most able
- deserve to be challenged and supported to achieve excellence.
About the Senior Leadership Team:
The Senior Leadership Team at Weavers Academy is a collaborative, experienced and values‑driven group of leaders, united by a clear moral purpose and a relentless focus on improving outcomes for every pupil. Working closely together, the team provides strong strategic direction across teaching, curriculum, inclusion, behaviour and professional development, modelling high expectations and evidence‑informed practice.There is a culture of trust, challenge and professional respect, where leaders are committed to developing others, removing barriers to learning and sustaining continuous improvement.
About Weavers Academy:
Weavers Academy is a thriving 11–18 non-selective academy located in Wellingborough, and proud to be part of the growing Creative Education Trust. We offer a dynamic and inclusive learning environment where every student is supported to achieve their full potential.
Our academy is large enough to provide a broad and innovative curriculum, yet small enough to ensure that every student feels safe, valued, and happy. At Weavers, we place the quality of teaching and learning at the heart of everything we do, because we know it is the single most important factor in shaping student success.
We foster an ethos where it is ‘cool’ to learn, and we actively listen to feedback from families and students to continually improve our provision. To find out more please visit our website.
About Creative Education Trust:
Creative Education Trust is a growing network of 17 schools, educating over 13,500 children and young people across England. Since 2010, we’ve worked in partnership with communities to deliver an education that inspires ambition, promotes equity, and unlocks opportunity for every learner.
We believe every child has talent, every community has strength, and every school can be a place where excellence thrives. Our curriculum is rich, broad, and inclusive - designed to build knowledge, nurture creativity, and prepare students for the future.
We are united by a shared purpose: to transform lives through education. Our schools are places where students feel safe, supported, and empowered to lead their own lives with confidence. Through collaboration, high expectations, and purposeful leadership, we ensure that success is both expected and achieved - together.
Visit our Trust website to explore how we support our staff and discover more about our mission, values, and opportunities.
Ready to Join Us?
Submit your application directly through our website. We warmly welcome visits to our school, and if you'd like to arrange a visit or confidential conversation with the Line Manager, our friendly HR/Recruitment team is here to help. Reach out to us at recruitment@creativeeducationtrust.org.uk, and we'll be delighted to assist you.Want to stay connected? Join our Talent Pool here and be the first to hear about future opportunities.
Essential Information:
Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility.
All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.
The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, separate Barred List Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.
CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.