Deputy Principal (Academic)
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St Edward's College
Liverpool, L12 1LF
- £83,464 - £92,052 per year
- New
- Quick apply
- Salary:
- L22-L26
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/2025
- Apply by:
- 29 January 2025
Job overview
St Edward’s College, a highly successful Catholic school in the heart of Liverpool, invites applications for the position of Deputy Principal (Academic). This is an exceptional opportunity for an outstanding leader to shape the academic and strategic direction of a school renowned for its Catholic ethos, academic achievement, and holistic development of its pupils.
About St Edward’s College
St Edward’s College is a thriving 11–18 school, educating over 1,200 pupils, including a large and successful Sixth Form of over 300. As the Choir School to Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, St Edward’s provides a unique and inspiring environment where academic excellence, pastoral care, and a rich co-curricular programme flourish. The College is part of the Edmund Rice Trust Family of Schools and is preparing to join the Laetare Multi-Academy Trust in March 2025.
The Role
As Deputy Principal (Academic), you will:
• Lead Academic Excellence: Drive innovation and oversee the academic provision, ensuring the highest standards of teaching, learning, and pupil outcomes.
• Inspire and Develop Staff: Provide high-quality CPD opportunities, performance management, and quality assurance to support continuous improvement.
• Promote Inclusivity: Ensure the curriculum meets the needs of all pupils, particularly those from vulnerable groups, and remains at the forefront of educational best practice.
• Strengthen Community Links: Foster strong partnerships with parents and guardians through key academic events and communications.
• Champion Catholic Values: Uphold and promote the College’s Catholic ethos, both within the school and the wider community.
• Support Leadership: Deputise for the Principal when required, contributing to the strategic vision and operational success of the College.
Key Responsibilities
• Provide strategic leadership for Heads of Faculty and academic staff, ensuring a culture of accountability and high performance.
• Monitor and analyse pupil progress and outcomes, leading targeted interventions to maximise attainment.
• Oversee curriculum development, ensuring it is broad, inclusive, and responsive to pupil needs.
• Lead key academic events, including revision evenings and open days, to engage and inform families.
• Ensure that the Catholic ethos of the College is reflected in all aspects of academic and pastoral life.
• Support the Principal in implementing the school’s strategic vision and policies.
What We’re Looking For
The successful candidate will:
• Be a practising Catholic, committed to the mission and values of St Edward’s College.
• Have a proven track record of leadership and delivering academic success.
• Be an outstanding communicator, team leader, and innovator.
• Demonstrate passion for excellence in education and the holistic development of pupils.
Remuneration & Benefits
• Salary Range: L22 – L26.
• Catholic staff wishing to have their children educated at the College (subject to places being available and the children satisfying the normal entry criteria) enjoy a measure of precedence in the College admissions code.
• The professional development of staff is a high priority.
• St Edward’s College is a challenging but happy place to work.
Timeline for Appointments
• Advertised: 8 January 2025 (College website, Ednet, and TES).
• Contract Type: Permanent.
• Start Date: September 2025.
• Closing Date: 29 January 2025
• Shortlisting: 31 January 2025.
• Interviews: 6–7 February 2025.
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About St Edward's College
St Edward’s College is a Catholic College educating 11-18 year olds in the heart of Liverpool. Because of its track record of academic success, nurture and enrichment of the whole student the school is extremely popular and oversubscribed, with 900 applications for the 174 places in Year 7. We have very close links to the community including a partnership with our co-located primary school to form the Cathedral Choir School for the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. Our offer of extra-curricular activities ranges from music, drama and a wide range of sports to academic clubs such as mathematics and sciences which have been successful in national competitions. Our success in these areas is bolstered by our excellent sports facilities which include our own indoor swimming pool. Our thriving Sixth Form of over 300 students is one of the largest in the city and is enhanced by the Honours Programme which targets Oxbridge and the Russell group universities.
St Edward’s has over 1100 students on roll from a broad range of backgrounds such that the prior attainment of students based on reading, writing and mathematics is close to the national average. We have strong commitment to musical excellence and 20% of the Year 7 intake is selected on the basis of musical aptitude. Whilst the percentages of students on free school meals, with SEND and with English as an additional language are below national averages, the percentage of students with an educational health and care plans (EHCP) is well above the national average, as the College is frequently identified as the school of choice on EHCPs. Overall Attainment 8 is significantly above the national average and we have a strong ambition to improve our Progress 8.
Since its foundation in 1853, St Edward’s College has evolved and grown in order to meet the needs of the students that it serves. The College was founded as the Catholic Institute by Fr James Nugent, who served the poor of the city of Liverpool, and provided education and food for underprivileged boys in the inner city. In 1902 it was taken over by the Congregation of the Christian Brothers, an order founded by the Blessed Edmund Rice with a mission to serve the poor. In 1920 the school was renamed St Edward’s College and in 1938 moved from Hope Street to its present extensive site in West Derby. In 1947 it became a Direct Grant Grammar School and later an independent school under the assisted places programme. The first cohort of girls were welcomed into Year 7 in 1991 when the College became co-educational; the College became a state comprehensive in 1997. In 2011, St Edward’s became one of the earliest schools to adopt single Academy Trust status. In 2023 the trusteeship of the College transferred from the Christian Brothers to the newly formed national Gaudete Trust, an umbrella organisation for Catholic religious orders in education. Throughout these many changes the College continued to provide high quality Catholic education with a clear focus on the values of the Gospel and a desire to bring out the best in its students.
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