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Vice Principal

Vice Principal

Saracens High School

Barnet

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Salary:
L17-22 (Outer London)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2022
Apply by:
4 January 2022

Job overview

Saracens High School is a free school in Colindale, Barnet that opened in 2018. In 2022  we will welcome our fifth cohort, we will make our final preparations for our Sixth Form, and will have our first cohort of students sit their GCSE examinations. We are expanding our Senior Leadership Team, adding a second Vice Principal and Assistant Principals to help ensure that we are able to maintain the high standards that have been achieved so far.  

With strong ties to the wider Saracens organisation, we base all we do on the values Discipline, Hard Work, Honesty, and Humility. We have a family ethos, that focuses on character development and making memories, as much as outstanding academic attainment. Our aim is to develop aspirational life-long learners, who will thrive in their chosen career path, embracing our values, and demonstrating a strong moral purpose and a desire to make a positive contribution to society and their local community. 

Last month we moved into our brand new state of the art building, which will become be a hub of the local community, by creating mutually beneficial partnerships and relationships with local business, organisations, and individuals.

The successful candidate will be an outstanding practitioner who has a record of leading significant improvement as a senior leader, who has enhanced the learning and experiences of their pupils. They will be a reflective practitioner, excited by taking risks, and accepting that failure is a part of the learning process. They will promote lifelong learning through their constant drive to improve their own practice, as well as supporting those they lead to develop their skills. 

This role will suit an ambitious and successful Assistant Principal/Assistant Headteacher or a current Vice Principal/Deputy Headteacher looking for a new experience. The areas of responsibility will initially be matched to the strengths of the successful candidates, and are likely to evolve over time to support their development in school leadership.  

We have excellent commuter links with the M1, A1, A41 being very close by, as well as being within walking distance of Mill Hill Broadway train station and Colindale (Northern Line). 

If you would like an informal conversation with the Principal, or to arrange a visit, please contact the Principal’s PA (Mrs McAuliffe) on 020 8181 3180 or email  the Principal directly principal@saracenshigh.org

Salary: Outer London L17-22 (range is expected to increase when we have a full Sixth Form)

Start date: September 2022

How to apply:

Complete the application form on the TES website. Your supporting statement must include references to the job description and person specification. In addition, please explain why you are the right person for the role, specifically in relation to Saracens High School.

The closing date is 16:00 on Tuesday 4 January 2022. 

Saracens Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be required to complete an Enhanced DBS check. 

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About Saracens High School

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+44 208 181 3180

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Saracens Multi-Academy Trust opened their first school in 2018: Saracens High School. The school, complete with a sixth form, enjoys purpose-built facilities in the heart of the diverse community they serve in Grahame Park, north London.

Schools in the Saracens Multi-Academy Trust are different. They take a pioneering approach to individual character development through every aspect of school life. 

Our vision at Saracens High School is to spark a flame of inspiration in each and every pupil, whatever their interest or ambition, and do all we can to support them to become the person they want to be. We deliver an outstanding education based on the highest expectations of academic achievement and personal development that will enable pupils to progress to the best universities, successfully compete for sought after apprenticeships, or thrive in employment.

To realise our vision, we embrace and live our core Saracens Values of Discipline, Honesty, Hard Work and Humility by:

  • Ensuring our schools are orderly, safe, and joyful places where our pupils are governed and guided in their behaviour by fair and sensible principles.
  • Empowering our staff to embrace the latest thinking and use teaching styles that reflect the culture of success and commitment to character development, with achievement celebrated as warmly as attainment.
  • Retaining a focus on supporting those communities most in need, striving for equality of opportunity for all. Building community hubs around our schools, through mutually beneficial partnerships with local businesses, organisations, and individuals.
  • Insisting on an honest appraisal of the efforts and attitude of staff in their work and pupils in all areas of their education and school life.
  • Creating an environment where all members of the school community work incredibly hard to fulfill the potential of each individual and strive for continuous improvement in everything that we do.
  • Placing equal emphasis on character education and enrichment as academic attainment, so that pupils are prepared for life beyond school.
  • Creating a quality of life for all staff and pupils that is both enjoyable and impactful, to make memories they take pride in and cherish for the rest of their lives.
  • Utilising the networks of the broader Saracens family to strengthen our school communities.
  • Achieving our outcomes sustainably, through strong financial governance and protecting and nurturing our surrounding environment.


Our ethos embraces feelings of trust, knowledge, reciprocity and shared behavioural norms that create in our school a quality of life for staff and pupils that will be both enjoyable and productive. Our connection with each other promotes friendships, creates special moments, experiences and outstanding memories. Saracens High School is a place where people return with great eagerness, into an atmosphere of acceptance and belonging that brings out the very best in people, and motivates them to give their very best efforts in the classroom, in their activities and on the sports field.

Saracens High School is a school community that has a heartbeat, an identity, and an unwavering sense of who and what it is. We pride ourselves on kindness and respect, and being an environment where everybody contributes positively to our community, making Saracens High School a safe and happy place to work, learn, and visit.

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