PRINCIPAL 

Contract: Permanent

Actual Salary: L30-L34 (£105,595 - £116,456)

Start Date: April 2026 or sooner

Are you seeking a leadership role that leads with vision, inspires with purpose and transforms lives through education:

Broadoak Academy is currently seeking an energetic and dynamic individual to join the senior leadership team as a new Principal. We are looking for someone with experience of strategic school leadership, building teams and developing staff, and planning and delivering raising attainment programmes. Applicants should be equally familiar with leading change management projects, and with innovating processes which have a tangible impact on pupil outcomes.

It is critical that the successful candidate will be adept at quickly building and nurturing positive and purposeful relationships throughout the school community with colleagues, students and families. An ability to make and justify difficult decisions is required, along with a demonstrable commitment to equality.

Our new Principal will also be committed to working closely with supportive colleagues from across the CLF and the wider education sector while upholding the highest standards of personal integrity and conduct. They will embody professionalism, honesty and loyalty in all that they do.

Why CLF?

We are a diverse and inclusive community of 36 academies across five cluster regions in the South West that is committed to excellence and making a positive impact. Our people bring unique perspectives, but we’re all driven by a shared moral purpose and a passion for making a positive impact, whether in a teaching, leadership or support role. We’re proud to foster a culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and make a meaningful difference to the lives of others.

We are an equal opportunity employer and proud to serve a diverse student population and our communities. We strongly believe that representation matters. We particularly encourage applicants from those groups in order to represent the students we serve, as well as wider underrepresented groups including gender, transgender, age disability, sexual orientation or religion.

What we can offer you: 

• Access to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme. 

• Comprehensive induction and ongoing support for career development and wellbeing.  

• Sector-leading professional development entitlement and opportunities. 

• Collaboration with colleagues across the trust through subject communities and specialist networks. 

• Shared CLF curriculum, written and curated by trust experts, reducing individual teacher workload.   

• Career enhancing and progression opportunities within the trust and through the CLF Institute. 

• A collaborative culture which supports workload. 

• Well-being support through an Employee Assistance Programme. 

• Health benefits, including wellness sessions, gym discounts, and flu jabs. 

• A range of generous family leave options, including above industry average occupational maternity pay. 

• Additional benefits like cycle to work scheme, on-site parking and many more! 

Recruitment timeline:

• Academy Tours: w/c 3rd November 2025

• Closing date:  10th November 2025 @ 8.00am

• Longlisting*: w/c 10th November 2025

• Interviews**: 18th & 19th November 2025

We welcome visits from potential candidates. If you would like to arrange a school visit prior to the closing date, please contact our Operations Manager Martin Laidlaw at Broadoak Academy. 

* We may longlist candidates and visit you at your place of work/meet with you virtually, prior to shortlisting, depending on location.

**This is a two-day process (a first full assessment day, with the final interview on day two).

How to apply:

Please complete a full application form via the Eteach website. As part of our commitment to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), we do not accept CVs – a full education and employment history must be provided through the application form.  

Please note: that there is a requirement on page 24 of the Candidate Information Pack for you to attach a supporting letter of no more than 3-pages, detailing why you should be considered for the role. Please ensure this is uploaded under the CV/resume attachment prior to submitting your application and that it is labelled with your name, followed by ‘Supporting Letter – Broadoak Academy, Principal’. The Supporting Statement section in the application form does not allow anything over an 8,000-character limit, which is why we ask for this to be uploaded as an additional document. 

Please also note that updates regarding an application, which could include an invite to interview, will be sent to the email address used when registering an account.