Deputy Principal

Are you an exceptional leader ready for a new challenge?

Join our award-winning academy in central London and play a central role in shaping the next phase of our development. We’re looking for a high-performing all-rounder, who values a holistic approach to school leadership.

Oasis Academy South Bank is proud to be recognised as one of the highest‑performing schools in the country. We work hard to deliver excellent education and pride ourselves on outstanding academic outcomes, sector‑leading pastoral provision, and deeply relational culture. Our hard work has been recognised in our outstanding Ofsted rating in 2024 and award of Tes Secondary School of the year in 2025.

Working in partnership with the Principal, you will provide strategic leadership across all core areas of school improvement, including:

Teaching and learning

• Ensuring consistently excellent classroom practice
• Leading monitoring, evaluation, coaching, and intervention
• Driving high achievement through evidence‑informed practice

Behaviour, culture and safeguarding

• Sustaining our calm, purposeful, caring environment
• Maintaining rigorous safeguarding and pastoral systems
• Promoting a culture of inclusion, respect, and aspiration

Leadership and staff development

• Line managing staff and leading performance management
• Providing high‑quality coaching, guidance, and challenge
• Supporting whole‑school improvement and strategic planning

Curriculum, assessment and accountability

• Leading curriculum development and assessment strategy
• Ensuring impactful data use and targeted interventions
• Contributing to the academy’s development

Community and external partnerships

• Strengthening relationships with parents and carers
• Working closely with the Oasis Waterloo Hub and wider trust
• Enhancing the academy’s role within the local community

We’re looking for someone who:

• Is an exceptional practitioner with broad experience across Deputy Principal domains
• Inspires, motivates, challenges, and empowers staff and students
• Has strong analytical skills and uses data intelligently
• Models professionalism, ambition, and moral purpose
• Thrives in a values‑driven, high‑challenge, high‑support environment
• Believes wholeheartedly in the potential of every young person

Our offer to you:

• Highly supportive and collaborative senior leadership team
• Strong culture of inclusion, aspiration, and community impact
• Access to a national network of Oasis academies and leadership opportunities
• Students who are hard‑working, respectful, and eager to learn

Professional development and opportunities for specialisation

We’re committed to nurturing exceptional leaders and will tailor aspects of the role to support your professional interests and future aspirations.

If you have a particular area of interest, we will create structured opportunities for you to deepen your expertise. Where strengths and interests align, you may take strategic leadership of a specific whole‑school area, with mentoring and structured support from senior colleagues.

Whether you aspire to principalship or to becoming a sector‑leading specialist, we’re ready to invest in your growth and development.

How to apply

If you are an ambitious, values‑driven leader committed to transforming life chances, we would love to hear from you.

We encourage academy visits or informal conversations before you apply. Start your application to find out how to arrange this.

Closing date: 23:59, 25 March

Interviews: day 1: 15 April, day 2: 21 April

It is essential that all candidates are available to take part in both interview days. Further information will be provided to shortlisted candidates.