Assistant Principal - Teaching and Learning - Full-time

Chilmington Green School, Ashford

• Ref:KCC887-3794378-123L
• Posted:05/02/2026
• Pay:UL Leadership Scale
• Start Date:September 2026
• App Close Date:26/02/2026 at 08:00
• Interviews:3rd March 2026

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The Role 

Chilmington Green School is a co-educational, non-selective Secondary school which opened in September 2023. It will grow to become a 6-form entry school with a sixth form of 240 pupils. The school is building on United Learning’s successful track record locally and nationally, providing an excellent secondary education for local children. The successful candidate will join the school at a key point in the school’s growth. This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate with vision, experience and energy to join a small and growing leadership team. Furthermore, being part of an establishing school offers excellent professional development and future career prospects. We are recruiting for either an Associate Assistant Principal, or an Assistant Principal, dependent on the experience of the successful candidate.  

About You 

We are looking for an exceptional leader with the vision and commitment to shape our growing school throughout its formative years and beyond. We are looking for a leader who will create a culture of excellence and who shares the Trust’s determination to bring out the best in young people. 

The position is a great match for someone with the highest expectations, determination, resilience, audacity and compassion in equal measure.  

The successful candidate will be required to actively support the vision and ethos of Chilmington Green School. The role carries significant leadership and management responsibilities, focussed on securing excellent progress and attainments for students. The main areas of responsibility will be supporting the Senior Leadership Team to further develop the quality of curriculum implementation in the school   

As with all members of the Senior Leadership Team, this role comes with responsibility for ensuring the smooth and effective running of the school on a day-to-day basis. As a significant member of the Leadership Team, the Assistant Principal works in partnership with the Principal in defining and articulating the vision and values for the School and then implements this through their actions. They are committed to securing United Learning’s aim of ‘Best in Everyone’.  

United Learning values diversity and inclusion and is committed to creating and sustaining a more ethnically diverse workforce.  In this regard we would not only welcome applications from professionals of minority ethnic origin, but from majority ethnic professionals who share our commitment.  

For a confidential discussion about this role, please contact: Jon Rutland, Principal, jonathan.rutland@chilmingtongreenschool.org.uk or  HR@chilmingtongreenschool.org.uk 

Information about the school

United Learning are delighted to have opened a new school in Ashford. Chilmington Green School is a new secondary school which opened in September 2023 with its first cohort of 120 Year 7 students. At capacity, the school will be a six-form entry, co-educational, non-selective secondary with a 240-place 6th form. We are currently looking for excellent, highly motivated staff, with the vision and aspiration to be a part of a school from its opening through to its first A-level results day; bringing to life the United Learning ethos of the Best in Everyone through a curriculum, culture, environment, and structure that provides an exceptional educational offer for local young people.

Staff will form a dynamic team who are supportive, friendly, and dedicated to instilling the qualities of pride, respect, and resilience in the next generation of children, preparing them for successful, fulfilling, and enjoyable adult lives. Chilmington Green will work collaboratively with United Learning’s cluster of highly successful schools in the area, Wye School (free school, 11-18) and Ashford School (independent, all through and boarding) and, as a result, staff will benefit from richer and wider opportunities for continued professional development (CPD).

United Learning is a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

United Learning schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. The subject specialists, Group-wide intranet, own curriculum, and online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.

We are working hard to become a more diverse organisation – which is key to our commitment to bringing out the best in everyone. We welcome applications from everyone committed to this ethos and would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented in the Group as a whole. We always appoint on merit, and we are open to discussing flexible working options.

United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All positions are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online check.

Here at United Learning, we are committed to ensuring our employees feel valued and appreciated. Because we are a group, we can reward you better than any school could alone, and this includes your employee benefits.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Chloe Brisley
• Address:Chilmington Green School, Chilmington Green Road , Ashford, Kent, TN23 3DL
• Telephone: 01233 438776
• Email: hr@chilmingtongreenschool.org.uk

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