Group Deputy Principal - Curriculum & Quality
Role Summary
This is a great opportunity to help shape the future of education across DN Colleges Group one of the UK's largest and most diverse group of colleges, transforming lives through learning, skills and opportunity across South Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and Hull.
As Group Deputy Principal - Curriculum & Quality, you will play a critical role in delivering our mission to support around 14,000 learners each year across further education, higher education and apprenticeships, DN Colleges Group is ambitious for its students, communities and colleagues. We are looking for an influential and forward-thinking leader who shares that ambition and can drive excellence across curriculum, quality, teaching, learning and assessment.
As a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will provide strategic leadership for a large and diverse curriculum portfolio, ensuring our provision responds to the needs of learners, employers and regional economies while delivering outstanding outcomes and experiences for students. You will lead continuous improvement, champion educational excellence and help position the Group for future growth and success in an evolving education landscape.
This role is suited to an experienced senior leader who combines strategic vision with operational excellence, inspires high-performing teams and is passionate about making a lasting difference to students and communities.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development and implementation of the Group's long-term curriculum strategy and annual curriculum planning process.
- Provide strategic leadership for curriculum performance, quality assurance, teaching, learning and assessment across all provision types.
- Drive continuous improvement through effective quality frameworks, self-assessment processes and targeted quality improvement plans.
- Lead and develop curriculum leaders, ensuring clear objectives, accountability and high performance.
- Oversee organisational readiness for external inspection, quality assurance and regulatory requirements, including acting as the Ofsted Nominee.
- Provide expert leadership on compliance with external regulatory frameworks and emerging sector requirements.
- Analyse performance data to inform decision-making and improve student outcomes.
- Represent the Group externally through regional networks, stakeholder forums and partnership activity.
- Provide clear performance reporting to senior leaders, governors and external audiences.
- Deputise for the Group Principal as required and contribute to a collaborative and high-performing leadership culture.
Essential Criteria
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification.
- Significant senior leadership experience within a large and complex learning organisation with a diverse curriculum portfolio.
- Extensive knowledge and experience of quality, teaching, learning and assessment.
- Proven ability to lead organisational transformation, drive improvement and manage high-performing teams.
- Excellent communication, influencing, analytical and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to operate effectively at a strategic level.
Benefits for Working for DN Colleges
At DN Colleges Group, you'll have the opportunity to make a lasting impact on the lives of learners and communities while developing your own career within one of the region's largest education providers.
Beyond a rewarding and influential leadership role, we offer an exceptional benefits package focused on wellbeing, professional growth and work-life balance, including:
- 35 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- An additional two weeks off at Christmas on top of your annual leave entitlement.
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.
- Enhanced sickness pay.
- Access to a 24/7 confidential mental health and wellbeing support service.
- A supportive coaching and mentoring culture.
- Dedicated CPD training weeks and development days.
- Electric Car Scheme.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Menopause support.
- Wellbeing workshops and financial wellbeing support.
- Vivup lifestyle benefits and discounts platform.
- On-site catering facilities, including Starbucks and restaurant provision at selected campuses.
Important Things to Note
In DN Colleges we call this role Group Deputy Principal - Curriculum & Quality but you might know this as Deputy Principal, Vice Principal Curriculum, Deputy Chief Executive (Education), Director of Curriculum and Quality, or Executive Director of Education & Quality.
- We are not looking for agency support for this role.
- If you need more information, please contact us at [email protected].
- The successful candidate will be expected to support and promote the organisation's commitments to Equality and Diversity, Health and Safety and Safeguarding.
- This role forms part of the Group's Senior Leadership Team and may involve deputising for the Group Principal as required.
