Deputy Principal

An exciting opportunity to join the team at Oasis Academy Silvertown

Oasis Academy Silvertown is looking to recruit a talented humble and highly motivated leader to the key position of Deputy Principal to support the Principal staff and our students as we work to ensure our students leave us Ready for university ready to lead.

Are you passionate about the power of high aspirations for all young people keen to learn and grow as a leader and ready to prioritise strong relationships in all of your work Are you a highly successful and experienced senior leader ready to take your next step towards Headship by moving in to a Deputy Principal role

Oasis Academy Silvertown has been through considerable change and challenge in recent years. We are now just over a year in to our improvement journey ensuring that we improve student outcomes through a focus on high aspirations strong relationships and love for learning. Results improved in Summer 2025 but we still have a lot of work to do to make the academy what we know it can be for our young people and to reach the outcomes that we know our students are capable of. As a growing school we are in our final period of expansion as we move towards full student capacity (600 students September 2027).

This role will be pivotal in imagining creating and leading improvement and change across the academy ideal for an enthusiastic and dedicated school leader to step up in to a Deputy role.

Our offer to you

We are seeking an exceptional leader who is looking for an opportunity to:

Prepare for Headship through experience and training within this role

Work with a newly formed passionate dedicated and supportive team developing a small and growing academy

Work in a values-led organisation focused on pursuing social justice and the excellent education that all of our students deserve

Serve a diverse and aspirational community

Be supported by a strong national MAT with shared resources subject and leadership networks and CPD

Work in an academy that values its staff with smart policies that consider carefully how to enable them to flourish

Other benefits include

The Oasis benefits package

Cycle-to-work Incentive

Healthcare Cash Plan Scheme

Free eye tests

Flexible working opportunities

Integrated IT provision to support teaching including your own laptop and iPad

Our academy

Oasis Academy Silvertown was planned and founded by the West Silvertown community who dreamed of having a local school which ensured both academic excellence as well as nurturing care for local children. After many years of discussions plans and applications to the Department for Education the academy opened in September 2014 in portacabins and finally moved into its permanent home in September 2022.

Our academy vision is to ensure that all of our students become Ready for University Ready to Lead. We continue to be inspired by the original dreams that the community had for our school creating an environment where we have high academic aspirations for every student as well as ensuring we support and challenge each child into growing and developing as a leader. Our small size means that every child is known by our staff and that we have a strong community feel where children want to learn and to behave well.

Application process

We are passionate about developing a diverse workforce that represents our study body and local community so encourage applications from underrepresented communities. We also welcome applications from candidates seeking part time or flexible working arrangements.

We strongly encourage interested applicants to visit the academy and to meet with the Principal prior to order to arrange a visit or a call please contact Zaynab Kadir PA to the Principal.