PRINCIPAL & CEO

FTE: 1.0 (37hrs per week, 52 weeks per year)

Salary: Circa £130,000

Closing date: 12 noon – 1st May 2026

Shortlisting of candidates will take place: 5th May 2026

Interviewing: 12th and 13th May 2026 – candidates expected to be present over two days

To apply, please visit here

Please note that as part of the interview process, we will be conducting DISC profiling. Shortlisted candidates will be notified on Wednesday 6th May 2026.

Candidates will be expected to deliver a presentation, the subject of which will be notified should you be shortlisted.

BUILD ON BRILLIANCE with BCoT

Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT) is looking for a bold, visionary leader to steer our institution into its next era of excellence.

As our new Principal, you won’t just manage a College, you will cultivate the College where ambition thrives. We are seeking a strategic individual who can foster a high-performance culture, ensuring that both our staff and our students reach their ultimate potential.

You will hold the mantle for the College’s strategic direction, financial health, and campus resources. You will be the driving force behind our ambitions ensuring every student has access to transformative learning.

We have some amazing benefits on offer:

• Membership of the Teacher’s Pension Scheme (TPS) (subject to eligibility)
• Private Healthcare
• Retail Benefit Scheme
• 47 days holiday, includes bank holidays, Christmas closure
• Free onsite parking
• Annual Well-being Day
• Free onsite Gym
• BCoT Nursery, Restaurant and Hair & Beauty discounts
• Starbucks onsite
• Contribution towards relocation package

Wellbeing:

• Wellbeing Day
• Summer Staff Barbeque
• Christmas Staff Luncheon
• 24 hour access to employee assistant programme
• Free Annual Flu Jab

About Us!

Established as Basingstoke Technical Institute in 1947, Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT) is a leading further education College that offers full-time and part-time advanced technical and vocational qualifications together with apprenticeships, higher education and professional courses. We enable our students to progress to university, employment or an apprenticeship.

Our mission is ‘Building Careers of Tomorrow’ and that shapes everything about our courses. We’re proud to be rated Ofsted outstanding for behaviour and attitudes, personal development and adult learning programmes. We’re also rated ‘strong’ in skills, the highest award possible.

To find our latest Ofsted Report, Financial Statements and Strategic Plan please visit our website. 

BCoT is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.

BCoT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its learners, and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake appropriate checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure (payable by BCoT) as well as providing proof of the right to work in the UK.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the College is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are “spent” unless they are “protected” under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.