Assistant Principal - Director of Sixth Form
Wren Academy Enfield, Enfield, EN2 8GHThis job expired on 24 November 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
24 November 2023 at 9am
Date listed
6 November 2023
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L13-L17
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Possess a good degree and QTS, with a record of professional development relating to whole school leadership.
- Be an excellent A Level teacher with the ability to inspire all students in their learning so that they make excellent progress.
- Have a minimum of three years’ experience as a middle leader with a track record of implementing and managing change.
- Possess proven ability to lead and role model on delivery of school vision, ethos and policies.
- Have relevant experience of working in diverse and multi-cultural environments.
- Have experience of writing development plans and SEFs which lead to the raising of standards and outcomes.
- Demonstrate success in raising attainment and standards of teaching and learning.
- Have the qualities required to have a strong and visible presence around the academy which has a positive impact on both staff and students.
- Possess strong leadership and management skills which ensure that all members of the school community reach their full potential
- Demonstrates sound technical understanding of Sixth Form procedures and issues.
- Have demonstrable experience of leading others in successful curriculum innovation.
- Has a track record of improving the teaching and learning of classroom practitioners.
- Be committed to maintaining and enhancing a distinctive and inclusive Christian vision in the Academy.
- Be able to relate to all students and staff in a positive, kind and humble way and inspire them to achieve more than they think possible.
- Have qualities which earn the trust and respect of students, staff, parents, governors and Directors.
- Possess the inspiration to motivate and lead staff as a whole and the ability to build on the strengths and expertise of individual colleagues.
- Possess integrity, optimism, credibility, resilience, calmness and a sense of proportion.
- Possess outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
What the school offers its staff
All teachers joining Wren receive a high-quality professional development experience. We explicitly prioritise CPD with an innovative programme which provides 3 discrete hours for the development of teachers. Within this structure there is a focus on engaging with the latest educational research, with many colleagues undertaking research projects related to their practice.
Many professional development opportunities have been created which ensure that all colleagues are well equipped and encouraged to be effective in their role.
Wren Academy Enfield is a school, which does all it can to maximise their academic and social potential of all students. We are a vibrant and culturally diverse learning community where all members benefit from our distinctive and inclusive Christian vision inspired by the encounter of Zacchaeus with Jesus (Luke 19v1-10) and the exhortation found in Micah 6v8 to ‘Do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with your God’. The strong pastoral support and personal development programme will be the ideal preparation for life beyond the Sixth Form.
We are looking to recruit excellent leaders who have the desire to develop further. Colleagues will be appointed who possess curiosity about the ways in which Sixth Formers learn most effectively and who are always seeking to extend their practice into new areas and learning activities. It is important that Wren teachers are ambitious both for themselves and for their students.
Other benefits of teaching at Wren Academy Enfield:
- Children of colleagues working at Wren for over two years will be given priority for a place in Year 7 of the school they work at.
- Excellent professional development opportunities including support for programmes of further study and planned career development.
- Free refreshments and a lunchtime allowance
- Timetabled professional development time during the school day
- Planning and evaluation time during the school day
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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About Wren Academy Enfield
- School type
- Free School, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 735 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Wren Academy Enfield website
- Email address
- recruitment@wrenacademiestrust.org
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