Assistant Principal - Read Lead
Launceston College, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 9JR22 days remaining to apply
Job start date
22 April 2025
Closing date
13 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
20 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £66,919.00 - £73,819.00 Annually (FTE) 1 FTE, Permanent, L13-L17
Assistant Principal - Read Lead job summary
Join Athena - Inspiring World-Class Education together!
At Athena, we are a passionate and forward-looking educational organisation committed to providing world-class education and helping individuals lead great lives. Our core values of "Dream Big, Take Responsibility, and Be Kind" guide our mission to create a supportive and inclusive learning environment where everyone can excel and grow.
About Us:
At Athena, we believe in the power of education to transform lives and shape a brighter future. We are dedicated to fostering a strong sense of community, where students, educators, and parents collaborate to achieve academic excellence and personal growth. Our commitment to "Dream Big, Take Responsibility, and Be Kind" underpins everything we do, inspiring our students to aim high, take ownership of their learning, and treat each other with respect and compassion.
We are inspired by wisdom, creativity and learning. Determined to create a world where all children get to go to great schools, our mission is to provide the knowledge and education to bring opportunities, choices and freedom.
If you want to be part of an inspirational team of big thinkers who will support you to develop your full potential and value your knowledge, passion, wellbeing and commitment, it sounds like you could be on your way to joining us and becoming an Athenian.
Our Commitment to You:
We recognise that all of our people have a role to play in ensuring our students have access to world class education and so are our most valuable asset. We are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive work environment that promotes both personal and professional growth. Here are some of the benefits and perks you can enjoy as a member of our team:
People: passionate about making a difference in the lives of each other and our students
Development: we love learning and provide all with professional development opportunities. We invest in our employees' growth and development through continuous learning opportunities, training programs, and mentorship.
Flexibility: We believe in achieving work-life balance, and we offer flexible working arrangements to suit your individual needs. Our staff work flexibly within a range of different patterns and positions
Value: our staff have a great pension, lots of holiday entitlement, access to sick pay and nationally negotiated rates of pay
Impact: we work as a team to improve our children’s life chances and opportunities
Leaders: we see everyone as a school leader
Support: valuing our employee time and impact by investing it well and providing wrap around support
Wellbeing: we value the holiday we have to do things that make us happy and healthy
Employee Wellbeing Initiatives: your wellbeing is important to us. We offer a range of initiatives and resources to support your physical, mental, and emotional health.
Benefits: Enjoy access to various discounts, benefits, and rewards to enhance your lifestyle.
Join us on this journey to inspire greatness in ourselves and others. Together, we can create a brighter future and make a lasting difference in the lives of our students and the communities we serve.
About the role:
At Launceston College we currently have 239 students reading below their chronological reading age, this has a lasting impact on their wellbeing, access to society and academic success.
We require an Assistant Principal with the ambition to ensure that all students catch up and the humility to learn from the best schools out there.
Applicants are encouraged to both discuss the role with the Principal and to visit Launceston College to see the reading strategy and implementation in action. Please contact the Principal via mthompson@launcestoncollege.uk to facilitate this.
How to Apply:
If you are passionate about our values and dedicated to making a meaningful impact on education, we invite you to apply. Please complete the application form on My New Term and tell us about how you connect with our values of "Dream Big, Take Responsibility, and Be Kind" and what you feel you can contribute to our team and our goal to deliver world class education.
Please see the attached Applicant Pack for more information about this role.
Please note: This role is essential and as such we will be interviewing as suitable applicants apply. We reserve the right to close this role early should vacancies be filled before the closing date.
Commitment to safeguarding
Please refer to our safeguarding policy on the Athena Learning Trust website at:
https://www.athenalearningtrust.uk/policies
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Launceston College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1337 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Launceston College website (opens in new tab)
Launceston College is part of the Athena Learning Trust alongside Altarnun Primary, Atlantic Academy, Bideford College, Egloskerry Primary and Launceston Primary School.
Launceston College is a large and established 11 – 18 secondary school in Launceston, Cornwall.
The belief at Launceston College is that the most vital part of any school is the people who make it what it is. Our students enjoy being part of our school community and we have a strong team of staff at the College who are united in encouraging students to work hard, to achieve their best and to respect others. To do this we believe that students need to be fully challenged and supported within a caring environment.
We believe that students should have all their achievements recognised, acknowledged and given credit; no child, however, should ever take away another child’s right to a high-quality education. The College is therefore run in a well-disciplined, orderly and respectful manner; we have rules and we expect students to follow them. Our very high expectations for standards of behaviour from all students were recognised by Ofsted in their most recent inspection who judged the behaviour of our students to be “outstanding”.
We are committed to the pursuit of individual excellence and achievement whilst ensuring that no-one is left behind. We believe in the education of the whole person and try to provide a range of experiences which promote the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of our students; we are an accredited “Adventure Learning School” and provide a wide range of adventurous learning opportunities both inside the curriculum and beyond.
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