Assistant Principal - Teaching & Learning and Trainee Teachers

Bexleyheath Academy, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7DA

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2025

• Closing date

  12 July 2024 at 2:55pm

• Date listed

  28 June 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £65629 - £72144 per annum

Assistant Principal - Teaching & Learning and Trainee Teachers job summary

L12 - L16 (£65,629 - £72,144) (Outer London Weighting) + Relocation Allowance + AET Wellbeing Cash Plan + Car Scheme + Pension Scheme (TPS) + Additional AET Benefits

Full Time, Permanent

January 2025 Start Date

Relocation Package Available

An exciting opportunity has emerged for an experienced and dedicated individual to make a significant impact on our school community.

As Assistant Principal, you will have responsibility for the development of teaching, learning, curriculum and trainee teachers and early years teachers. Our ideal candidate will have an in depth knowledge of the curriculum, up-to-date research in best teaching and learning practices, coaching and mentoring experience, and a good understanding of initial teacher training.

The successful candidate will need to be an active participant in all areas of school leadership, improvement, and strategic discussion; able to show flexibility and commitment; model the qualities and behaviour of a school leader; work well in a team and have a sense of humour.

If you are passionate about making a difference and have the skills and experience to excel in this role, we encourage you to apply. We welcome applications from individuals with experience in leadership and exceptional teaching skills, regardless of their subject specialism.

Bexleyheath Academy is proud to be a non-selective school in the grammar heartland of Kent. Bexleyheath Academy is quickly approaching capacity with students; in order to accommodate the demands of the local community and grow our skilled staff, we must expand.

With immediate train access to Central London and easy access to the Kent countryside, Bexleyheath has the best of both worlds. Despite having a Kent postcode, Bexleyheath is classified as Greater London due to its strategic location between Welling, Sidcup, and Bexley village. You can reach Dartford for the river crossing with a short drive along the A2.

Its thriving hub is The Broadway - a shopping district with added appeal in the shape of a bowling alley, cinema and a growing number of restaurants. A little beyond Bexleyheath and you're at Bluewater, Ashford for the designer outlet and international rail travel to Europe

Should you wish to visit us in person then our doors are open to you at any time on any day.

The role is due to commence January 2025.

Closing date: Friday 12th July 2024

Interviews are scheduled to take place as soon as possible after the closing date.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

Academies Enterprise Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a robust, fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Academies Enterprise Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Commitment to safeguarding

Academies Enterprise Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a robust, fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

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About Bexleyheath Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1328 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Bexleyheath Academy website (opens in new tab)
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Bexleyheath Academy is a non-selective comprehensive situated in the heartland of Kent grammar schools. We have been on an incredible journey of improvement, from previously being in special measures to our current status as a good school and we have a fantastic team of friendly, happy staff in place who have worked hard to realise that transformation; students who are proud to be learning at the school and parents who firmly support the team here.

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