Assistant Principal
The Excel Academy, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 6LG11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Easter 2025
Closing date
9 December 2024 at 9am
Date listed
26 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday, 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Actual Salary (£65,286 to £72,162)
Pay scale
- L12 to L16
What skills and experience we're looking for
Principal: Miss A Steele | Required: Easter 2025 | Assistant Principal | L12 to L16, Actual Salary (£65,286 to £72,162)
The Excel Academy is seeking to appoint a Senior Leader to join their effective and successful team of highly motivated professionals who are working collaboratively to raise standards and expectations at all levels throughout Key Stages 3 and 4. The successful candidate will be experienced and will be able to demonstrate a strong track record of raising standards and being able to evidence the impact their leadership has already made in their existing role. The successful candidate must be an excellent practitioner, able to lead by example and inspire others, whilst offering support and challenge to teaching staff, line managing appropriate staff and at least one curriculum area.
Our ethos is one of ‘Pride and Respect’ and what makes us different, is the sense of belonging that is felt across our organisation. We are looking for a professional that can join us and share in that ‘sense of belonging’. To continue our success, we need the very best people, who we will support to be outstanding practitioners. Do you want to be a part of this? If you do, we would love to receive your application.
What the school offers its staff
Our Purpose
At the Excel Academy our purpose is that we are committed to “To provide a first-class education to
allow all students to excel.” We believe in developing all aspects of a young person and therefore, personal development is a key part of our curriculum. We recognise that every child is an individual and our success is founded in the strong relationships that exist between the Academy and home.
Why Excel?
The Excel Academy is the academy of choice in the area. Our students thrive and we achieve strong academic success. The academy opened as Holden Lane High School in 1963 and in 2013 it became The Excel Academy. Our students achieve well in academic qualifications however, we have established traditions in sport and the arts.
Our outstanding new building creates a safe and vibrant environment that allows our people to achieve their full potential. We have cutting edge facilities, which together with our innovative personalised curriculum provides a basis for success. At Excel we aim to help students develop and grow into young adults who are ready to go out confidently into the world.
The Academy is part of the Alpha Academies Trust which is located in Stoke-on-Trent and consists of two Secondary Schools, four Primary Schools and a Central Team. Alpha Academies Trust has been established to create a network of primary and secondary academies in North Staffordshire. Our purpose is to deliver a first-class education for every child and overcome inequality. This means that we recruit outstanding staff and make their professional development a number one priority.
The Benefits of Working for Our Trust
The Trust offers a benefits package which includes a good pension scheme with a current employer contribution of 28.68%, discounted gym membership for on-site gyms and a 30% discount at Nuffield Health Stoke Fitness & Wellbeing Gym, free on-site parking, subsidised meals and a Cyclescheme.
We also offer an Employee Assistance Programme through Care first including counselling services to ensure that our staff are looked after and supported.
Alpha Academies are committed to staff development and all staff are encouraged to be members of the Chartered College of Teaching. This is financed by the Trust and colleagues are encouraged to access their resources and embark upon their qualifications.
We’re Disability Confident!
Alpha Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Employer which means that it has made commitments to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities. Should you require any reasonable adjustments during any point of the application process, please contact our HR/Recruitment Team at recruitment@alphaacademiestrust.co.uk to discuss.
Further details about the role
How to Apply
We want people who are prepared to make a difference to a child’s life and inspire others.
We want a community that thrives on Ambition, Respect and Resilience in a culture of belonging.
If you have these qualities and want to be part of our team, please come and join us. To apply, visit our website's vacancies page at https://alphaacademiestrust.co.uk/vacancies/. Click on 'Explore Available Opportunities,' find the vacancy you wish to apply for, and simply click on the 'Apply Now' button at the top of the page, which will direct you to the Alpha Academies Trust vacancy portal. If you're already registered, please log in to submit your application. New users can register using the sign-up option and proceed to submit their application. Should you need any further information regarding your application please contact our Recruitment Team by email at recruitment@alphaacademiestrust.co.uk
Visits to our Academy are warmly welcomed, please contact the Academy to arrange a mutually convenient appointment.
Closing Date for this Post: Monday 9th December 2024 at 9:00am
Interview Date: To Be Confirmed
Commitment to safeguarding
The Alpha Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its employees and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced check by the Disclosure and Barring Service along with other stringent vetting and induction processes.
Please note, references will be sought, and an online social media check completed for all shortlisted candidates prior to the interview.
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About The Excel Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1189 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Excel Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@alphaacademiestrust.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01782 882700
The Excel Academy is highly regarded in the community and is the ‘school of choice’ locally and is over-subscribed in all year groups. There is a real focus to move from being a ‘good’ academy to become ‘outstanding’.
Arranging a visit to The Excel Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@alphaacademiestrust.co.uk.
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