Associate Assistant Principal
Charles Read Academy, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG33 4NTThis job expired on 10 June 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
29 August 2024
Closing date
10 June 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
20 May 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time Leadership Hours / Permanent
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L4 – L10, £50,807 – £58,958 FTE per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
Who we are looking for
Someone who is an excellent teacher themselves, a great role model for colleagues and young people and ready to take the next step into senior leadership. Our Assistant Principal will be someone who can inspire, support and challenge others to achieve great things. They will be someone who works well as part of a team, as this is crucial, both in the school and the Trust context, but also be able to provide outstanding leadership and do so with confidence and integrity.
The successful candidate will have:
- Relevant Subject Degree at BA or above
- Qualified Teacher Status or Equivalent
- Evidence of applying continued professional development.
- Higher degree and/or professional qualification
- Membership of a national professional organisation
- Experience of working with Governors or trustees within a MAT context.
- Very strong track record of professional development
- Leadership experience with evidence of successful project / system management.
- Must have an approachable and caring nature with a desire to offer a first-class education in a supportive and caring learning environment.
- Model professional standards across all areas of work.
- Exemplary practitioner with a proven track record of securing good outcomes for students
- Ability to inspire, motivate, support and challenging staff, pupils and other key partners.
- An in-depth knowledge of best practice in curriculum, teaching, learning and assessment for learning.
- Up to date knowledge of what Ofsted are focusing on in relation to the curriculum.
- Proven track record of providing effective support to staff so as to ensure quality first teaching and maintenance of good conduct and relationships.
- Communication (written and verbal) including ability to explain clearly, negotiate, facilitate and resolve challenging issues.
- Excellent interpersonal and people-management skills.
- Committed to promoting the welfare of all children and creating a safe environment in which children can learn; considering, at all times, what is in the best interests of the child.
What the school offers its staff
About Our Academy
The Charles Read Academy is in Corby Glen, Lincolnshire and it serves the villages between Stamford, Bourne and Grantham. In 2016, we were ranked one of the most improved secondary schools in the country in the performance tables and were proud to be judged 'good' by Ofsted in all areas in February 2022.
‘This is a school where staff want the very best for all pupils. There is a strong sense of community. Leaders are ambitious for what pupils can achieve. The values and culture of the school are woven through every aspect of school life. Pupils are proud of the school and want to do well. Behaviour in the school is excellent. The atmosphere in lessons is calm. Pupils and staff treat each other with mutual respect. Bullying is rare. Staff deal with it well.’ Ofsted.
We have a strong sense of purpose and are fervently committed to the achievement of every individual. We aim to provide a high-quality education in a safe, happy, caring and focused environment. We encourage all students to embody our values of confidence, resilience, ambition, courage, respect and aspiration. We are intent on developing a love of learning amongst our students, offering them a broad and balanced curriculum, enhanced by a range of enrichment activities designed to support their personal growth. We encourage all students to take responsibility for their own learning.
We are very ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We are very proud of our community and believe we offer something genuinely different and exciting for those who join us. Our rural setting allows us the privilege of working in a stimulating and dynamic school that, combined with our co-educational ethos and smaller size, engenders a culture that genuinely cherishes individuality, aims to instil creativity and independence and celebrates open-minded thinking. Underpinned by our values of Confidence, Resilience, Ambition, Courage, and Aspiration we are student focused and we believe that there are no limits for outstanding learning and outstanding achievement. We have high expectations of our students and staff, high aspirations for them and demonstrate complete belief in them all.
Our schools work as a team and achieve great things through these partnerships. Our subject specialists, our trust-wide intranet, a common curriculum and our online learning resources all help us share knowledge and expertise simplifying work processes allowing staff to focus on high quality teaching.
We value our staff highly, and take work/life balance seriously; we realise a happy staff is an effective staff. The leadership of the academy is determined to create an environment where teachers can carry out their core role of delivering excellent lessons. We have a clear and simple behaviour policy that is easy to administer. If action is needed beyond the basic classroom routines the pastoral and senior teams take the burden away from the teachers, conducting detentions, following up and dealing with parents on your behalf.
In addition to this, teachers are trusted to be professionals and as such we have
- No unannounced observations
- No lesson grading
- Meeting and INSET day time for joint team planning
- Two week half term in October
Continuing Professional Development and Support
We aim to bring out the best in you as well as in our students and we understand the importance of quality CPD. CRA offers a range of development opportunities, with both internal and external providers for staff at different stages in their career. We are responsive to staff needs supporting them with training and development so that they can deliver excellent teaching.
Being part of the David Ross Education Trust enables us to collaborate with a range of staff from across the trust both Primary and Secondary as well as accessing CPD from HMIs and Ofsted trained staff. We are always keen in developing all our staff in which ever career direction they wish to go.
Ours is a warm and compassionate community where students explore their creativity and discover their passions working alongside staff who are committed to enriching the lives of their students. We really believe that we are starting to do something really special for our students.
Salary & Benefits
- L4 – L10, £50,807 – £58,958 FTE per annum
- Access to Teachers’ Pension Scheme
- CPD including Senior Leader and Knowledge Development Courses
- Regional networks of Trust colleagues and access to key leaders in Education
- Commitment to employee Health and Wellbeing including dedicated Employee Assistance Programme
- Awards and Recognition Scheme
- Flexible working patterns
- Benefits Platform
- discounts on car leasing
- holiday discounts
- cinema tickets
- restaurant booking discounts
- Cycle to Work Scheme
Further details about the role
About the role
We require, for an August 29th start, an inspirational Associate Assistant Principal who will play a pivotal role within the leadership team.
Working alongside the leadership team you will make a real impact, achieving outstanding outcomes for our pupils and ensuring as soon as possible that the area that you will lead within the Academy is recognised as outstanding.
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team and work as part of the team, supporting all team members
- Contribute to all aspects of Senior Leadership Team responsibilities.
- Oversee the Raising Achievement Process, (RAP).
- Work with the Senior Leadership Team to promote an orderly, caring learning environment for students and staff, and to work with staff, parents and the community to achieve this.
- Lead highly effective systems and strategies that support all students to remain positively engaged in Academy life.
- Participate in delivery of assemblies.
- Develop links with governors, the David Ross Education Trust and neighbouring schools.
- Deliver INSET and professional coaching when appropriate related to any area of responsibility.
- Ensure the effective teaching of classes and individuals, so that teaching objectives are met and best use is made of available teaching time.
- Contribute to the Trust-wide development of curriculum and resourcing for your subject.
See what it means and feels like to be part of the DRET Way.
Full Time Leadership Hours / Permanent
Commitment to safeguarding
The David Ross Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo vetting appropriate to the post, including a social media presence check and Enhanced DBS check. The successful applicant will be expected to adhere to all safeguarding, welfare and health and safety policies and procedures of the Trust.
All pre-employment checks are in line with "Keeping Children Safe in Education" statutory guidance.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Charles Read Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 276 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Charles Read Academy website
- Email address
- Recruitment@dret.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01509320148
The Charles Read Academy is an 11-16 school in Corby Glen, Lincolnshire and it serves the villages between Stamford, Bourne and Grantham. In 2016, we were ranked one of the most improved secondary schools in the country in the performance tables and were proud to be judged 'good' by Ofsted in all areas in January 2017.
We have a strong sense of purpose and are fervently committed to the achievement of every individual. We aim to provide a high-quality education in a safe, happy, caring and focused environment. We encourage all students to embody our values of confidence, resilience, ambition, courage, respect and aspiration. We are intent on developing a love of learning amongst our students, offering them a broad and balanced curriculum, enhanced by a range of enrichment activities designed to support their personal growth. We encourage all students to take responsibility for their own learning.
We are ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We are very proud of our community and believe we offer something genuinely different and exciting for those who join us. Our rural setting allows us the privilege of working in a stimulating and dynamic school that, combined with our co-educational ethos and smaller size, engenders a culture that genuinely cherishes individuality, aims to instil creativity and independence and celebrates open-minded thinking.
Underpinned by our values of Confidence, Resilience, Ambition, Courage, and Aspiration we are student focused and we believe that there are no limits for outstanding learning and outstanding achievement. We have high expectations of our students and staff, high aspirations for them and demonstrate complete belief in them all.
Arranging a visit to Charles Read Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email Recruitment@dret.co.uk.
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