AVP-Culture & Ethos
St Aldhelm's Academy, Poole, Dorset, BH12 4HS7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
14 October 2025 at 12:59am
Date listed
25 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £59,167.00 - £65,266.00 Annually (Actual)
AVP-Culture & Ethos job summary
As AVP - Culture and Ethos, you will be at the forefront of embedding our school’s values into daily life, ensuring every student feels seen, heard, and inspired. Your leadership will span across:
Tutor Time & Enrichment
- Design and deliver a purposeful tutor time programme
- Lead assemblies and coordinate inspirational guest speakers
- Promote a culture of reading and literacy across the school
Admissions & Transition
- Oversee Year 6-7 transition, ensuring a smooth and welcoming experience
- Manage admissions and appeals with integrity and transparency
Stakeholder Engagement
- Lead transition days and events that build community
- Champion student, staff, and parent voice through structured feedback
- Curate the school’s social media presence to reflect our ethos
- Organise and host parent evenings and morning engagement sessions
Attendance & Inclusion
- Drive attendance strategies with a focus on early intervention
- Champion equity for disadvantaged groups including:
- Pupil Premium (PP)
- Free School Meals (FSM)
- Children in Care (CIC)
- Special Educational Needs (SEN)
- English as an Additional Language (EAL)
- A dynamic leader with a proven track record of impact in pastoral care, inclusion, or enrichment
- A strategic thinker with a deep understanding of school culture and stakeholder engagement
- Passionate about equity, diversity, and student voice
- An excellent communicator who builds trust and inspires others
- A supportive leadership team and collaborative staff culture
- Opportunities for professional growth and development
- A chance to make a lasting difference in the lives of young people
Who We’re Looking For
You are:
What We Offer
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.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About St Aldhelm's Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 841 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Aldhelm's Academy website
A mixed comprehensive school with approximately 700 pupils on roll, in years 7 to 11.
Part of Ambitions Academies Trust and located in the beautiful county of Dorset.
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