Executive Principal
Kenton School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE3 3RUThis job expired on 27 January 2022 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
27 January 2022 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
19 January 2022
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Negotiable
Executive Principal job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Head Teacher or Principal of a good or outstanding school who wants to take the next career step toward becoming a Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
As an experienced and inspiring leader, the Executive Principal will play a critical role in continuing to build the Trust in its next phase of development. The Executive Principal will lead school improvement across the two secondary schools currently in the Trust.
This model of Executive Leadership is proving to be successful in building leadership capacity within multi-academy trusts. The Trust is morally driven and highly ambitious to make the right decisions in the interest of our students. We are determined not to progress the status quo with our current two Academies and would expect the Appointee to be instrumental in planning our future landscape.
You will want to have a relentless focus on ensuring that our students receive the very best experience in teaching and learning in every classroom, so that each one of them can achieve the outcomes their potential predicts is possible
You will lead at an executive level to enhance the work of Principals in raising outcomes through improvements to the quality of teaching and learning. You will have the drive and determination to successfully collaborate in creating a culture of high expectations that raise standards.
You will work closely with the Chief Executive and be a member of the Trust’s Executive Team and be accountable to the Chief Executive and to the Trust Board for school improvement..
The role will enable you to further build the financial and business skills required to run a successful academy trust, as well as the interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills needed to positively engage all Trust and academy stakeholders.
How to Apply: You can apply through the TES website by clicking on the Quick Apply link. Alternatively, you can download and application pack from our website at www.ksmat.org and selecting Vacancies. Applications can be returned by email to human.resources@kenton.newcastle.sch.uk.
Closing date: 12.00 Noon on 27 January 2022
Kenton Schools Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers in our schools to share this commitment. We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families.
This post does involve engaging in regulated activity as defined in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2021 and is except from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (as amended 1975, 2013 and 2020).
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.
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About Kenton School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1820 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Kenton School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- jo-anne.jackowiak@kenton.newcastle.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0191 214 2206
Kenton Schools Academy Trust; Formed in 2013, our Trust currently incorporates both Kenton School and Studio West, an innovative 11-19 studio school. Under the leadership of Chief Executive Officer Ian Kershaw, the Trust’s main objectives are encompassed in its vision statement, which is “to change the current and future lives of our students for the better, by providing them with the highest possible quality of education tailored to their differing needs. Therefore, we will work tirelessly to ensure that all our students, from all backgrounds and starting points, are enthusiastic learners, attend and behave well, are safe and healthy, make excellent progress and achieve highly, then progress to the most challenging and rewarding higher education and careers. Then they will be capable, creative, caring, committed, flexible, thriving adults, who change their world, their country, their family and themselves for the better”.
Over the last three years, the Trust Board, comprising of 3 members and 7 Trustees has delivered major improvements to the governance, leadership and financial health of the Trust.
Our Trustees come from a variety of different education and business backgrounds, driving the strategic vision of the Trust and our schools. The Trust and its schools are supported by a strong central services team covering core Trust functions, such as HR, Finance, Data and ICT.
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