Head of Lea Valley Academy
Edmonton County School, London, N9 9JZThis job expired on 14 October 2019 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 January 2020
Closing date
14 October 2019 at 9am
Date listed
1 October 2019
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Full-time equivalent salary
- £90,906 to £104,743
Head of Lea Valley Academy job summary
Head of Lea Valley Academy
Permanent/Full Time
L33-39 Outer London
Required January 2020
Lea Valley is seeking an appropriately experienced leader to be its Headteacher from January 2020. The Academy was judged ‘Good’ by Ofsted but currently progress is below average and it needs a new leader to reverse the decline in pupil outcomes. Lea Valley is an 11-19 academy with 1200 students on roll.
The Academy is a friendly place with high quality buildings, constructed under a PFI agreement. It is located close to J25 of the M25 and so enjoys good links to London and surrounding areas.
The post would suit an experienced deputy seeking a first headship or a serving headteacher seeking to build on successful experience. Lea Valley serves an ethnically diverse community but one that is characterised by social and economic deprivation.
This post offers a great opportunity to bring about rapid improvement in a welcoming community. But it will require hard work! You will lead a committed and experienced Leadership Team, a group of enthusiastic and engaged teachers, hardworking associate staff- and students who are fun, sparky and respectful.
You will not face this challenge alone as Lea Valley Academy is a member of the Edmonton Academy Trust.
The closing date for applications is 9am, Monday 14 October 2019. Shortlisting will take place on Wednesday 16 October 2019 with interviews on 29 October and 30 October 2019.
For an informal conversation with the Executive Headteacher please contact Selina Ramgolam on sramgolam@edmonton.enfield.sch.uk or 020 8370 1914. If you wish to visit Lea Valley Academy, please contact Anna-Louise O’Toole on aotoole@cedarslearningtrust.org.uk.
Apply online direct through TES or download an application pack from the following websites www.edmontoncounty.co.uk or www.leavalley.org.uk
Completed application forms to be submitted to Recruitment@edmonton.enfield.sch.uk
CVs will not be accepted as formal application.
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.
About Edmonton County School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 18
- Education phase
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- School size
- 1816 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Edmonton County School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@edmonton.enfield.sch.uk
Edmonton County School (ECS) is a 4-18 mixed, community, comprehensive school with a long history of providing a high-quality education to the communities of Enfield and Edmonton. Although we are a large organisation, with nearly 1800 students and around 250 staff making up our school community, our dual-campus structure means that the young people in our care have the experience of being in a caring and supportive environment that much smaller schools can offer.
ECS has a hard-working and high-calibre staff working as teachers and members of the wider workforce. Together, we share the aim that we are ‘Educating our Community for Success’. The governors, staff and myself share a passionate commitment to meeting the varied individual needs of all our students, in order to ensure they leave ECS with the best possible academic qualifications. We want them to enjoy every aspect of their learning and we want them to develop as individuals, so that they leave us as confident and socially-responsible young people who are well equipped to contribute to society and enjoy success in whichever field they choose for themselves.
At Key Stage 4 (GCSE), the progress of our students is consistently good, whilst post-16 the progress of our students studying A Levels puts the school in the top 10% of Sixth Forms nationally. Whilst we continue to enjoy increasingly high standards of academic achievement, we are always ambitious to do even better and we are continually looking for ways to raise the level of achievement of our students.
Research has shown that strong partnerships between parents and school staff have a positive impact on a child’s progress and helps them to feel good about school and their education. I have been teaching in north London schools for over 25 years and have been a senior school leader for over 15 years. I know that a successful school and happy children depend on all of us working together.
Working together also ensures that children are getting a consistent message about good behaviours. Our school is a calm, orderly place and we have high expectations regarding attendance, punctuality, attitudes towards learning, showing respect to members of the school community and the wearing of our uniform, both in school and in the local community.
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