Head of School
The King's CofE Academy, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST7 1DPThis job expired on 14 October 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 January 2025
Closing date
14 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
24 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £79,112.00 - £87,253.00 Annually (FTE) L22 - L26 Pay Award Pending
Head of School job summary
The King's CofE Academy is looking to appoint an inspirational, highly motivated and dynamic leader as Head of School, who, in partnership with the Executive Principal, will drive forward a clear vision to see our whole school community flourish in every aspect, This post is the ideal career progression for an ambitious candidate looking for Headship within the next 2 to 3 years.
So, are you passionate and authentic about seeing all children flourish and discover life in all it's fulness?
Do you have a clear vision for an outstanding education?
Do you share our values which are rooted in the Christian faith?
Can you keep things simple when others get lost in complexity?
Can you share a clear, compelling vision and take colleagues with you on that journey?
Can you set ‘great weather’ even when the clouds gather?
Can you read and discern the educational landscape?
Will colleagues be with you when you arrive at your destination?
If you can answer yes, then we would love to hear from you!
Our mission statement is our daily lived experience and is one that underpins our ethos on education. You will remember those teachers who made a positive impact on you when you were at school and you remember them for all the right reasons! You enjoyed their lessons because they made the content exciting to learn, they could explain their subject so it made sense, and probably first and foremost you had a good relationship with them. I ask that all teachers at The King's Academy aspire to be that kind of teacher for the students in their classes. As Head of School you will need to lead by example in the classroom – teaching and learning is our core business.
You will join an established, focussed and highly competent senior leadership team. We know how to laugh and smile, otherwise we could go mad! There are clearly defined roles and we keep it simple. We focus on the destination for our areas of responsibility and accept the inevitable bumps in the road as we journey towards being an even better school. We accept that innovation and change involve risk taking, so we don’t roll our eyes at the first sign of underperformance.
Further details about the post, The King’s CofE Academy and Three Spires Trust, can be found in the accompanying Candidate Information Pack.
We strongly encourage all candidates to take the opportunity of visiting the academy prior to submitting an application. To arrange a visit, or an informal discussion, please in the first instance, contact Miss S Smith, PA to the Principal on 01782 783281.
As a Church of England academy with a strong Christian ethos, the Governors particularly welcome applications from candidates who are practising Christians.
Three Spires Trust and its academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Section 128 direction check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
Commitment to safeguarding
Three Spires Trust and its academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment.
The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Section 128 direction check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
About The King's CofE Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 765 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The King's CofE Academy website (opens in new tab)
Our academy is a superb place to grow, to learn, to work and to flourish. As a relatively new academy (we opened in January 2016 and moved into our superb new build in November 2016), we are keen to retain our place as ‘the school of choice in Kidsgrove’.
Our motto ‘Learning with truth and love’ epitomises the values towards which our governors, our staff and our students strive to embody. Students are consistently inspired and encouraged to become everything that God has created them to be, through a wide ranging and inclusive curriculum and a wealth of exciting enrichment opportunities. We work hard to create a vibrant, mutually supportive climate for learning in which everyone can thrive.
Staff lead by example and are passionate about encouraging, inspiring, challenging and stretching every individual in their care, so that they can achieve at the highest levels. We do our utmost to maximise the attainment of each student, placing great emphasis on individual character development and personal growth.
We are an inclusive school with students of all abilities and social backgrounds. For those students with individual learning and physical needs, we have an extensive inclusion team. Our staff make every effort to get to know each student as an individual.
Our well embedded ‘Behaviour for Learning’ policy is designed to encourage positive attitudes to lessons and to ensure students’ behaviour underpins their learning. A recent external assessment describes behaviour in lessons as 'exemplary'.
Our mission is to enable students to leave The King's with outstanding results and life changing experiences, equipped to be responsible and caring citizens ready to make their mark on the world in which they live.
Staff turnover at The King’s is really low: people want to stay and work here. The academy is a community of its own. Colleagues join us from the local area and from further afield - it is a place where professionals want to work.
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