Head of Sixth Form
Kingswood Secondary Academy, Corby, Northamptonshire, NN18 9NSThis job expired on 14 March 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
14 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPR/UPR
Additional allowances
TLR 1C
What skills and experience we're looking for
Kingswood Secondary Academy is seeking to appoint an ambitious, inspiring strategic leader, with a clear vision for Sixth Form education, to start in September 2025 or earlier.The successful candidate will work as a key academic and pastoral leader within the Academy, with critical importance for securing the excellent progress and wellbeing of all Sixth Form students. The new Head of Sixth Form will work closely with the Senior Leadership Team and be instrumental in the future development of our Sixth Form.
What the school offers its staff
About the role:
It is an exciting time for Kingswood Secondary Academy. We are privileged to serve one of the most deprived communities in Northamptonshire, yet our fantastic students are now in the top third of Northamptonshire schools in terms of their academic outcomes.
Contextually, this places our students in the top 5 secondary schools, out of 42, in the county. If you’d like to find out more about how we and our students work together to achieve this, and you are a hard-working individual who enjoys being part of a team, then see the details below about coming in for a ‘Walk and Talk’.
Kingswood Secondary Academy is seeking to appoint an ambitious, inspiring strategic leader, with a clear vision for Sixth Form education, to start in September 2025 or earlier.The successful candidate will work as a key academic and pastoral leader within the Academy, with critical importance for securing the excellent progress and wellbeing of all Sixth Form students. The new Head of Sixth Form will work closely with the Senior Leadership Team and be instrumental in the future development of our Sixth Form.
We pride ourselves on the excellent support we give to not only our students, but each other too, and we are keen to find like-minded colleagues to join this collegiate team and who would further support our students’ ongoing success. If this sounds like a place you could also thrive, please apply and see how we can support your career in a friendly, and caring manner.
We warmly welcome potential candidates to come on what we refer to as a ‘Walk and Talk’. This usually takes less than an hour, can be during the academy day or after school has finished. We find this provides a great opportunity for candidates to get a really good insight into Kingswood, prior to submitting an application. Please emailjlawson@kingswoodsecondaryacademy.org(Senior Deputy Principal) if you would like to come in for a ‘Walk and Talk’.
We do encourage early applications. When we feel we have strong applicants we tend to call to interview early.
Additional staff benefits at Kingswood include: Free gym on site, discounted electric car charging and access to our Employee Assist Scheme with associated perks.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All posts will be subject to receipt of satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure, medical and reference checks. All pre-employment checks are in line with "Keeping Children Safe in Education”.
The Trust welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.
All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Kingswood Secondary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1232 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Kingswood Secondary Academy website
- Email address
- vacancies@greenwoodacademies.org
About us:
The Kingswood Secondary Academy, part of the Greenwood Academies Trust (GAT), is situated in Corby and hosts exceptional teaching facilities, including innovatively designed ICT suites and purpose built laboratories, to name a few. The academy is led by the Principal, Michelle Pinart-Newman, who is committed and dedicated to securing achievement for all pupils and has high expectations of pupils and staff; encouraging all young people to work hard and make the best of all the opportunities provided.
Please visit the Academy website for further information: https://www.kingswoodsecondaryacademy.org/
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