Headteacher
Co-op Academy North Manchester, Manchester, M9 7SS2 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 May 2025
Closing date
25 November 2024 at 9am
Date listed
6 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £109275 - £126517
Headteacher job summary
Co-op Academy North Manchester are seeking to appoint an exceptional Headteacher who will promote a culture of excellence, be passionate about the transformational power of education, and have the drive and skillset to secure the very best outcomes for our students. With an authentic commitment to cooperation and our Co-op ‘Ways of Being’, the successful candidate will not only be a highly visible leader within the academy but will also establish themselves as an outward facing trusted professional for the wider community.
We would welcome applications from existing Headteachers wanting to further their career in a large secondary academy supported by a highly regarded Trust, as well as those from talented and ambitious Deputy Headteachers looking to take their next step in senior leadership. If you’re a committed educationalist, steeped in the skills and knowledge of school improvement, with a belief in the power of co-operation to achieve great things please get in touch with us and consider applying.
Why us?
Co-op Academy North Manchester is an extremely ambitious academy for its students and everyone works hard to ensure that they leave the Academy equipped to lead happy and successful lives. As part of the Co-op Academies Trust, aims to secure excellence in all aspects of its work. The academy has been transformed since joining Co-op Academies Trust and has been graded “good” in the last two Ofsted inspections, the latest in April 2024.
All our values are based upon the values of the Co-op Group, which will inform our behaviours.
Self-help: We do not expect to be spoon fed – we will try to do things for ourselves in the right way and at the right time.
Self-responsibility: Everyone should act in a responsible way around the academy site and in the local community. We take responsibility for our own learning; we want to become independent learners.
Equality: We are proud to be part of a very multicultural academy, with students from all over the world; it is important that we treat each other with respect and accept that others may be different from ourselves. We should all have equal chances to succeed.
Equity: We want to look for the best in each other. Rewarding others fairly to encourage all types of achievement.
Democracy: We will contribute our ideas to make the academy a success.
Solidarity: We can achieve more by working together, rather than as individuals.
Our Values
Being part of the Co-operative Group, we are both guided and driven by the Co-op values which are embedded in everything that we do within our Academy - We strive to demonstrate the following ethical values in everything we do - they are our ‘Ways of Being’:
Succeed together
Do what matters most
Be yourself, always
Show you care
So, if you believe in our values, we would love to hear from you!
We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards to recognise the part you play in our success:
Benefits include:
Our employee benefits package includes:
- You’ll get being a Co-op member, you’ll get a Co-op colleague discount card. This gives you a 10% discount in our Co-op Food stores.
- Co-operative flexible benefits (discounted line rental and broadband package, family care advice and cycle to work scheme)
- Discounted gym membership and leisure activities which includes discounts on Merlin Entertainments (Sea Life, Legoland etc), Virgin Experience Days, SuperBreak and many more!
- Co-operative Credit Union: save directly from your salary and receive a competitive dividend. Borrowers can benefit from very competitive interest rates & terms (in comparison with other high street lenders)
- Co-op Funeralcare benefit
- Season ticket and rental deposit loans
And More!
We have arranged a series of virtual information sessions about the role and the Trust, please email central recruitment to sign up for one of these. Each session should last up to 45 minutes. The following times and dates are available: 11th November; 14th November and 19th November all 5pm -6pm. Visits to the academy are strongly encouraged. To sign up for the information sessions and/or a visit to the academy please email centralrecruitment@coopacademies.co.uk.
For more information about the Co-op Academies Trust, please visit: www.coopacademies.co.uk
The Trust is also committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnerships.
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 are not accepted.
About Co-op Academy North Manchester
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1259 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
Co-op Academy North Manchester is a secondary school based in Blackley. We are extremely ambitious for our pupils and work hard to ensure that they leave the Academy equipped to lead happy and successful lives.
We are a sponsor-led Academy that is part of the Co-op Academies Trust. Through a great education the Trust is changing the lives of young people across the North of England. They work with us to empower teachers and young people to work together for a better education and community.
What makes our school unique is that the Trust is sponsored by the Co-op Group. This relationship means that staff benefit from all the business expertise that has seen the Co-op grow to be one of the most ethically driven and respected businesses in the country.
Values and Vision
Respect - for ourselves, each other and our community
Commitment - to strive to achieve our best and support others to achieve their best
Trust - in ourselves and each other
Ofsted
We are delighted that in February 2019, Ofsted declared us a 'Good' school. Inspectors said, "staff are approachable and unwaveringly considerate of pupils' emotional and physical well-being."
https://northmanchester.coopacademies.co.uk/
Twitter - @CoopAcademyNM
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