Headteacher
Kickstart Academy, Telford, West Midlands, TF2 9PQ8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
13 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
29 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L16 - L20
What skills and experience we're looking for
Our ideal candidate will demonstrate a range of skills, experience and qualities:
- Educated to degree level, with a recognised teaching qualification; NPQH is desirable
- Aligned to the LCT ethos and approach
- Leadership experience in a senior position with substantial evidence of proven success
- Experienced at senior level in instigating, leading and managing change, leading to school improvement
- Understanding of finances; deployment and allocation of resources
- Sound knowledge of effective educational practices, policies and development
- Ability to create an excellent climate for teaching and learning to flourish and identify areas for improvement to work towards this
- Ability to manage change and prioritise
- A clear commitment to a broad and balanced curriculum and the extra-curricular offer as being essential in a successful school
- An awareness of the climate in which the school operates, both politically and in terms of its community
- A team player who can build a strong team and lead with warmth and visibility
- Strong track record in working with all elements of an academy community
- Proven capacity as a resilient and reliable decision-maker
- Able to seek and act on advice from peers, fellow professionals and team members
- Strong personal credibility and the capacity to build effective relationships with all stakeholders
- An egalitarian commitment to equality for all members of the school community
- Integrity, honesty and humility
What the school offers its staff
This is an exciting opportunity to join our local, and community-focused Trust at a pivotal moment in its growth. The Learning Community Trust is now a well-established MAT in Telford and Shropshire, having grown significantly since welcoming our first academies in March 2018. With 13 academies now part of our Trust family, we have built an excellent reputation locally and regionally for delivering high-quality education and fostering strong community connections.
The Trust Central Team is based in Priorslee, and is further developing the central resources team to support our academies. At this important stage of our development, we are seeking an innovative and experienced Headteacher to lead Kickstart Academy into its next chapter.
As a community-based Trust, we are deeply committed to serving the Shropshire area, working in close partnership with families, stakeholders, and communities to deliver exceptional educational opportunities. Equally, we are passionate about the wellbeing and professional growth of our staff, offering a culture of collaboration, opportunities for development, and access to high-quality training programmes.
We are a Trust who value and listen to their expert employees. As Headteacher, you will be working alongside a team of dedicated Trust staff, and talented leaders working together to share and drive forward our central Trust mission: to be an outstanding Multi Academy Trust for our community. You will be at the forefront of supporting the educational future of our Trust and truly impact the educational experience of our students, support for our staff and service to our community.
I am confident that the successful candidate will find tremendous support within the Learning Community Trust, where collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement are fundamental principles. We are excited to welcome a new Headteacher into our family, knowing that their passion and expertise will contribute significantly to the ongoing success of our Trust community.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to veronica.croft@lct.education
CVs are not accepted.
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About Kickstart Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 14 to 16
- School size
- 46 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 14 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Kickstart Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- dawn.rogers@lct.education
- Phone number
- 01952 387890
Kickstart Academy is a Key Stage 4 Secondary School Pupil Referral Unit based in the thriving borough of Telford and Wrekin. The provision is going through a period of growth and rapid development as the Trust launch its wider vision in conjunction with the Local Authority to ensure our most vulnerable young people have the very best education.
The growth of Kickstart is linked to the DfE change project which has seen the provision grow from a 48 PAN Local Authority commissioned academy single centre to a three tier offer that meets the needs of all students. The different provisions provide a pathway to support our students back into mainstream or fully prepare them for further education, employment or training.
The structure places our students at the heart of every decision and it is this principle that allows us to fulfil the vision for Kickstart. Our students have a lived experience where they are supported beyond the norms, where therapeutic care and support holds equal priority to that of the academic curriculum. We want our students to ‘buy back in’ to their education, see its value and strive to meet their potential.
To deliver on these drivers, the provision has developed bespoke curriculums that provide launchpads for student regardless of starting points. Curriculums that focus on the core building blocks of English and Maths, additional qualifications that lead to college or employment, work related qualifications to ensure readiness for industry and above all a pastoral element to support the development of the individual. This entwinned curriculum offer, whilst still in development, provides our students with a solid foundation that ignites a thirst for the next stage of their lives.
To support the delivery of such an ambitious curriculum and therapeutic approaches, the academy have developed a strong staffing body that care deeply for each and every student. The academy is developing its staffing in line with the new demands of the curriculum and this is an exciting time to join the provision as we shape roles and responsibilities. We have an established delivery team of teachers who are complimented by strong, dedicated support staff who always place the needs of the student first. Our wider staffing body of behaviour, pastoral and therapeutic staff combine to provide a team around the student.
The Trust vision for Kickstart is to provide the very best for each and every student, their families and their communities so it is clear that we need outstanding leaders whose vision and values align. Working within a Pupil Referral Unit setting is such a rewarding role but not without challenge, and as a result it is clear that an education skill base has to be matched with a resilience and a dedication beyond those expected. The ability to drive behavioural standards, drive high quality curriculum and compliment the pastoral provision of the academy is essential.
Arranging a visit to Kickstart Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email dawn.rogers@lct.education.
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