Headteacher
Sybil Andrews Academy, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7QB15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
4 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
26 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £96,673 pa to £111,986 pa (Teachers’ Pension Scheme)
Pay scale
- L28-L34
What skills and experience we're looking for
Headteacher – Sybil Andrews Academy – Unity Schools Partnership
Job start: September 2025
NOR 629
Unity Schools Partnership seeks an exceptional leader to become Headteacher of Sybil Andrews Academy, a thriving secondary school in Bury St Edmunds. Following the promotion of the previous Executive Headteacher to a central Trust role, we're looking for a visionary leader who can build on our recent success – including a 'Good' Ofsted rating in 2023, positive Progress 8 scores, and being the Trust's most improved secondary school for key performance indicators.
Sybil Andrews Academy offers a broad, engaging curriculum delivered in state-of-the-art facilities on a university-style campus. The school has achieved top 20 status in the Eastern region for overall attendance and continues to see increasing first-choice preferences from families. With the full support of the Trust, you'll be joining at an exciting time of growth and development, where you can make a significant impact on students' education and future opportunities.
The successful candidate will lead a modern, purpose-built campus with and established leadership team, experienced governors, and a strong community ethos rooted in kindness, courage and responsibility. You'll join our collaborative Trust of 39 schools, benefiting from extensive professional development opportunities, cross-school partnerships, and support from our central team of curriculum and subject experts. This is an excellent opportunity to make remarkable change happen in a school and Trust committed to educational excellence.
Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as an employment agency advisor to the Unity Schools Partnership on this appointment. For further information about the role, including details about how to apply, please visit www.saxbam.com/appointments using reference RBQPB. Alternatively email Belinda.beck@saxbam.com.
Closing Date: Wednesday 7th May 2025, 12:00 noon
Unity Schools Partnership is committed tosafer recruitment,equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.
Unity Schools Partnership, welcoming diversity.
What the school offers its staff
Sybil Andrews Academy offers a broad, engaging curriculum delivered in state-of-the-art facilities on a university-style campus.
The school has achieved top 20 status in the Eastern region for overall attendance and continues to see increasing first-choice preferences from families. With the full support of the Trust, you'll be joining at an exciting time of growth and development, where you can make a significant impact on students' education and future opportunities.
Flexible working opportunities
We care deeply about inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If you’d prefer to work part-time or as a job-share, we’ll facilitate this wherever we can – whether to help you meet other commitments or to help you strike a great work-life balance. We’re keen to ensure we’re designing an organisation that works for everyone, so we particularly encourage applications from different under-represented groups.
Further details about the role
Unity Schools Partnership is a Multi Academy Trust of 39 schools, with approval to open four further special and primary schools in the near future. The ambition of Unity Schools Partnership is to achieve a step change in the quality of education provided by primary, secondary and special schools and that its schools are achieving top quartile performance by 2028. The trust expects its work to be characterised by ethical leadership, an ambition for improvement at pace and the expectation that remarkable change can happen.
For an informal discussion, arrange a visit to the school or to find out more about the role, please contact Kevin Blakey, Director of Education (Secondary) on kblakey@unitysp.co.uk or calling 07775595951. Please do visit the school’s website via sybilandrewsacademy.co.uk
Closing Date: 9.00 am Wednesday 7th May 2025
Commitment to safeguarding
Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safer recruitment, equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Sybil Andrews Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 639 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Sybil Andrews Academy website
- Email address
- kblakey@unitysp.co.uk
- Phone number
- 07775595951
Arranging a visit to Sybil Andrews Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email kblakey@unitysp.co.uk.
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