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Headteacher

The Academy, Selsey, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 9EH

This job expired on 23 September 2020

• Job start date

  1 January 2021

• Closing date

  23 September 2020 at 9am

• Date listed

  11 September 2020

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
  • Deputy headteacher
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern:
  • Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: £73,320 TO £83,699 (TKAT PAY SCALE L20 TO L26) PENDING NATIONAL PAY RISE FOR TEACHERS SEP 20, IN LINE WITH THE CANDIDATE’S SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE.

Headteacher job summary

START DATE - JANUARY 2021

CLOSING DATE - WEDNESDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER 2020

INTERVIEWS - 28 SEPTEMBER

Following the promotion of Mr Garfield, the current Headteacher of The Academy Selsey, to another secondary academy within TKAT, we are seeking a Headteacher who has the passion, drive and enthusiasm to build on the school’s existing strengths, to lead, motivate, develop and inspire a school team of staff and governors who are passionately committed to giving pupils a wide range of real-life and enriching experiences within a culture of highest expectations.

This is an exciting opportunity to pick up the reins of a school on an improving trajectory, following a Good Ofsted outcome in April 2019. With an increasing roll (currently 420), a brand new building and facilities, and a positive financial position, the successful candidate will be encouraged to focus on continuing to improve student outcomes to at least national averages, extend the curriculum offering, develop future leaders, and build on the positive reputation developed by the current head to further increase the school population from the immediate and wider areas.

About the school

As one of six secondary schools within the ‘Coast’ region within The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT), we take pride in our geographic location and in our role as a ‘community’ secondary school. We embrace all that the coastline has to offer to provide our young people with a unique approach to education that makes full use of the assets on our doorstep. We offer a positive and challenging curriculum within a stimulating and nurturing education environment, recognised by Ofsted in our recent inspection where they stated “leaders and governors have created a welcoming and positive culture that permeates all aspects of the school’s life. As a result, pupils thrive and standards are rising.”

Vision and Key principals

The Academy Selsey is proud to be at the heart of our community and, as such, creates thoughtful, expedient and successful citizens. Everyone at The Academy Selsey is recognised and nurtured as an individual. It is our aim to recognise each individual’s talents, skills and abilities, and provide rigorous support to enable them to be the best version of themselves; academically, socially, and morally. Through the highest expectations, standards of teaching and pastoral care, students are encouraged and expected to aspire and excel.

As part of The Kemnal Academies Trust, we have access to the expertise, support and opportunities offered by one of the larger multi-academy trusts in the country. Our staff are dedicated to improving the lives of our students and, unusually, regardless of seniority, every teacher teaches. In this way, all our staff maintain the highest possible standards with regards to subject knowledge and the challenges of the changing secondary curriculum.

Community is firmly placed at the heart of the school; we are fully committed to doing everything possible to support the wider community in which we live and work. This mutually beneficial arrangement is critical to our success and central to our existence as a school in a geographically isolated area. In short, our ultimate wish is to ensure that everyone at The Academy, Selsey is wholly supported to be the best version of themselves that they can be.

To find out more about the school please visit https://www.tas-tkat.org/

Working for TKAT – ‘Inspiring Learners, Changing Lives’:

Leadership within TKAT schools requires passion, understanding, empathy and above all, a genuine love for the profession. Our role is to support you by giving you the flexibility to work how and when you need to; to open up opportunities to develop your career; to take care of your wellbeing at work; to enable you to flourish as an individual and to offer the kind of rewards you can only find from improving the prospects and life chances for literally thousands of children and young people.

Why work for TKAT?

The freedom to shape your school within Trust guiding principles

A support network second-to-none: We passionately believe in the power of collaborative working and actively promote school-to-school support. This includes accessing support from our strong Teaching School Alliance who offer a range of high-quality professional development opportunities for staff at all levels. In this role, you will also have the direct support of a Secondary Director, not to mention the strength of the wider TKAT group.

Boundless opportunities for career progression: When you deliver and achieve, you will be rewarded for your success – and that could be from leading multiple schools, to additional responsibilities that will impact across TKAT, through to Directorships. If you are ambitious, we’ll help you succeed.

For more information, an informal discussion or to arrange a visit (within Covid-19 controls), please contact Mike Garlick, Secondary Executive Director via Mike.Garlick@tkat.org

To apply, please download and complete an Application Form and return it to hr@tkat.org. Please outline in no more than 2 sides of A4, what attracts you to The Academy Selsey, your experiences to date, and your vision for the future if successful.

The closing date for applications is noon on 23rd September. Interviews are expected to be held on 28th September.

Safeguarding

TKAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment will be subject to the full Safer Recruitment process, including an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.

Equal Opportunities

TKAT is committed to equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from all suitable candidates, regardless of any protected characteristic for example race, gender, sexual orientation, disability or age. All applications are treated on merit. This includes applications from individuals wishing to work full time, part time or on a flexible basis.

Commitment to safeguarding

TKAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment will be subject to the full Safer Recruitment process, including an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.

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About The Academy, Selsey

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 477 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Academy, Selsey website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: hr@tkat.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-academy-selsey (opens in new tab)

As one of six secondary schools within the ‘Coast’ region within The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT), we take pride in our geographic location and in our role as a ‘community’ secondary school. We embrace all that the coastline has to offer to provide our young people with a unique approach to education that makes full use of the assets on our doorstep. We offer a positive and challenging curriculum within a stimulating and nurturing education environment, recognised by Ofsted in our recent inspection where they stated “leaders and governors have created a welcoming and positive culture that permeates all aspects of the school’s life. As a result, pupils thrive and standards are rising.”

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