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Principal - Wey Valley Academy
Authentic Education Group Limited, Poole, BH12 4JG26 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
20 March 2025 at 8am
Date listed
11 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
- £89,829 - £104,040
Principal - Wey Valley Academy job summary
Principal
Salary: Leadership L25 – L31, £89,829 - £104,040
(starting point negotiable for an exceptional candidate)
Required: September 2025
An opportunity to truly impact the lives of our students, families and community - we are an academy ready to embrace change and improvement.
As Principal for our secondary academies you will provide the leadership and management necessary to secure high quality teaching and learning to rapidly raise standards of achievement across the secondary phase.
Wey Valley Academy is a large comprehensive academy which is located on a campus with a Primary School, a Special School and a Nursery School. It is a vibrant campus and Wey Valley Academy itself benefits from a variety of great facilities. Alongside the specialist classrooms for science, art, technology, dance, drama, music, catering, animal care and ICT it also boasts exceptional PE facilities which includes an indoor tennis centre and a fully functioning fitness gym.
As part of its rapid school improvement Wey Valley Academy has been supported by a rich programme of support which is available across all our Secondary schools and in 2023 achieved an overall effectiveness GOOD in its OFSTED inspection
Our Trust empowers students to grow and thrive through dynamic, engaging and holistic education, setting them up for lifetime success. Together, we deliver this through our values of courage, innovation and excellence.
Our Trust benefits greatly from the combination of mainstream and special schools within the Trust, enabling staff to benefit greatly from collaborative learning.
We are seeking to appoint a candidate who:
· Is an experienced leader with a clear vision for the future, building on current capacity
· Can inspire and empower staff to deliver the highest quality teaching and learning and embed excellence at every level
· Will lead by example, with a ‘can-do’ attitude that can inspire commitment from students, staff and the local community
· Has a proven track record of implementing change to raise standards in teaching and learning
To arrange an online meeting with the CEO and request an application pack, please email Dion.mills@hays.com
Closing date for applications: 20 March 2025 at 8:00am
Interviews: w/c 31 March 2025
Authentic Education Group (AEG) comprises schools from all sectors: mainstream (primary and secondary) and special. AEG secures outstanding achievement and improved life chances of all our pupils. All our Academies have high expectations as the focus of their work. We are strongly committed to supporting colleagues in developing their careers further and offering excellent CPD opportunities.
Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment as AEG reserves the right to close applications early.
Please note we DO NOT accept applications by CV and are unable to offer Visa Sponsorship.
Authentic Education Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Rigorous checks will be made of the successful applicant’s background credentials, including enhanced DBS checks and an online search.
Commitment to safeguarding
Ambitions Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the physical, mental and emotional welfare of every pupil, both inside and outside of the Trust’s premises.
We implement a whole-academy/nursery preventative approach to managing safeguarding concerns, ensuring that the wellbeing of pupils is at the forefront of all action taken.
Ambitions Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Rigorous checks will be made of the successful applicant’s background credentials, including enhanced DBS checks and an online search.
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 Authentic Education Group Limited
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
Ambitions Academies Trust (AAT) has at its heart the drive for excellence which is under-pinned by high expectations. Ambitions Academies Trust comprises schools from all sectors – mainstream (primary and secondary) and special.
Ambitions Academies Trust exists to secure ‘Outstanding Achievement for All’ for all the communities that it serves. This is underpinned by our values of Inclusivity, Openness and Honesty.
Ambitions Academies Trust mission is laid out in three key strands:
- To ensure all pupils reach their potential by securing outstanding achievement, high standards of social skills and improved life chances.
- To raise standards of teaching and learning by ensuring strong, effective governance and outstanding leadership at all levels
- To achieving outstanding outcomes through the Trust through the efficient use of public funding and assets
We base all that we strive to achieve on our four defining Key Principles:
- To provide and maintain strong, effective governance at all levels of the Trust
- To ensure financial sustainability throughout the Trust
- To ensure future growth does not adversely impact outcomes within the Trust
- To provide leadership and training through Ambitions Teaching School to continue to support schools outside the Trust
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