Principal
Avanti Park School, Frome, Somerset, BA11 1EU2 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
15 September 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
19 August 2024
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L18 - L24 £71,729 - £83,081 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
Interviews for this position will take place on 24th and 25th September 2024
ABOUT THE ROLE
We here at Avanti are seeking to reimagine the purpose of education. Our purpose is simple, yet profound: to inspire spiritually compassionate changemakers.
Avanti Park School is a beautiful Primary and Middle school (Reception to Year 8) in the heart of Frome, neighbouring Victoria Park. Our school is graded as ‘good’ with ‘outstanding’ in "behaviour and attitudes," "leadership and management," and "personal development."
Avanti Park is a community school that embraces inclusion and diversity. Staff find Avanti Park to be a wonderful place to work, with "warm, friendly relationships underpinning a calm and joyful atmosphere," (OFSTED). Our staff are inspired and passionate about their roles, the vision of the school, and providing the most fulfilling learning experience for pupils.
“When I stepped into Avanti Park, the first thing I noticed was that they don’t just talk about valuing the whole child. It’s evidenced by discussions around spirituality within lessons and PSHE, conversations with children, yoga lessons and much more. It’s about giving them the tools to embody spirituality daily,” Simon Goldsworthy, Assistant Principal.
School visits are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school to arrange a suitable time.
WHAT WILL YOU DO?
- School Culture:Drive the school’s ethos and strategic direction, fostering a positive environment aligned with The Avanti Way's core principles.
- Teaching: Establish and sustain high-quality, expert teaching across all subjects and phases and embed the Avanti Teacher Habits across the school.
- Curriculum and Assessment: Utilise effective evaluation processes to identify and address barriers to school effectiveness, implementing evidence-informed improvement strategies.
- Working in Partnership: Foster relationships with parents, the local community, and other educational institutions to support student success and school improvement initiatives.
- Governance and Accountability:Embrace the role of governance, ensuring adherence to regulatory frameworks, professional responsibilities, and accountability measures.
What the school offers its staff
WHY SHOULD YOU APPLY?
Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.
You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:
- Great opportunities for professional development through the Avanti Institute and our family of schools
- Teacher pension scheme subject to eligibility criteria
- O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
- Flexible working opportunities
- Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
- Access to multiple well-being programmes (Weekend Retreats, Yoga Classes and Apps)
- Cycle-to-work and Electric Vehicle Lease Schemes
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
- Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students
- You will have leadership qualities to challenge, inspire, motivate and empower others.
- A strong ambassador for the school, you will be able to develop new ways to engage pupils, staff and parents.
- Have the ability to drive excellence by valuing and developing others, you will be a qualified teacher with extensive experience of both hands-on teaching and management in education.
- Make sure the quality of teaching and learning is at the centre of strategic planning and ensure a planned annual cycle of assessment, monitoring and evaluation across the school
- Ensure a consistent and continuous approach to monitoring pupil progress, using data and benchmarks to identify individual and group achievement.
- Be able to balance resources efficiently and effectively in a way that maximises performance and ensures the financial sustainability of the school.
Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.
Further details about the role
Further information
Pre-employment checks
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Diversity and Inclusion
We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.
Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.
Commitment to safeguarding
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Applying for the job
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About Avanti Park School
- School type
- Free School, ages 4 to 13
- Education phase
- View all Middlejobs
- School size
- 488 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 13
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Avanti Park School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- careers@avanti.org.uk
Avanti Park is built on three areas: Educational Excellence, Character Formation and Spiritual Insight. We are very proud of our inclusive, warm and caring approach. Strong relationships between staff and pupils are incredibly important to us and are key to ensuring that your children will flourish and reach their academic and social potential.
All staff at Avanti Park School work in partnership with parents to ensure that every child is prepared to meet their life challenges, with high standards in literacy and mathematics as well as memorable experiences in other curriculum areas such as arts, craft and whole school festival celebrations. Through our curriculum pupils will gain a reflective, compassionate understanding of themselves and the communities around them.
Arranging a visit to Avanti Park School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email careers@avanti.org.uk.
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