Principal
Clover Leys Spencer Academy, Derby, DE24 5AXThis job expired on 3 March 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
3 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
7 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L14-20
What skills and experience we're looking for
⏹ have a strong track-record of success in their current role within a UK or international primary school
⏹ be a strategic thinker who can design and implement school improvement systems
⏹ be able to solve problems in a creative, resourceful and pragmatic way
⏹ be excited by the challenge of the unknown with the resilience to respond to the unexpected and the flexibility to be hands-on
⏹ ensure the delivery of an ambitious high-quality curriculum that meets the needs of all children
⏹ be an outstanding and reflective practitioner who has teaching and learning at the heart of everything that they do
⏹ effectively model leadership behaviours to lead a cohesive team in which morale is high
⏹ innovate within and beyond the curriculum to address social disadvantage and fully meet the specific needs of pupils with special educational needs
⏹ be able to easily convey their passion that absolutely every child can succeed and promote an environment in which this happens
⏹ maintain the quality of care for the whole child that characterises all of our Trust schools
⏹ enjoy the opportunity to work collaboratively with a supportive Trust and other inspirational principals
What the school offers its staff
This is a great opportunity to be the Principal of a newly built, thriving primary school, where children and staff foster and ethos where children really encompass their moto ‘Growing Together, Learning Forever’
The position offers the chance to:
- lead a recently opened, growing primary academy, with a brand-new building and beautiful facilities
- continue the journey of the recently inspected good primary academy - where pupils are keen enthusiastic learners, who flourish and are happy
- build upon the EVOLVE values which are embedded in all aspects of school life,
- work with a committed, caring and driven team of staff who are always keen to learn and do the best for their children,
- have an opportunity to shape and the influence the school as it fills to capacity over the coming years,
- work within a well-established, visionary Trust to design and offer an innovative education to local children.
The Clover Leys Spencer Academy community are looking for a leader who:
- will take Clover Leys to through its journey of growth,
- is a highly motivated individual with a can-do attitude,
- is naturally collaborative in style but can provide clear, strategic direction for the next steps in the school’s journey,
- has a strong moral purpose that puts children at the heart of their practice and their decision making,
- is motivated by a commitment to all children receiving a highly inclusive education which ensures our most vulnerable fulfil their potential,
- is a dedicated leader who aims to provide the stability and security that children, staff and families need,
- demonstrates the urgency and resilience needed to sustain a culture of openness and high performance - relentlessly challenging the team to work through any barriers to succeed,
- has a desire to collaborate with and contribute to the Spencer Eco-system, particularly within the full primary team.
In return:
You will become part of a leading regional high performing Trust. Spencer Academies Trust is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We educate over 18000 children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2700 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence.
We currently have 17 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and 1 primary aged special school in our family of schools. All our school’s benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performing schools in the country and deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change in the world.
Mission
Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
Vision
Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children.
We Believe:
- All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development
- Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a ‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership.
- We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with other Principals (at cluster and whole trust level), the Director of Primary and the Trust Executive Team. You should have the qualifications, skills and experience to provide inspirational and effective leadership and management of the Academy, ensuring pupils make outstanding academic and personal progress.
How to Apply:
Applicants will be expected to share our Trust’s high aspirations and expectations for students and employees. If you are excited by the prospect of working with us, want to know more about the type of professional we are looking for and what we can offer, please visitwww.spencertrust.org.uk
If you have any questions regarding the role or would like an informal discussion or a visit to the school with the Director of Primary Education, Kate Green please contact Alexina Robinson via email – arobinson@spencertrust.org.uk to arrange a convenient time.
Applications can be submitted via a CV to arobinson@spencertrust.org.uk or through our Every Candidate Portal.
Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.
Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).
The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.
Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Clover Leys Spencer Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 75 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Clover Leys Spencer Academy website
- Email address
- arobinson@spencertrust.org.uk
Do you want to be part of a team in a brand new school?
Can you help to give our children the best start possible?
Will you bring imagination and excitement to provide our children with magical memories?
How to Apply
To apply to work with Spencer Academies Trust, please complete your candidate profile via our new Every Portal. If you are accessing our Every portal for the first time, you will need to register to add and save your candidate profile information, before tagging your profile to this vacancy. We have added a video to help guide you, please visit https://vimeo.com/737845492/c1b8e43656
If you wish to discuss this role, please do not hesitate to email us via info@cloverleysspencer.org.uk
Spencer Academies Trust is a multi-academy trust with schools across the East Midlands, and with a strategic focus on Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
A high performing regional MAT with a national reputation for excellence, Spencer Academies Trust schools include primary, secondary and sixth form provision. Our academies work across highly diverse city and rural communities, including a strong presence in Derby and Nottingham. Standards and expectations in trust schools are high – and the trust focus on rapid improvement on the journey to outstanding education delivery.
Spencer Academies Trust is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have approaching 18000 children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2200 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence.
We currently have 17 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and one primary aged special school in our family of schools. All of our schools benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers, and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performing schools in the country, and deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change in the world.
Mission
Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
Vision
Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children.
We Believe:
· All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development.
· Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a ‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership.
· We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.
Arranging a visit to Clover Leys Spencer Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email arobinson@spencertrust.org.uk.
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