Principal
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Closing date
20 February 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
24 January 2023
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Competitive Salary + Benefits Package
Principal job summary
Coleridge Community College is a Secondary Academy in the heart of Cambridge. As a 4FE Secondary school for in Years 7 to 11, Coleridge is the perfect size to balance an inclusive and caring school environment, with a broad curriculum offer and exciting range of opportunities for all pupils. The school has all the foundations for success, with high quality teaching, a strong commitment to education with character and a vibrant school community.
We are looking for a Senior Leader with the vision and ambition to continue to improve standards and outcomes at the school, with the empathy and strength of leadership to bring pupils, parents and staff with them. This is an academy brimming with potential and we are looking for a Principal that can make this the school of choice for local families.
United Learning is a big group of schools – with over 60,000 pupils and more than 9,000 staff – so we have the capacity to support you educationally and operationally. At the same time, we are values-led and base all that we do on good relationships, so you will be joining a big family. Reporting directly to the Regional Director, you will be supported both personally and professionally, benefitting from the strength of a national group supporting your development and that of your staff and school.
We are committed to fairness, diversity and inclusion. We are currently working hard to improve representation of black, Asian and minority ethnic leaders at headship level and to raise our proportion of women leaders to match their representation in our wider workforce. Whoever you are, if you have a strong track record of improving young people’s education and a drive to do more, we very much look forward to hearing from you.
If you are looking for an exciting and highly rewarding role within a Group that offers excellent professional development, and if you have a strong commitment to improving the lives of all young people, we encourage you to visit us.
Further information
If you would like to arrange an informal visit to the school or have a confidential discussion about the role with the Regional Director, please contact Beth Walker beth.walker@unitedlearning.org.uk
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.
About Coleridge Community College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 561 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Coleridge Community College website (opens in new tab)
Cambridge Academic Partnership is a multi-academy trust based in Cambridge which operates three Secondary schools, an International Sixth Form and a specialist Science and Technology 14-19 Academy.
We have high expectations of all our students and aim to provide them with the best teaching and support that a dedicated staff can offer. We are both demanding and liberal and want our students to develop into articulate and confident young people with clear personal and professional goals.
Our multi-academy trust is growing so we are looking for people to work with us who will share our commitment to excellence, innovation and collaboration.
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