Principal

Coleridge Community College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 3RJ

25 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  20 February 2023 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  24 January 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher, deputy or assistant headteacher
• Working pattern:
  • Full time
• 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

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About Coleridge Community College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 535 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)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/coleridge-community-college (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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