Principal
Harris Girls Academy Bromley, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 1QR30 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Easter or September
Closing date
20 January 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
16 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Substantial & generous salary based on experience and expertise
Additional allowances
Discretionary Performance Bonuses + Private Medical Cover + Harris Benefits
What skills and experience we're looking for
We have an exciting Principal opportunity at Harris Girls' Academy Bromley starting Easter or September 2025. We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced senior leader to join our highly successful Outstanding academy where both staff and students thrive.
Our state of the art facilities are new and reflect our approach to learning which combines the verybest of traditional and modern approaches.Ourexamination resultsplace us within the top 100 highest performing schools in the country.
This position could suit either a current Principal/Headteacher or an experienced Deputy looking to progress into their first principalship. For first time Principals, we will provide support, coaching and individual mentoring from a highly experienced Harris Executive Principal to help you succeed in post.
We also offer a variety of CPD programmes toassist you in achieving your visionand future goals. For those thinking ahead to Executive Principalship, we can also offer you the chance to complete your NPQEL via our Harris Institute of Teaching & Leadership.
The successful individual will join a highly progressive forward thinking multi academy trust, and the opportunity to work alongside some of the country's most experienced, knowledgeable and committed education practitioners.
The successful applicant must have a proven track record of school improvement, and have gained successful previous experience in leading, or as part of, anSLTto transform a school and raise outcomes. We are looking for a strong communicator who can demonstrate strengths in engaging with and inspiring not just staff, but also students and parents of the local community. You will provide the leadership and management necessary to secure high quality teaching and learning to further raise standards of achievement.
We are looking for an experienced senior leader who ideally has:
- Qualified Teacher Status, Degree, Further relevant professional studies
- Relevant Further Degree or NPQH
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of current curriculum developments and how pupils learn
- Leadership in curriculum development and in monitoring and evaluation strategies
- Proven track record of raising attainment in an urban, multi-ethnic environment
- Track record of raising standards in English and Mathematics and good knowledge of raising standards in Literacy and Numeracy
What the school offers its staff
Harris Girls Academy Bromley is a school community where character and academic excellence are held in equally high regard.In 2023, Progress 8 was +0.97, 82% of the girls achieved a pass in English and Maths at GCSE and 71% of the girls achieved the challenging Ebacc (English, Maths, Science, Humanities and Modern Languages). These figures are all well above the national and borough averages.
Our Progress 8 was in the top 100 in the country last year, and the academy was the only school from this group with a student body that has above average disadvantage, and below average EAL. Learning, curriculum, and pedagogy is exemplary.
Although we believe that these results lead to a tangible improvement in the opportunities of our young people we are equally proud of the way we see our students conduct themselves in our classrooms and corridors on the day to day. In the commitment they demonstrate in the library and the drama studio, or in the resilience they demonstrate in the sports hall and the textiles room.
We believe that we have built something special here through a leadership at all levels philosophy of constant improvement, and listening to our students, staff, and wider community.
Further details about the role
As Principal, you will need to provide the leadership and management necessary to secure high quality teaching and learning to raise standards of achievement.The Principal's effective leadership will result in an academy where:
- There is a positive ethos that reflects the Academy's commitment to high achievement, effective teaching and learning, and good relationships
- Staff, governors and parents have confidence in the leadership and management of the Academy
- Staff and governors recognise their accountability for their tasks and contribute fully to the development and successful implementation of policies and practices
- The life of the Academy and the curriculum effectively promote students' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and prepare them for adult life
- Effectiveness is kept under rigorous review, and links with the wider community contribute to students' attainment and personal development
- Efficient and effective use is made of staff, accommodation and resources
- Delegated responsibilities to ensuring that finance and administration are effective, and the carefully costed development plan is focused on improving educational outcomes
Commitment to safeguarding
The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
About Harris Girls Academy Bromley
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1082 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Harris Girls Academy Bromley website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- kassy.okeefe@harrisfederation.org.uk
- Phone number
- 020 8253 7777
Harris Girls’ Academy Bromley is the number one school in Bromley for progress and one of the most successful schools in the country, with progress being amongst the top 1% of schools this year at +1.09 (Progress 8 2017). We are very proud of our academic and cultural achievements and are ambitious about the future.
At Harris Girls’ Academy Bromley, we aim to ensure that every student is inspired and supported to achieve her personal best in a creative and enterprising culture where learning comes first. Through the development of our learning ethos of CORE, we encourage the girls to become Committed, Optimistic, Resilient and Enterprising.
We believe that every girl can and should achieve their full potential and our commitment is one of ensuring our students develop a love of learning, a passion for enquiry and enterprise and a dedication to being the best that they can be.
Harris Girls’ Academy Bromley is an outstanding school, offering students and staff state-of-the-art facilities in new and recently refurbished buildings. Our examination results place us amongst the very best in the country and we believe that with high quality teaching and support our girls will become responsible and successful in their chosen paths. We believe that teaching is a craft and continually strive to become even better at it; our high quality CPD supports ambitious and hardworking colleagues to make a real difference to the lives of our students. If you are passionate about your subject, committed to your own learning and keen to make a difference; this could be the academy for you.
Come and see us in action: visits to Harris Girls' Academy Bromley are strongly encouraged and very welcome. Please call 020 8778 5917 or email info@harrisbromley.org.uk to arrange a time to come in or an informal conversation with the Principal.
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