Principal
Launceston College, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 9JRThis job expired on 24 February 2020 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2020
Closing date
24 February 2020 at 9am
Date listed
4 February 2020
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
Full-time equivalent salary
- Lead Practitioners range 24 to Lead Practitioners range 29, £72,306 to £81,723
Principal job summary
Launceston College is a successful and popular secondary academy with a thriving sixth-form and is part of the wider Launceston College Multi-Academy Trust.
We would like to appoint a College Principal who will be a visible, effective, strong and thoughtful leader, passionate about ensuring excellent progress for all young people. They will work to understand, deepen and enrich the existing qualities of our school community.
The successful candidate will be:
● a high quality leader with the ability to inspire, lead and empower staff and students to achieve their best
● an innovative thinker, who is able to plan for strategic improvement and manage change with confidence and sensitivity
● able to create clarity, direction and accountability for key areas and departments
● able to take a broad view, think beyond immediate circumstances, and see connections that might exist between issues
● able to organise, break down, and prioritise solutions to complex challenges, through personal effort, experience, and by delegating effectively to others
● a well organised, purposeful leader of systems and processes
● an excellent communicator, who motivates and inspires confidence and trust in their day to day interactions with students and colleagues
● equipped with a high degree of personal integrity and resilience
● committed to maintaining and developing strong, positive relationships with students, staff, parents, other schools, and people and organisations important to the running of the College
● committed to the College’s and wider Trust’s existing values but also prepared to challenge and develop current practice
● demonstrate and model their own learning and be prepared to develop new skills and outlooks as an example to others
● committed to working collaboratively with leaders across the Trust, including Trust wide senior staff and other school Principals
● able to respond and adapt effectively to changing circumstances, maintaining high levels of performance
● able to protect staff and students from external pressures where they exist, keeping a resolute focus on College priorities
● able to demonstrate a good understanding of legislation and regulation
● keen to promote the well-being of students and staff
● able to instil and maintain a culture which provides support, so that all pupils feel safe and enjoy their experience at school.
In return, we are able to offer:
● a good school which has a wide range of high quality provision within and beyond the curriculum
● our students are very well-behaved and highly motivated and you will be supported by a dedicated and committed team of staff, including a strong Academy Leadership Team
● an existing school culture which seeks to be fair, developmental, and genuinely supportive of staff and students
● stable, effective, established systems for a wide range of processes
● a school that is respected in the community
● opportunities to access professional development to ensure you are successful at the start and as the role develops
● support from cross Trust systems and school improvement leaders
● friendly, cooperative and hard-working staff
● a school where sixth form learners are well prepared for their next stage of education, training or employment
● a contribution towards relocation expenses for the right candidate
Visits to the College are warmly welcomed and can be arranged by phoning: Fiona Hutton, PA to the CEO, on 01566 701680.
If you are interested in this position, please complete an application form and send it to Fiona Hutton, PA to the CEO, on fiona@launcestoncollege.org.uk by 9am on Monday 24 February 2020.
Interviews are taking place on Monday 2nd, Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th March, 2020
Launceston College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake stringent safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS.
Launceston College is committed to equality of opportunity and warmly welcomes applications from all sectors of the diverse community.
Our recruitment policies, procedures and practices enable all applicants to be considered on merit and ability to do the job. We will make reasonable adjustments, in line with the Disability Discrimination Act, for disabled applicants if these are needed.
Commitment to safeguarding
Please refer to our safeguarding policy on the Athena Learning Trust website at:
https://www.athenalearningtrust.uk/policies
About Launceston College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1389 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Launceston College website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- fiona@launcestoncollege.org.uk
Launceston College is part of the Athena Learning Trust alongside Altarnun Primary, Atlantic Academy, Bideford College, Egloskerry Primary and Launceston Primary School.
Launceston College is a large and established 11 – 18 secondary school in Launceston, Cornwall.
The belief at Launceston College is that the most vital part of any school is the people who make it what it is. Our students enjoy being part of our school community and we have a strong team of staff at the College who are united in encouraging students to work hard, to achieve their best and to respect others. To do this we believe that students need to be fully challenged and supported within a caring environment.
We believe that students should have all their achievements recognised, acknowledged and given credit; no child, however, should ever take away another child’s right to a high-quality education. The College is therefore run in a well-disciplined, orderly and respectful manner; we have rules and we expect students to follow them. Our very high expectations for standards of behaviour from all students were recognised by Ofsted in their most recent inspection who judged the behaviour of our students to be “outstanding”.
We are committed to the pursuit of individual excellence and achievement whilst ensuring that no-one is left behind. We believe in the education of the whole person and try to provide a range of experiences which promote the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of our students; we are an accredited “Adventure Learning School” and provide a wide range of adventurous learning opportunities both inside the curriculum and beyond.
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