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  • Job start date

    1 January 2021

  • Closing date

    21 September 2020 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    27 August 2020

Job details

Job role

  • Headteacher
  • Deputy headteacher
  • Assistant headteacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full-time equivalent salary

Highly competitive (negotiable) + performance bonus + private health care

Principal job summary

We are now recruiting for the Principal for Longfield Academy: a truly rare leadership opportunity within a very successful and financially sound, mature and geographically local multi-academy trust that combines management freedom for effective leaders with secure central support that encourages collaboration for success. We are looking for someone who is ambitious for the children of Dartford and its surrounding villages, to enhance their life chances and provide a bright future for them and their families.

Longfield Academy occupies state-of-the-art accommodation first opened in 2011 and is perfectly positioned near to the A2 and M20 motorways in west Kent near to the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich. It enjoys excellent access to both London and the rest of Kent via road and rail. It is a medium-sized, oversubscribed co-educational academy with six forms of entry to year seven and a very successful sixth form rated “outstanding” by Ofsted. The academy is currently rated “good” overall and has considerable potential to go one step further.

Working with an experienced and highly-engaged group of staff, our successful candidate will receive encouragement, support and guidance not only to develop this ambitious academy but also to develop their own career within the Trust. You will already be an exceptional senior leader at a successful secondary school with real ambition to improve the life chances of the students at Longfield Academy. We will expect the Principal to further develop a positive culture and ethos where each child is expected to do well and their progress is supported every step of the way.

Click here to view the full Recruitment Pack.

We wish to hear from you if you really want to change our education world and are:

an enthusiastic, energetic and ambitious school leader with a track record of success at secondary level;
a motivational and inspirational leader with high expectations of staff;
confident and able to communicate a clear vision for the school;
able to develop children to reach their full potential regardless of background or circumstance;
approachable and keen to work with staff across the Trust to ensure wide success;
able to establish and develop excellent relationships with the community and other stakeholders.

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.

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About Longfield Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
View all Secondaryjobs
School size
1035 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18

What we can offer you:

a competitive salary along with private healthcare and an opportunity to earn a performance bonus;

an exciting LAT career path with opportunities for further progression in the future;

security and support on your journey from close collaboration with a small central executive and a larger group of talented Principals to share best practice and innovation.

Arranging a visit to Longfield Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email talent@latrust.org.uk.

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