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Principal

The Grange School, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 5DX

This job expired on 26 September 2022 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 January 2023

• Closing date

  26 September 2022 at 9am

• Date listed

  12 September 2022

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
  • Deputy headteacher
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3
• Working pattern:
  • Full time
  • Full time, Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £83,971 - £97,273
• Pay scale: Headteacher Group 6, L29 - L35. S​alary is negotiable for the right candidate. R​elocation package available.

Principal job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an energetic and highly ambitious colleague to become the new Principal at The Grange Academy. The vacancy has arisen due to the previous post holder taking up an appointment at another of the Trust’s schools. The successful candidate will build on the successes of this unique school in our Trust, taking it to the next stage of its development.

We are committed to high quality professional development within the Wade Deacon Trust and are proud of the strong team we have built across our schools. Our Principals, leaders, teachers and support staff work together to develop expertise, share good practice and solve problems. Collaboration across our schools is central to our success.

The Grange is an all-through school and as such applications from both Primary and Secondary phase specialists are equally welcome. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, exceptional Principal or outstanding Vice Principal to drive forward a large and thriving school. Our new Principal will very quickly become part of the Wade Deacon Trust family and contribute to our strategic improvement.

We pride ourselves on high expectations, a commitment to ensuring pupil progress and high-quality teaching and learning. You will share these values and be able to enthuse and motivate our pupils with your passion and creativity, presence, and personality. You will be ambitious and will embrace being part of moving our school and Trust forward.

Ofsted reported in May 2022 that The Grange Academy is “good” in all areas. The report highlights that staff are extremely proud to work at the school and feel well supported by leaders.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Grange Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure.

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About The Grange School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 16
• Education phase: Through school
• School size: 1130 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Grange School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: hr@wadedeacontrust.co.uk
• Phone number: 0151 4583400
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-grange-school-runcorn (opens in new tab)

The school is unique as it is an all-through school and has 1085 pupils. Our children range from 3 to 16 years and share a wonderful state-of-the-art learning environment where they are all provided with up-to-date learning experiences of the highest quality.

Relationships at The Grange Academy are strong. All students are offered the best support to ensure success in everything they do and staff and students alike fulfil our motto of 'Aspire for Excellence’. Our Vision is really simple; we want a community that works together to create an exceptional learning journey for all.' Our mission statement is; ‘we aspire for excellence through instilling our core values and providing a range of opportunities to create well-rounded students that are fully prepared for their life beyond The Grange Academy.’

We believe that working within the trust offers an exciting opportunity to work with other schools to fulfil our vison and mission. The learning culture we have created at The Grange Academy ensures that all within our community are continuing to develop skills, knowledge and understanding.

We strive for excellence by ensuring high standards and expectations are evident in all that we do. All staff make every effort to ensure that our pupils are happy and safe at school.

Attainment and achievement at The Grange School continue to improve across all phases of learning. The levels of progress made by many hard-working individual pupils are excellent. Overall, we aim to offer life enhancing experiences that will ignite curiosity, build character and provide a platform for all our pupils to pursue their aspirations.

The Grange Academy is an all through school and increasingly secondary phase teachers have opportunities to teach their specialist subject in the primary phase. There is a strong culture of CPD within the school and we make the most of internal CPD but also a wide range of external CPD through the Trust and nationally recognised programmes.

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