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This job expired on 11 October 2023

  • Start date details

    April 2024

  • Closing date

    11 October 2023 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    19 September 2023

Job details

Job role

  • Headteacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£83,956.00 - £90,365.00 Annually (FTE) Leadership Points 27 to 30

Principal job summary

Hope Sentamu Learning Trust are looking for an inspirational Principal to provide strong leadership and management for Vale of York Academy.

The job holder will:

  • Secure an excellent quality of education through an ambitious curriculum for all pupils, which is implemented to a high standard through high quality teaching and learning.
  • Be a highly visible presence around the school and model expectations and standards to staff and pupils. 
  • Provide strategic leadership for all aspects of the school including quality of education, inclusion, safeguarding, SEND and personal development
  • Promote, support and develop an inclusive approach to meet the needs of all pupils. 
  • Ensure that provision responds to the context of the school and the needs of the school community

For more information about this exciting opportunity or an informal conversation about the role with Helen Winn, Chief Executive Officer, please email hello@hslt.academy

Job Details

Hours of Work: 1 FTE

Position Type:  Permanent Post

Line Manager: Chief Executive Officer 

Travel Required:  Occasional

The salary is dependent on current qualifications and experience, please see the attached job description for more information.

Application Process

Please complete the online application form to apply for this role. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.  You should use the information supplied with in the Job Description & Person Specification to make the best of your application by identifying some specific pieces of work you may have undertaken in any of these areas. Your application may be viewed in regard to some or all of the skill specific areas over the course of the selection process.  Applications via agencies will not be considered.

Interviews will take place on the 19th & 20th October 2023.

Hope Sentamu Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing and other vetting checks.

Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the Trust. On joining you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.

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.

This job post has expired.

About Vale of York Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
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School size
714 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
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Vale of York is an 11-16 comprehensive school which serves a mixed catchment extending from the City Centre of York to the satellite village of Skelton on the northern edge of the City. The academy is over-subscribed; it has a growing population of more than 600 students who enter the school with attainment at around national averages, but with an increasing number of high attainers and gifted and talented pupils. Our commitment to every child is absolute and we strive to meet the needs of all our pupils whether they are capable of achieving ten Grade 9’s at GCSE or require the support of a full time teaching assistant or individual package of learning in order to reach their full potential. We believe that Vale of York should be the first choice school for every student in our immediate catchment and that we have an important role in transforming the lives of all our young people and their community.

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