Senior Assistant Principal
Leeds West Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS13 1DQThis job expired on 4 May 2021 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2021
Closing date
4 May 2021 at 9am
Date listed
20 April 2021
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- L17 - L20 £62,570 to £67,364
Additional allowances
Excellent CPD programme
Please see the staff benefits page on our website for more details of the benefits we offer.
https://www.whiteroseacademies.org/staffbenefits
Senior Assistant Principal job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join Leeds West Academy as a Senior Assistant Principal for Behaviour and Culture. You will be an exceptional leader, who is able to share the vision for our academy and inspire others to make a significant contribution to the academy’s mission to become renowned for excellence and a seat of transformation and pride in our community. You will be driven by a commitment to securing the best educational experience for our students, in order to raise aspirations and transform lives.
You will be a leader with a track record of sustained impact and influence in your area of specialism. You will either have significant experience in pastoral and behaviour leadership, or transferrable skills and a track record of impact in other areas of leadership. You will demonstrate a solid understanding in your formulation and implementation of strategy, evidenced by sustained and significant school-wide improvement.
Specific responsibilities within the Personal Development, Behaviour and Attitudes team will be based on your strengths as evidenced through the application and interview process.
We have created a strong and safe culture, where staff and students can thrive. We were judged as ‘Good’ by Ofsted in May 2019 because teaching is strong, the support we provide for our students and staff is unrivalled and because our results have improved year-on-year since 2016. In 2020, our students secured the best results in the school’s history. In short, there is no better time to join Leeds West Academy, as a colleague, a leader or as a student.
Leeds West Academy is a fabulous place to work. We are a caring and supportive community, as part of the White Rose Academies Trust and ground-breaking Luminate Education Group, we benefit from exceptional CPD like no other in the city. A broad, varied and highly bespoke package is well-established, driven by the latest in educational research focused on the development of all professionals in the organisation at each career stage. Colleagues train with us, they grow with us and they progress with us.
Our academy predominantly serves the community of Bramley in Leeds. We are oversubscribed and popular within our community. More families are choosing Leeds West Academy as first-choice for their children than ever before.
Our students are amazing; they are generally respectful young people who embrace diversity and have a strong sense of fairness. We benefit from world-class facilities, and we are accommodated in a £30 million building, which opened in late 2011. Staff and students at the academy benefit from a bright, modern, heavily resourced learning environment, which is highly flexible to meet the needs of the 21st century learner.
So, now it is over to you. Are you eager to join a forward-thinking organisation, committed to securing the highest educational, professional and personal standards? Do you feel passionately about transforming lives and communities? Would you like to work somewhere with a full commitment to Professional Excellence? If so, then we would be delighted to hear from you.
To apply for this role, alongside completing the application form, you will need to submit a letter introducing yourself, detailing your specific area of expertise and relevant examples.
Closing Date: Tuesday, 4th May 2021 – 9am
Shortlisting: Wednesday, 5th May 2021
Candidates informed: Wednesday, 5th May 2021
Interview Dates: Friday, 7th May 2021
Start Date: 1st September 2021
For more information, please visit our website at www.leedswestacademy.org.uk . If you would like to discuss the role further or to arrange a visit, please contact the academy on 0113 2295454.
To apply, please submit your completed application form and introductory letter to recruitment@whiteroseacademies.org by the closing date of Tuesday 4th May 2021– 9am. Please note we are unable to accept CV’s.
The White Rose Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students and expect all staff and volunteers to share the commitment. Appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures and an Enhanced DBS check.
PLEASE NOTE THE REQUIREMENT TO ATTACH YOUR APPLICATION FORM AS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT TO YOUR EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FORM WHEN EMAILING YOUR APPLICATION TO US.
Commitment to safeguarding
White Rose Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students and expects all staff and volunteers to share the commitment. Appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures and an enhanced DBS check.
Please note this role will involve contact with children and you will be engaging in regulated activity. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
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About Leeds West Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1407 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Leeds West Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@whiteroseacademies.org
- Phone number
- 0113 229 5454
Leeds West Academy have created a strong and safe culture, where staff students can thrive. We were judged as ‘Good’ by Ofsted in May 2019 because teaching is strong, the support we provide for our unrivalled results improved year-on-year since 2016. In 2020, our students secured the best results in the school’s history. In short, there is no better time to join Leeds West Academy, as a colleague, a leader or as a student.
Our academy predominantly serves the community of Bramley in Leeds. We are oversubscribed and popular within our community. More families are choosing Leeds West Academy as first-choice for their children than ever before.
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