Vice Principal
Cherry Orchard Primary Academy, Ebbsfleet, Kent, DA10 1ADThis job expired on 14 October 2022 – see similar jobs
Start date details
January 2023
Closing date
14 October 2022 at 2:59pm
Date listed
4 October 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
Working pattern
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- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Highly competitive plus performance bonus and private healthcare
Vice Principal job summary
Cherry Orchard Primary Academy has an exceptional opportunity for a committed, enthusiastic and passionate Vice Principal to join us from January 2023. Joining us will enable you to work with like-minded colleagues who share your goals and ambitions. You will be part of a team that provides outstanding educational opportunities for all of our pupils through creative, carefully sequenced and highly effective lines of inquiry where all learners are at the very core of driving our curriculum.
This position offers a unique leadership opportunity for those who are inspired to positively impact upon children’s life chances and potential. This is a non teaching role, however as part of this position there will be the expectation that you will cover classes to provide release time or provide some teaching to a consistent class. You will support the Principal with the strategic direction of the primary and act in a delegated capacity in their absence.
We are looking for a passionate leader with a can-do attitude and positive outlook to work with our young and enthusiastic staff. Working as part of the senior leadership team, they will need to focus on maintaining our outstanding status through continuous reflection and improvement of current practices and demonstrate innovative thinking to look for new ways to raise standards still further.
It is essential they are supportive of others and openly share excellent practice, modelling this consistently to the rest of the staff thereby ensuring our pupils have access to highly effective learning experiences.
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 primary 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.
Naturally, we are seeking to appoint the best possible candidates and therefore the application process will reflect our desire to undertake all necessary measures to achieve this.
On the basis that interested candidates may be keen to visit the academy before making a formal application, you can arrange this by contacting the Office Manager, Claire Bond - claire.bond@cherryorchardprimary.org.uk. Visits will be offered in October 2022 and will be hosted by the Principal, Julie Forsythe. Please ensure you offer a range of dates when you are available in your initial email to ensure we can coordinate a visit that works for both you and the academy.
Candidates wishing to have an initial conversation with the SLT about this role can also arrange for a telephone call. Those wishing to do so should also contact the Office Manager (as above) in the first instance.
If you have any queries on any aspect of the application process or need additional information, please contactHolly Neve(LAT Talent Team) atholly.neve@latrust.org.uk.
The academy is committed to safeguarding children and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Our commitment to safeguarding is underpinned by robust processes and checks which are in place across the Trust.
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 Cherry Orchard Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 446 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- talent@latrust.or.guk
- Phone number
- 01634412200
Working for the academy: Cherry Orchard Primary Academy is a highly successful two-form entry primary academy for students between the ages of 3 to 11 that opened in September 2017. The academy admits a maximum of 60 children into each year between Reception and Year 6 having initially opened with places available in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. We have continued to expand and from September 2021 we have children up to year 6 and with every year group at full capacity.
The academy enjoys modern facilities, a nursery for pre-school age children, and a small centre for children with speech, communication and language needs. At the heart of Ebbsfleet Garden City, Cherry Orchard Primary Academy is the focal point of this brand new community, providing local families with an outstanding educational facility.
At Cherry Orchard Primary Academy we will:
-Inspire and engage our children so they develop a lifelong love of learning
-Deliver a quality, inclusive education so all children are able to achieve their full potential
-Create a learning environment where children feel safe and happy so are confident and enthused to ‘have a go’
-Ensure that all children feel valued and celebrate their success at every opportunity
-Provide learning experiences that include challenges for all, producing
resilient and highly motivated learners
-Have a consistent, focused approach to managing behaviour,
safeguarding, pastoral support and embedding British Values across all
year groups
-Create a culture where staff work collaboratively as part of the wider team,
sharing ideas and good practice and offering support to others.
Cherry Orchard Primary Academy has been judged as 'Outstanding' by Ofsted at their recent inspection in November 2021, having been evaluated as outstanding in each of the five areas of inspection, Quality of Education, Behaviour and Attitudes, Personal Development, Leadership and Management and Early Years Provision. Please click here to view our website and learn more about Cherry Orchard Primary Academy.
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