Vice Principal (Curriculum, Teaching, Learning & Assessment)
Drapers' Academy, Romford, Essex, RM3 9XRThis job expired on 17 April 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2023
Closing date
17 April 2023 at 9am
Date listed
20 March 2023
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time, Permanent
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership Scale (Outer London) L24 – L28 (currently £81,526 - £89,555)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you passionate about education and wish to ensure that all pupils have the opportunities to excel at school? Do you aspire to be a Headteacher in three to five years? If so, being the new Vice Principal – Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at Drapers’ Academy is the right career move for you.
We secured our Good from Ofsted in March 2020. We now seek to appoint a Vice Principal with the relevant experience, calibre and mind-set to become part of a team that has an ambition to be Outstanding, and one of the best comprehensive schools in London. The successful candidate will have a thorough understanding of all areas of school leadership and will have experience of leading significant school improvement.
As part of the team at Drapers’ Academy you can expect a supportive culture within a school which has high aspirations and is moving forward at pace. We are proud of the significant improvement we have achieved to date - this fantastic opportunity for an outstanding colleague to join our strong and effective leadership team means you can be part of this.
Applicants will have significant and relevant senior experience and qualifications and a proven track record of raising achievement. You will have the ability to lead professional staff who are dedicated to meeting the spiritual, academic and pastoral needs of pupils and students.
What the school offers its staff
Specific responsibilities will be negotiated on appointment but it is anticipated that the successful candidate will have responsibility for the following:
- Leadership of our whole school curriculum, ensuring it delivers and meets the needs of all our pupils and students
- Lead on changes that strengthen our pedagogy to ensure our teachers are equipped with skills that ensure all our pupils and students maximise their achievement
- Ensuring a successful learning culture that enables all pupils and students to become effective, enthusiastic, independent learners
- Maintain quality assurance systems that support teaching and learning, working with the Assistant Vice Principal responsible for this area
- Lead whole school self-evaluation across the Academy.
- Strategic timetabling of the curriculum (subject to previous experience)
- Line management of key curriculum areas
- A teaching commitment (subject area to be discussed at interview)
Please see theVice Principal applicant packfor further detail.
Further details about the role
The successful candidate will:
- challenge, inspire and motivate pupils and students to become life-long learners
- communicate effectively, listen to others, and build strong relationships with all staff
- work with data in order to provide clear messages and vision
- model best practice in the classroom and lead staff training to develop the practice of others
- keep up to date with educational changes and maintain an enthusiasm for continued improvement
- have emotional intelligence and a sense of humour, even when under pressure
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Drapers' Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1219 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Drapers' Academy website
- Email address
- slucey@drapersacademy.com
Arranging a visit to Drapers' Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email slucey@drapersacademy.com.
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