Vice Principal
Fairfax, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B75 7JTThis job expired on 4 December 2023 – see similar jobs
Job start date
8 April 2024
Closing date
4 December 2023 at 9am
Date listed
17 November 2023
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: Full-time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £75,331 – £83,081
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a Vice Principal to join a well-led and motivated team committed to continuous improvement.
To be successful, you will:
- Have the highest ambitions and expectations for all pupils, including the disadvantaged and those with SEND
- Be enthusiastic and energetic and willing to take risks
- Not be a yes person and have a keen desire to collaborate to move forward
- Be someone who understands that the role is a pupil-facing one and who is forward-facing and visible, leading by example
- Want to continue to develop and thrive
This is an exciting time to join us and a great opportunity to be involved in the next stage of the development of this strong team. Over the last few years, there has been a real drive to develop collaborative planning of a well-sequenced, knowledge-rich curriculum in order to ensure our curriculum is inclusive and all students can achieve highly.
This is an ideal opportunity for a colleague who is ambitious, creative and enthusiastic about helping students to learn in a strong, supportive environment.
What the school offers its staff
Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust
At Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust, we enrich lives and transform futures. Our four academies in and around Birmingham offer an outstanding quality of education, recognising that all our children are individuals and delivering exceptional pastoral care to ensure their happiness. Whilst we place strong emphasis on academic achievement, we take a holistic view of education and maintain exciting extracurricular programmes to create the well-rounded young adults of tomorrow. We’re also creating outstanding careers that could take you anywhere within our network – and take your future anywhere you want to go.
Benefits
When you join Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust, you join a nurturing family where your professional satisfaction and personal happiness really count. You can expect heavy investment in your career development, alongside an outstanding package of benefits including a generous pension scheme, employee recognition and assistance programmes, cycle to work and green car schemes, the Perkbox wellness hub and discount platform, and much more. As to the future? Well, that’s entirely up to you, with the only limit on your progression being your ambition and abilities.
Further details about the role
Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will therefore be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) as well as providing evidence of qualifications.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of[1]offenders-act-1974
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) as well as providing evidence of qualifications.
About Fairfax
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1565 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Fairfax website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@fmat.co.uk
At the heart of Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust, Fairfax Academy has been on a path of continued improvement to become an Outstanding provider of education and wellbeing. With attendance above the national average and improved behaviour, Fairfax is a school that nurtures holistic development. We’re a large Academy with just over 1,500 students from Years 7 to 13, but we value creating a sense of belonging, with a House System that generates a family feel amongst our students – and we want you to be part of it.
Arranging a visit to Fairfax
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@fmat.co.uk.
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