Vice Principal

Harris Primary Academy Purley Way, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 4FE

25 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  May

• Closing date

  24 February 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  27 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Deputy headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £60,266-£70,873
• Pay scale: Leadership Scale 6-13 (Outer London)
• Additional allowances:

  Performance and Loyalty Bonus + Pension Scheme (TPS) + Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan + Additional Harris Benefits

What skills and experience we're looking for

Harris Primary Academy Purley Way is looking for a Vice Principal who will closely monitor our children's learning as we continuously close achievement gaps and raise standards for all pupils above those expected nationally.

You will ensure the high quality of all provision, including contributing actively towards the formulation of all school policies and procedures and ensuring their consistent implementation across the academy. You will also lead on teaching and learning across the academy, as well as leading on leadership development, contributing significantly to the academy's Improvement Plan and playing a major role in determining strategy for the academy.

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• QTS (or equivalent) and a good undergraduate degree
• Evidence of continuous self-development and updated knowledge in the fields of teaching and learning and education management
• A proven track record in producing high quality achievements for all children
• Experience of delivering high quality INSET to teaching staff
• Evidence of leading, supporting and managing others to a high level of performance
• Ability to provide professional leadership and management of a staff team and contribute to the work of other teams to secure high-quality teaching, effective use of resources and improved standards of learning and achievement
• Experience of involvement in assessment, pupil tracking and record keeping and effective data analysis and target setting
• Recent experience of involvement in innovative curriculum development
• Experience of embedding innovative strategies for improving teaching and learning in a whole school situation
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and experience of presenting to a wide audience including teachers, managers, governors and parents
• Knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum and the National Curriculum
• Evidence of successful working relationships with parents and carers, Governors, outside agencies and the local community
• Experience of using coaching as a model for ensuring on-going professional development.

For a full person specification, please download the Job Pack.

What the school offers its staff

Harris Primary Academy Purley Way has been open since 2016 and is Ofsted rated Outstanding in all areas. At full capacity there will be 21 classes from Reception to Year 6. We opened with a Reception cohort and are growing by a year group at a time with currently over 350 pupils on roll from Reception to Year 5. The whole community strive for Harris Primary Academy Purley Way to be the best it can possibly be which is encapsulated by our vision statement: “Excellence for All”.

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level to senior leadership.

We look for talented individuals who share our vision for creating exceptional places of learning, and are committed to ensuring that every child in London has access to the best possible education.

In addition to the opportunities for career progression, training and development, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits.

Further details about the role

Your responsibilities will fall under the following key areas:

• Strategic direction and development, playing an integral part in leading the vision, ethos and policies of the academy which secures effective teaching and successful learning and promotes high levels of achievement and self-esteem for all pupils irrespective of background, ethnicity, gender or disability
• Teaching and learning, being one of our most effective and inspirational teachers;
• Recording and assessment, including measurement of the effectiveness of teaching and our children's achievement
• Leadership, including line management, recruitment and the management of delegated budgets

A full list of duties can be found in the Job Pack.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Applying for the job

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About Harris Primary Academy Purley Way

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 487 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Harris Primary Academy Purley Way website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: info@harrisprimarypurleyway.org.uk
• Phone number: 020 3872 1970
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/harris-primary-academy-purley-way (opens in new tab)

Harris Primary Academy Purley Way opened in 2016 with its first cohort of Reception children and their families, and now educates children from Reception to Year 2. Since 2017, the academy has been based in purpose built, three storey building, with state of the art technology and resources and facilities to support the school on its journey to Outstanding. Harris Primary Academy Purley Way will grow year on year to provide classes from Reception to Year 6 and offer three forms of entry by 2022.

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