Vice Principal - Special School
This job expired on 28 September 2022
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
28 September 2022 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
1 September 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, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- View all Full timejobs
- Monday - Friday, Term time only.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership L16-20
Vice Principal - Special School job summary
Exciting Leadership Opportunity!
As part of Solent Academies Trust, Mary Rose Academy, is an ‘Outstanding Specialist Sports College’ for pupils aged 2-19 years, with severe, complex and profound learning difficulties and additional needs, including pupils with physical disabilities.
We are seeking to appoint a talented, dynamic and forward-thinking Vice Principal for our exceptional school. You will be enthusiastic about challenge, have high expectations, lots of energy and committed to working with children with severe and complex learning difficulties, to ensure they achieve their very best.
The Vice Principal plays an important role in the overall leadership and management of the school. We are looking for an experienced leader who is an exceptional practitioner with a proven track record of securing excellent outcomes for pupils. The successful candidate will have the highest standards of themselves and display an authenticity that builds trust and maintains excellent relationships with others. You will offer thoughtful and considered contributions to whole school leadership and be able to drive forward improvement in your areas of whole school responsibility through intelligent thinking, methodical implementation, and effective evaluation. You will strike the very careful balance between offering highly effective support and development to those that you lead, alongside providing rigorous challenge and accountability. The unique nature of working at Mary Rose Academy means the successful candidate will need to be highly flexible and will thrive on working in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same!
Commitment to safeguarding
Solent Academies Trust welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion. Only applications submitted on the academy’s application form will be accepted Solent Academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
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About Mary Rose Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 184 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Mary Rose Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@solentacademiestrust.info
- Phone number
- 02394310805
We are a special school for 181 pupils aged 2-19 years, situated across three sites in Portsmouth. We provide a highly specialist, personalised curriculum for young people with the most profound, severe and complex learning difficulties. In addition, the majority of pupils have co-occurring needs including: Autism Spectrum Condition, severe physical disabilities and highly complex medical conditions.
At Mary Rose our vision is to empower our community, within and beyond Mary Rose to achieve great things; experience awe and wonder and to have our voices heard, now and for the future.
We seek to prepare every member of our community for the next significant phase in their lives, whatever that might be, at every age and stage, putting our pupils and their families at the very core of all that we do.
Arranging a visit to Mary Rose Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@solentacademiestrust.info.
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