Vice Principal
The Thetford Academy, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 1LHDeadline is tomorrow
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
31 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
17 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Salary: Leadership Pay Scale Points 19-22 (£77,551 - £83,461 per annum)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications: • First degree, 2:1 or equivalent • QTS
Experience:
• A proven leader and
educational strategist,
passionate about teaching
and learning
• Exceptional classroom
practitioner
• Respectful towards all
students, with an
unshakable belief in their
entitlement to the highest
equality education and
ability to achieve whatever
their personal circumstances
• Committed to raising
standards of teaching and
learning through innovative
and collaborative practice
• Successful involvement in
performance management,
self-evaluation process and
data analysis as an aid in
personal and team
improvement, development
and change
• Successful working
relationships with students,
staff, parents/carers and the
wider community
• Successful experience in
leading and managing
pedagogic changes at a
team, and preferably whole
school level
• Proven practice in leading,
motivating and supporting
staff to achieve high
standards
Skills, Knowledge:
• Able to lead, motivate and
develop people of all ages to
work individually and in
teams towards a common
goal
• Able to analyse and use data
to establish benchmarks and
set challenging targets for
improvement
• Able to make decisions,
identify and solve problems
based on thorough analysis
and sound judgement
• Excellent interpersonal,
written and oral
communication and
presentation skills
• Strong organisational skills
and ability to work well
under pressure, delegate,
plan and manage time
effectively
• Personal resilience and the
ability to maintain staff
morale at times of pressure
and change
• Able to evidence a
commitment to on-going
personal and professional
development
• Present a highly professional
and positive role model in
carrying out duties and
when representing the
school
• Possess integrity and relate
appropriately to inspire
commitment, enthusiasm
and confidence from staff,
pupils, governors and
parents/carers
• A life-long learner who
understands the importance
of new ideas, taking risks
and using challenges as an
opportunity to grow and
learn
• A willingness to personally
embrace and celebrate the
ethos and values of the
school
What the school offers its staff
The Inspiration Trust offers all staff a range of benefits via our ‘my lifestyle' portal. All eligible staff will have access to a range of benefits from salary sacrifice schemes and employee discounts.
Commitment to safeguarding
Inspiration Trust is committed to safeguarding and all staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS checks. You will be required to provide references and undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Thetford Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1305 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Thetford Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@inspirationtrust.org
Thetford Academy is a community secondary school and sixth form, close to the Norfolk-Suffolk border. We help our students get the best possible GCSE results, and guide them through A Levels and vocational studies that prepare them for university and the world of work.
We are part of the Inspiration Trust, a close-knit family of schools in East Anglia, dedicated to providing high-quality education for all of our young people, combining academic attainment with rich cultural experiences.
Arranging a visit to The Thetford Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@inspirationtrust.org.
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