Executive Headteacher
Stratford School Academy
Newham
- Expired
- Salary:
- £109,000 to £120,000
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2020
Job overview
The Governors of Stratford School Academy are seeking the school’s next Executive Headteacher.
Stratford School Academy, located near to the Olympic Park in East London, has a long-established tradition of independence. We are an 11-16 standalone academy with a resourced provision for children with autism. The school operates as two mini schools running in parallel.
Our Executive Headteacher, Andrew Seager, is retiring after 15 years. His last day of employment will be the 31st December 2019.
Stratford School Academy has a long-established tradition of independence and we are content with our status as a single school academy trust and have no plans to change this status. The school is financially secure and the new Headteacher should not find themselves needing to make difficult financial decisions.
We are proud of our reputation in our local community as a high-achieving, inclusive school where all students are valued. We have a resourced provision for children with autism and are proud of our work with children with Special Educational Needs.
Stratford is a genuinely interesting school. The mini-school concept (a large school divided into two smaller identical schools run parallel) is still unusual - although we are hearing of other schools considering the same approach. Providing an academic curriculum and having an inclusive approach to education is not an either/or for us – we do both. Teaching is largely to mixed attainment groups and we use a highly structured approach to schemes of work, lessons planning, marking and assessment which is more common in Shanghai than in England. Finally, we emphasise educational research when designing the school’s systems and procedures.
The person we appoint will find a supportive, well-informed Board of Governors who are committed to the school.
You will find more information about the school on our website. The application form, job description and person specification are on the Jobs page of our website
https://stratfordschoolacademy.com/the-school/recruitment/vacancies/.
If you would like to speak to Andrew Seager, the Headteacher, you can call him on 28th, 29th and 30th August between 10.00 am and 4pm on 07958040218.
You can also visit the school on Tuesday 3rd and 10th September and Thursday 5th and 12th September. Visits will be between 12.00pm and 2pm (this is the best time to see the school in action). To arrange a visit please contact Sue White, Office Manager s.white@stratfordschoolacademy.org.
The closing date for applications will be the 13th September at 5:00 pm. with shortlisting happening during the week beginning 16th September and interviews on the 24th and 25th September. This is to allow serving headteachers to apply and, if successful, resign before their latest resignation date for a January start.
We hope that you will find the post attractive and look forward to receiving your application.
Attached documents
About Stratford School Academy
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Vision
We are a mixed, all ability, and non-faith school. Our focus is our local community but our outlook is global. We affirm what we have in common just as much as we celebrate what makes us different.
We believe that education is an intrinsic good that should be enjoyed by all. As educators we will play our part in forming citizens who have a moral compass and understand and accept their responsibility for the well being of others.
At the same time, as a publicly funded educational institution, we have a responsibility to create public value and to succeed to the best of our abilities against those measures by which we are held accountable. We accept this responsibility
School is an important step on the road to learning but it is not the only one.
There are some things that we must all learn now and much else that we will need to learn in the future. We all learn from our families, our communities, our employers and our peers. To this end we must teach our students not just what they need to know now but also to become independent learners who understand how to learn – people who, when they leave us, can travel the road to education by themselves.
We know that people learn in different ways but that for all of us learning is a social process. We will use new technologies to accommodate this reality. We will create a culture at Stratford School founded on finding answers to two questions: What do we currently know about how we all learn and how can we implement our understanding within our school? And: What isn't working and how can we make it better?
We will do everything we can with the resources at our disposal to provide each pupil in our school with a personal education that is enjoyable, that leads to appropriate qualifications and that lays the foundation for further learning.
The world in which we live is changing fast, education is no different. We must therefore create open and flexible structures, both human and physical, that can quickly respond to change.
But we must not lose sight of the students at the heart of our school; we must see the education of each and every one of them in the round and ensure it is conducted in a human scale environment.
No student should be anonymous at Stratford School Academy.
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