Headteacher
Lakelands Academy
Ellesmere, Shropshire
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Group 5 L24- L30
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 11 November 2017
Job overview
HEADTEACHER
Group 5 L24 to L30 (£68,643 to £79,514 per annum (2016 pay scales)).
A relocation package may be available.
We are a successful, popular and well-respected 11-16 academy with a unique ethos; believing that creating an atmosphere of trust and care is conducive to effective learning. Visitors often remark on the ‘family feel’ of our academy and how welcoming staff and students are.
Our Academy is a community in which students, staff and parents are part of a happy, safe and caring environment. The academy was last inspected by Ofsted in February 2016 and was judged to be a “good school” where “students are provided with a good level of challenge. Teachers help them to make progress and push students towards more demanding tasks”
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced leader with a clear vision who:
· Will inspire staff and students to raise existing high expectations, aspirations and achievement and continue to improve this high-quality, fully inclusive academy;
· Has a successful record as a senior manager and who is capable of sound financial management;
· Will sustain school improvement throughout the coming years and ensure outstanding provision and outcomes for students within the next 3 years.
· Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills to lead our academy and relate to the wider community
· Has a highly successful track record in school improvement and managing change; and the qualities and character needed to set a clear agenda for sustainable improvement.
· Is committed to raising the profile of the academy within the community and developing an exciting and rich partnership with all stakeholders.
If you would like to join us and become part of a strong team of professionals totally committed to the future of our young people, we would like to hear from you.
For further information and an application form, please visit our website www.lakelandsacademy.org.uk or contact Alison Skone, Clerk to the Board of Governor on 01691 622543. All completed application forms should be returned to Mrs A Skone, Clerk to the Board of Governors, Lakelands Academy, Oswestry Road, Ellesmere, Shropshire SY12 0EA or emailed to askone@lakelandsacademy.org.uk.
All Applicants are asked to include a statement of no more than two sides of A4 identifying ‘Lakelands Academy- Its challenges and my vision for the way forward.’ With their applications
We would encourage applicants to arrange a visit to see us in action please contact Alison Skone on the details above to arrange your visit.
This Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS).
Closing Date for all Applications: Midnight, Friday 10th November 2017
Interviews to be held: Tuesday 5th December and Wednesday 6th December 2017
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About Lakelands Academy
Lakelands Academy serves the expanding town of Ellesmere and a rural catchment area surrounded by beautiful Shropshire landscape, often referred to as the ‘Shropshire Lake District’. The town and surrounding villages offer a huge variety of attractions, activities and experiences and benefit from good communication links with the West Midlands, Manchester, Liverpool and Chester all of which are under an hour away by car.
We are a successful, popular and well-respected 11-16 academy with a unique ethos; believing that creating an atmosphere of trust and care is so conducive to effective learning. Visitors often remark on the ‘family feel’ of our academy and how welcoming staff and students are.
At Lakelands Academy, we aim to get the best for and from each student. We intend to enable each student to realise his or her full academic, creative and physical potential and to develop social and moral values. Our aim is to prepare students to be successful learners, confident individuals and responsible citizens.
Our Academy is a community in which students, staff and parents are part of a happy, safe and caring environment. The academy was last inspected by Ofsted in June 2012 and was judged to be a “good school” where “relationships between teachers and students are strong and students are highly motivated to do well”.
We are a supportive learning organisation, not just for our students but also for our staff. We continually reflect on our own practice as teachers/leaders and recognise that we can all develop our professional skills, at any stage of our career. In doing so, we recognise that the most effective professional development occurs when teachers learn from, and with, each other.
Since converting to an academy in December 2012 funding secured from the Education Funding Agency has enabled the Academy realise its vision to embark on a programme of extension and site wide refurbishment to upgrade and extend the school’s facilities and significantly improve the school environment. This funding offers a unique opportunity for the academy to build on its current strengths and further improve the opportunities that are available to raise standards even higher whilst maintaining the same strong commitment to the highest academic standards.
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