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Principal/Lead for Secondary School Improvement

Principal/Lead for Secondary School Improvement

NEAT Academy Trust

Newcastle

  • Expired
Salary:
Initially £90,000 - £105,000, negotiable depending on experience and skills
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2018 (or earlier)
Apply by:
26 February 2018

Job overview

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”

Martin Luther King Jr

 

Benfield School is a rapidly growing 11-18 secondary school and one of five schools that formed the Newcastle East mixed multi Academy Trust (NEAT) in Spring 2017. At the heart of our trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of young people and our communities.

This new role offers a rare opportunity to combine leading the only secondary school in a highly collaborative multi academy trust with contributing to wider system leadership as a secondary specialist, initially as a key partner in a new Teaching School Alliance led by Walkergate Community School and eventually across the trust as its portfolio of schools grows.

Your first priority will be to build on the current strengths of Benfield students, staff and governors to secure ambitious standards and educational outcomes as the school continues to grow. But we also need an outward-looking individual who can seize opportunities and lead strategies from day one that will deliver improved outcomes beyond Benfield.

Our candidate information pack will tell you more about the role and the trust. You’ll see that previous experience of headship is less important to us than appointing a proactive individual with a track record of successful school improvement, the ability to work with a range of partners and the vision and drive to bring opportunities to fruition that enable young people to succeed.

Creating this role demonstrates our commitment to build capacity and future proof our trust within a rapidly changing education landscape. We have faith that taking your first step on this career path with NEAT will give you new challenges, great rewards and the opportunity to shape our trust to make a real difference.

Like to find out more about this unique opportunity? We are holding three Open Days to find out about the role, meet key people and look around the school at 9:30-11:30 on Thursday 8, Tuesday 20 and Thursday 22 February.

Please register your interest by contacting Suzanne Hendey, NEAT Central Support Manager on 0191 2284090 or by email at admin@neat.org.uk. If you are unable to attend any of these dates, we can arrange an informal telephone discussion with Debi Bailey, NEAT Chief Executive.

Interested in applying? A completed application form, criminal records declaration form and equalities monitoring form must be submitted by 9am on Monday, 26 February 2018

Shortlisting is due to take place on Wednesday, 28 February 2018 with the assessment process on Monday, 12 and Tuesday, 13 March 2018.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. It is essential that all our staff and volunteers share this commitment. An enhanced criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required for all posts.

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About NEAT Academy Trust

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  • NEAT Academy Trust
  • 1 Hedley Court, Orion Business Park, North Shields
  • Tyne And Wear
  • NE29 7ST
  • United Kingdom
+44 191 228 4090

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Walkergate Community School is a large primary school based on two sites in the east end of Newcastle. The school was awarded teaching school status in July 2017 and a Research School in 2019.

We have 690 pupils aged from 2 to 11. In 2020 Ofsted rated us as ‘Good’ and children told the OFSTED team 'that staff are always ‘looking after [them] and looking out for [them]’.

There is a free breakfast club on both sites for children in reception and years 1 – 6. After school, we offer a range of clubs for years 1 – 6 which are always popular and school participates in a wide range of sporting activities and competitions.

Our school motto is ‘Together we make a difference’. We are dedicated to working with children, parents and families to ensure that all Walkergate children achieve their very best in everything they do in a safe, happy and nurturing environment.

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Welcome from the NEAT Academy Trust CEO

Walkergate Community School is one of Six schools within NEAT Academy Trust. Set up in 2017 to build on the existing collaboration between the schools, our vision is that:

“We belong to an innovative, sustainable trust working collaboratively with partners to share our vision and values that enables all learners within our influence to be well prepared personally, socially and academically for the next stage of their lives in a changing world.”

The development of our workforce is crucial to the success of our young people and joining NEAT will give you access to a wide range of CPD opportunities as you develop your career with us. Having a research school as an integral part of our trust also provides opportunities to work with other schools to use evidence-based programmes and practices and generate original research.

Debi Bailey

CEO

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