Principal
The Wey Valley Academy
Weymouth
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 17 May 2024
Job overview
Ambitions Academies Trust is seeking to appoint an inspirational Principal for Wey Valley Academy to ensure that every day is a quality, safe, enjoyable and enriching day.
Ambitions Academies Trust was created in March 2012 and now operates with 6,100 students and 1,000 members of staff.
Wey Valley Academy is a large 11 – 16 school in Weymouth, Dorset. We have an extensive site with excellent facilities. The school is rapidly improving; we are ambitious for our students and our aim is to provide them with an outstanding education so they can make the best possible start in life.
The school prides itself on its inclusive, student-centred community, where young people are empowered and central to driving change and shaping the future of the education that it delivers.
Their broad and balanced curriculum is based on high expectations allowing students to be challenged in achieving their academic potential whilst developing their confidence, resilience and communication to be able to apply these skills within everyday situations in life.
As Principal at Wey Valley, you will be responsible to the Chief Education Officer for the operational leadership, internal organisation, management and control of the Academy.
You will work with the Trust team to deliver a shared vision and school development plan to inspire and motivate pupils, staff and all members of the Wey Valley community. Additionally, you will provide strong and effective leadership to ensure the direction of the academy meets its aims and targets.
Our ideal candidate will have successful experience in secondary school leadership with the ability to set high standards and evaluate data to plan and improve pupil outcomes.
You will also have demonstrable experience of making effective use of funding and other resources with strong financial planning and management skills.
Confidence, resilience and able to lead with integrity is key to the role. You will be committed to encouraging personal development and can inspire others within and beyond the school to believe in the fundamental importance and value of education in young people’s lives.
To find out more and register your interest for the role please visit www.joinambitions.co.uk
If you have any questions or queries about the role, please do not hesitate to get in touch by contacting Helen Stevenson on 07729 024631or helen@satiseducation.co.uk
· The closing date for application is: Friday 17th May 2024 at 9:00am
· Interviews will be held: w/c 20th May 2024
Ambitions Academies Trust is committed to providing a safe, supportive and stimulating environment for all its pupils following Keeping Children Safe in Education Guidelines. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
About The Wey Valley Academy
- The Wey Valley Academy
- Dorchester Road, Weymouth
- Dorset
- DT3 5AN
- United Kingdom
Wey Valley Academy is a 990 PAN- pupil school which currently has 863 students. Wey Valley Academy joined Ambitions Academy Trust in 2019 and educates Boys and Girls aged between 11 and 16.
We believe that education should empower young people, giving them the knowledge to make sense of the world around them and the tools to shape it. Our curriculum gives students access to the best that has been thought and written across academic disciplines. This is supported by a broad range of additional extra-curricular opportunities which we strongly encourage students to make the most of via our enrichment curriculum. The Academy has a proud history of sporting excellence and students can also take part in a thriving Duke of Edinburgh Award programme or involve themselves in our dramatic productions and musical performances. Whatever interests a student has, they will find something for them at Wey Valley.
Visitors to the Academy often comment on the calm and purposeful atmosphere that they find, and the respect that students show towards one another and their teachers. We are a vibrant learning community that places learning at the centre of everything it does. Our expectations are high and whether you are reading this as a prospective student, parent, carer or member of our staff team, we hope you want to join us as we rapidly improve the quality of education on offer.
At Wey Valley Academy we are dedicated to promoting the British Values which will ensure that our students develop a strong sense of social and moral responsibility. We prepare our students for a life in Modern Britain by developing an understanding of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
Our Vision and Ethos.
A broad and balanced curriculum which is accessible and will challenge students on an academic and personal level is vital, as is building a young person’s confidence, resilience and communication skills through a student-centred community.
This will empower them to be central in driving change and shaping the future of the education we deliver at Wey Valley Academy. It will also provide students with life skills and support them in being the very best they can be.
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