Vice Principal

Place of Employment: Waverley Junior Academy (Part of ACET)

Applications would also be welcome from aspiring primary Vice Principals, who would be able to work in other ACET junior academies (which are in Rotherham, Sheffield, North Derbyshire)

Hours of Work: Full time

Salary: Leadership scale L9 – L12

Appointment: Permanent

Date of Commencement: September 2024

Closing Date: 9am on Thursday 18th April 2024

We are seeking to appoint a highly skilled professional, who will support the principal in leading the academy and achieving the objectives in our academy improvement plan. There will be a 50% teaching commitment for the Vice Principal (to be reviewed on an annual basis, to best meet the needs of the academy). The successful candidate will be expected to commence NPQH in September 2024, which will support their development as a leader and provide the foundations for a future headship/principal post.

The Vice Principal will take a leading role in improving standards across all curriculum areas and across all Key Stages. The post-holder will be responsible for raising and maintaining exceptionally high standards across the academy, modelling outstanding practice, leading CPD and contributing to the academy’s monitoring and evaluation schedule. The post-holder will also be a member of the academy’s safeguarding team. 

The successful candidate will be a highly effective teacher with a proven track record of success, and will be an inspirational leader who has the energy and commitment to succeed in this leadership role, supported closely by a team of dedicated professional teaching staff. Candidates should be able to provide evidence of and/or demonstrate the ability to deliver lessons that are good or outstanding lessons.

The successful candidate will:

• Have a passion and extensive knowledge of teaching;
• Be an outstanding teacher, with a continued passion for working with young people;
• Work closely with teachers and leaders, coaching and mentoring to develop classroom practice and pedagogy;
• Have excellent interpersonal, communication and leadership skills;
• Be a highly effective and strongly resilient leader, with the ability to coach and develop people;
• Be experienced, knowledgeable and effective in all safeguarding practices;
• Be committed to ensuring every pupil is provided with high quality education which promotes the highest possible standards of achievement;
• Develop and maintain collaborative links within ACET and the wider education community;

Application Details

Candidates considering this post should complete an ACET Application Form. Please visit the vacancies section of our website: www.astoncetrust.org

Completed applications should be submitted online or returned by email to gwalker@swintonacademy.org CVs/letters will not be accepted.

Safeguarding

ACET is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All applicants should read our safeguarding Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy, which are available on the ‘policy’ section of our academy websites.

It is an offence to seek employment in regulated activity if you are barred from working with children. This post will involve regular contact with children, and therefore is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants are therefore not entitled to withhold information about convictions, cautions or bind-over orders which for any other purposes are “spent” under the provisions of the Act. Any information that is “protected” under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 will not appear on a DBS certificate and does not need to be declared. Guidance on this can be found at

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

Successful candidates will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration related to their criminal record or any information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Additional checks in relation to the Childcare Disqualification Regulations will be undertaken for successful candidates to junior academies. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK, additional information may be required from you to satisfy safer recruitment checks.

Equality

ACET is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity throughout the recruitment process. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and your application will be assessed purely on your ability to do the job.

We undertake to make any ‘reasonable adjustments’ to a job or workplace to counteract any disadvantages a disabled person may face. Where required, we will make reasonable adjustments to the selection process for an applicant with a disability.

Please note if you have not received a reply within three weeks, your application has been unsuccessful.