Vice Principal - Behaviour and Culture

Job overview

We are looking for a Vice Principal for Behaviour and Culture who would love to make a difference in our school. The core purpose of this role will be to lead and manage continuous improvement in students’ engagement in learning, their behaviour, attitudes to learning and attendance in order to substantially improve outcomes. At the Ellis Guilford School, we work together to create an ethos characterised by high expectations and a community in which children and staff feel valued.

Our ideal candidate will have:

·      A strong track record of senior leadership.

·      Proven ability to substantially raise standards of behaviour and attendance.

·      Skills and experience of school improvement processes and how these drive outcomes.

·      In depth knowledge of the 11-19 curriculum.

·      Strong analytical skills, ability to influence others, can do attitude, resilient.

·      Qualified Teacher Status, degree and teaching qualification and ideally NPQH alongside a sustained record of professional development.

For more information, please see the Recruitment Pack attached.

Ellis Guilford became part of the Creative Education Trust (CET) in November 2018. CET has a strong record of educational improvement as well as providing a varied diet of curriculum and enrichment opportunities by introducing pupils to professionals who are the best in their specialist field whether it be composers, architects, designers, or singers. By seeing the best, pupils are inspired and become ambitious to follow careers they may not have considered before.

Our aim is to prepare our pupils to be good citizens of the future and to have the ambition and courage to exceed. If you share our desire to change the lives of young people, we would very much like to hear from you.

As an employee of the Creative Education Trust, you will benefit from a highly competitive career package which includes:

·      High quality professional development

·      Regular training to develop your skills and knowledge

·      A tailored induction programme to meet your needs and ongoing support from an experienced and skilled team    

·      In addition we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package.

Our employees have access to:

·      The Vivup platform that brings employee benefits, discounts, wellbeing and staff recognition

·      Access to Employee Assistance Scheme provided by Health Assured.

·      Bike2Work Scheme - where you can save up to 42% on the cost of bicycles and/or equipment

·      And much more. Please find our Benefits Brochures attached for further details.

Recruitment morning: Thursday 2nd May – an opportunity to tour the school and meet the principal in advance of application deadline – please contact the HR department to arrange via hr@ellisguilfordschool.org.uk or 0115 9131338

Closing date: Thursday 9th May  

Interviews: Thursday 16th May and Friday 17th May

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive suitable applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

The Creative Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks in line with Government Safer Recruitment guidelines.

For more information about the school, please visit our

website https://www.ellisguilfordschool.org.uk/. For any queries about the role

please contact our HR department: hr@ellisguilfordschool.org.uk, 0115 9131338