Assistant Vice Principal - Behaviour and Attitudes

Place of Employment: Aston Community Education Trust (senior academies)

Hours of Work: Full time

Salary: Leadership scale L10 – L14

Appointment: Permanent

Date of Commencement: September 2024

Closing Date: 9.00am on Wednesday 22nd May 2024

We are seeking an exceptional and highly talented individual, who will, support the leadership in one of our senior academies (either Aston Academy, Swinton Academy or Shirebrook Academy – to be agreed at interview), leading on improvements in student behaviour and attitudes. The successful candidate will already have experience of leadership at senior or middle leadership level, with a proven track record of successful leadership of a faculty/department or similar.

The successful candidate:

• Is an outstanding teacher, with a continued passion for working with young people;
• Has excellent interpersonal, communication and leadership skills;
• Is a highly effective and strongly resilient leader, with the ability to coach and develop people;
• Has high expectations for every member of the academy community;
• Has the experience, skills and determination to undertake a leadership role;
• Will be an effective and resilient leader, with the ability to develop people;
• Will be experienced, knowledgeable and effective in all safeguarding practices;
• Will contribute to ensuring that the academy provides every student with high quality education which promotes the highest possible standards of achievement;
• Will secure high levels of performance and value added for all students, especially the most vulnerable;
• Is committed to ensuring ACET academies provide every student/pupil with high quality education which promotes the highest possible standards of achievement;

Aston Community Education Trust are a forward thinking and ambitious multi-academy trust, comprising of three secondary academies and nine junior academies across the Rotherham, Sheffield and north Derbyshire areas.

The successful candidate will be responsible for developing the academy intent linked to student behaviour and attitudes.

Application Details

Candidates considering this post are encouraged to arrange an informal discussion with the Executive Principal, Rebecca Hibberd, in the first instance. This can be arranged by contacting the CPO, Gemma Shore gemma.shore@astoncetrust.org

For further information and to apply, please visit http://www.astoncetrust.org/index.php/vacancies. Applications should made on an ACET application form (CVs will not be accepted), and should be returned by email to vacancies@astoncetrust.org by the specified closing date.

Early applications are encouraged, as we may close the vacancy before the advertised date if sufficient high-quality applications are received.

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.