Vice Principal
Ark Soane Academy
Ealing
- Expired
- Salary:
- £71,982- £80,281 (Ark L15-L20)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 24 April 2023
Job overview
Ark Soane Academy
Vice Principal
Location: Acton, West London - a five-minute walk from Acton Town tube station
Salary: £71,982- £80,281 (Ark L15-L20)
Contract: Permanent
Working hours: Full-time
A fantastic opportunity for an ambitious Vice Principal or experienced Assistant Principal to lead the growth of an exceptional new school in Acton.
About the role:
We are seeking an outstanding Vice Principal who will drive forward the ambition for an exemplary 11-18 school delivering exceptional academic progress for our community.
You will have significant skills, drive and a proven track record of having had impact in a Secondary setting.
You will understand the importance of working hard, creating a high performing team and implementing structures and processes to support all staff and students to be successful. You will work in partnership with a highly ambitious and collaborative Principal and leadership team and alongside a truly exceptional founding cohort of teachers.
The exact responsibilities of this role will depend on the skills of the successful candidate, and we are keen to hear from any strong leaders excited by the challenge of joining our school. You will have the opportunity to lead on critical areas such as culture, behaviour and ethos, curriculum, teaching and learning, inclusion, safeguarding and personal development.
You will:
- Have an unwavering determination to deliver excellence for students from all starting points
- Share the Ark Soane beliefs, vision and mission and be aligned with the Ark six pillars underpinning it
- Be committed to Ark’s ethos of high expectations for every student in both academic achievement and personal development.
- Be committed to continually improving classroom practice and raising attainment.
View the full job description and person specification here.
About our school:
Ark Soane Academy is a new secondary school in Acton which opened in September 2021 to 180 year 7 students. We will continue to grow by 180 students each year until reaching full capacity in 2028.
Ark Soane Academy seeks to redefine what is possible in education: by insisting on the highest standards of behaviour; by delivering an immaculately planned and highly academic curriculum exceptionally well; and by providing our students with a compelling aspiration-raising ethos we seek to transform the future of students in a highly deprived community.
Behaviour at Soane is exemplary, enabling you to deliver exceptional lessons. Soane students are a pleasure to teach and you can always expect a “thank you” as they leave the classroom. The curriculum ensures that teachers rarely plan alone: staff time is used where it is most valuable: working as a team to implement the curriculum for the students in our classrooms.
Find out more by visiting - www.arksoane.org
We offer
- Twice as many training days as standard
- Weekly staff training designed to meet the needs of the school
- Coaching for every teacher
- Protected co-planning time
- Access to high-quality, regular professional development
- Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues across the network.
How to apply:
Please submit an application form for the right job by visiting our vacancies page.
To arrange an informal chat or for any technical queries, please contact our HR member Swannie Ki on s.ki@arksoane.org.
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.
Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link.
About Ark Soane Academy
Welcome to Ark Soane Academy.
We are a brand new, non-selective, non-denominational secondary school which opened in Ealing in September 2021.
Ark Soane, like all Ark schools, is designed around six core ideas: excellent behaviour; a curriculum that enables student mastery of learning so all students can achieve exceptional results; high quality teaching; development of student character and forming strong habits; raising student aspirations so they seek to achieve to their fullest potential; and developing our teachers to become leaders in education.
We are proud to be named after John Soane – the great architect and educator who is closely associated with the area. He believed that architecture students of his day needed to be well versed in literature, mathematics, classics and history among other subjects and that they should explain their ideas with “clearness, correctness and effect”. We aim to provide that standard of education to all our students: a challenging curriculum taught with kindness and with the opportunity for students to express themselves with pride and with the highest standards of speaking and literacy.
We know that every child can succeed and we will insist on their success by expecting the highest standards from them: a commitment to work hard at all times; a commitment to learn from every opportunity; and a commitment to behave impeccably to maximise time for learning. We also know that children encounter barriers to their learning and we work with children and their families to overcome these. We know that high expectations combined with kind support provides Ark Soane students with every opportunity to succeed.
We know that children are curious and that they deserve to be stretched with a challenging curriculum that demands effort and resilience. Our curriculum provides a strong foundation to develop students’ knowledge and provokes their curiosity and interest in further study. Our students know why what they are learning is important and are prepared to work relentlessly to master that knowledge. We know that struggle is an essential part of learning and we provide additional lessons and support for those who struggle in any topic so that we leave no child behind.
We know that children who love school will be able to access the university and career of their choice. We have recruited an outstanding, passionate and committed team of founding teachers who are experts in their fields and are determined to foster a love for their subject to enable our children to be successful. Our teachers know individual students’ strengths and areas for development and work tirelessly for their success.
We know that children can learn from every activity and every encounter. All Ark Soane children participate in carefully chosen extra-curricular activities designed to grow their independence, their academic skills and their compassion. All children have opportunities to attend universities and meet employers from Year 7 upwards and will be supported to meet their high aspirations.
In September 2021 we opened our doors to 180 year 7 students who have the privilege of being the only year group in the school and the opportunity to shape Ark Soane for future generations. In September 2022 we are delighted to be welcoming our second cohort of students to the school and to be opening our full premises.
We are committed to delivering a highly challenging curriculum in a calm and purposeful environment with great teaching, outstanding behaviour, kindness and respect for all our students.
We look forward to welcoming you to our school.
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