Assistant Headteacher, Inclusion

About this Role

This is an excellent opportunity for a talented and enthusiastic colleague to join the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) at The Oxford Academy and to be instrumental in developing a culture that enables all to flourish.

We are committed to providing educational opportunities of the highest quality for all our students. We believe in educating the whole child. We aim to deliver a broad education that is ambitious, varied and stimulating in a caring environment that creates well-rounded individuals who excel and benefit from our approaches to teaching and learning. At the Oxford Academy, we make a profound and positive difference to everyone in our school. We work to meet the needs of all - whatever it takes.

We are currently seeking an inspirational and highly innovative Assistant Headteacher who will take the lead, supported by the Headteacher and senior leadership team with Inclusion.  You  will have a relentless ambition and a truly inclusive approach, to ensure that all students, regardless of their specific circumstances; starting points or individual needs are able to achieve their full potential and beyond.

We are therefore seeking an inclusive, strategic and highly motivated professional with:

• A proven track record of outstanding teaching and learning
• A strong sense of moral purpose and social responsibility
• The ambition, desire and resilience to work with and lead staff learning, with the ability to inspire excellence in colleagues across the school

We are seeking an exceptional colleague ready to take on a new challenge, who is either an experienced senior leader keen to join our rapidly improving school for the next steps in their professional journey or a middle leader ready to move into senior leadership, 

In return, the successful candidate can expect:

• To play a key role in an ambitious and improving school
• Outstanding professional support at every stage of your career
• A comprehensive Induction Programme
• A supportive Senior Leadership Team
• Opportunities to work in a dynamic and supportive team with excellent facilities
• A positive student body who love learning
• The opportunity to work in the beautiful city of Oxford, serving the communities of Littlemore, Blackbird Leys and Rose Hill

For an open conversation about the role and/or to arrange a visit prior to application, please contact Nicola Sullivan, on 01865 774311 or email nicola.sullivan@theoxfordacademy.org  to arrange a suitable time.

Closing date: 30th November

Shortlisting date: 1st December

Interview date: 9th December

Our school is part of the River Learning Trust; our collective vision is to be a Trust where pupils and staff thrive in schools which demonstrate:

•all-round education, academic success, lifelong learning and strength of character

•sustainable continuous improvement; no school standing still

•all schools being good and outstanding, or improving rapidly

•collaboration that is raising standards, and reducing workload

• where pupils, staff, parents and communities value all we do to support the best possible outcomes and experiences for our children and young people

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

The River Learning Trust and The Oxford Academy are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. All staff must ensure that the highest priority is given to following the guidance and regulations to safeguard children and young people. The River Learning Trust are required to conduct online searches about you as part of their shortlisting process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance in order to identify any incidents or concerns which are publicly available online. By applying for this role, you acknowledge that such searches will be conducted as part of the shortlisting process. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check Employment will also be conditional on the receipt of at least two acceptable references (one from current/latest employer) and evidence of the formal qualifications required for the role.The River Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our schools’ community. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. You should contact the school if you are unsure if this role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. For further guidance for applicants click on the this link List of offences that are not filtered

Our staff are expected to maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school, by not undermining fundamental British values including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.

What benefits does the Trust offer to its employees?

• Annual pay increase for support staff (in line with grade boundaries) and for Teachers (subject to government framework and successful performance review)
• A Defined Benefit Pension Scheme with favourable terms for all employees

(Teachers Pension for Teachers; LGPS for Support Staff)

• Moving from the public sector? Those without a break in service can be reassured that RLT will recognise their continuous service.
• Employee centred and family friendly policies and practises that support you in and beyond your workplace.
• Offering flexible working wherever we can, in order to support the work life balance of our employees.
• Enhanced sick pay, maternity leave, paternity leave and parental leave.
• Competitive holiday entitlement for support staff (minimum 24 days rising to 32 day plus bank holidays per annum - dependent on grade of role and length of service) 
• Cycle to work scheme
• Funded eye tests and glasses for DSE users (subject to T/Cs)
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