Assistant Headteacher, Raising Standards

This is an excellent opportunity for a talented and enthusiastic colleague to join the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) at The Oxford Academy, a school on a rapid improvement journey where you will be able to make a significant difference to the lives of the children we serve. It is an exciting time to be joining the school and its team of expert and welcoming staff, enabling the successful candidate to be part of something special.

We are currently seeking an inspirational Assistant Headteacher who will take the lead, supported by the Headteacher and Senior Leadership team, with Raising Standards across the school with specific focus on our disadvantaged students. You will have the drive and passion to make a profound and positive improvement in the outcomes of these young people.

We are looking for an enthusiastic professional with the expertise and dedication to live out our values of ‘commitment to others, commitment to learning’. These commitments are central to our school, demonstrated by the strong, warm relationships, and a strong culture of learning for both students and staff. 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 therefore seeking a motivated, strategic and highly motivated professional with:

• A proven track record of outstanding teaching and learning and experience of school improvement
• A strong sense of moral purpose and social responsibility
• The ambition, desire and resilience to maximise success for students and promote high expectations

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. 

Closing date: 23rd April

Shortlisting date: 24th April

Interview dates: 27th & 28th April

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.

Our school is part of the River Learning Trust. Please visit our website to find out more: https://riverlearningtrust.org/working-in-rlt/ 

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.