Assistant Principal
Ark Blake Academy
Croydon
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- September 2020
- Apply by:
- 3 February 2020
Job overview
Assistant Principal - Culture & Ethos
Location: East Croydon, London — a ten-minute walk from East Croydon station
Start: September 2020
Opportunity for an exceptional candidate to be a founding Assistant Principal of Ark Blake Academy, shaping a brand-new Ark secondary school in East Croydon
Ark Blake Academy welcomes its first year 7 cohort in September 2020 and will provide children in East Croydon with a first-class academic education, based on strongly held values, for generations to come.
We seek to transform lives through education. Our mission is to ensure that each of our pupils takes responsibility and fulfils their academic and personal potential, before moving on to continue their success, either at university or by beginning a rewarding career of their choice.
Exemplary behaviour and a distinctive ethos based on our strongly held values will create a climate for learning where teachers are supported to deliver exceptional lessons and where pupils flourish.
We are recruiting a talented, highly effective senior leader to work in close partnership with the founding Principal and Vice Principal to embed this vision and develop an outstanding school. The successful candidate will lead on Ark Blake Academy’s strategic priorities in the areas of: Culture & Ethos, including Pastoral and Behaviour.
The successful candidate will be supported in their development and preparation for Headship. We will provide one-to-one support, coaching and access to extensive network training. You will also have the opportunity to be involved in broader Academy strategy, as well as collaborating and leading on network-wide projects.
The ideal candidate will:
• Have a strong academic background, with good A Levels, or equivalent, and a good degree
• Have the commitment, skills and character required to build a brand-new school
• Combine subject matter expertise with a passion for teaching their subject
• Share the Ark Blake vision and be aligned with the six pillars underpinning it
• Be reflective about the Academy and committed to securing its continued development
• Value and support practices driving continued progress across the network of Ark schools
To apply please go to https://arkblake.org/current-vacancies. Please submit your application by Monday 3rd February 2020. For further information, a confidential discussion or any technical queries please contact Peter Shaw, the Principal, at: Peter.Shaw@arkonline.org
Closing Date: Monday 3rd February 2020
Interviews: Friday 7th February 2020
Salary: Competitive
Contract: Full-time hours, permanent contract
We value diversity and are committed to safeguarding and promoting child welfare. The successful candidate will be subject to DBS and any other relevant employment checks.
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About Ark Blake Academy
Ark Blake Academy is a growing and successful academy based in East Croydon that opened in September 2020. We are consistently oversubscribed in every year group and currently have students in Years 7–10. We will continue to grow and look forward to our first cohort of students completing their GCSE studies in the summer of 2025. We have recently welcomed a new Principal and a number senior and middle leaders to the Academy and are now recruiting for further key roles to drive forward our ambitious plans.
At Ark Blake Academy, our mission for the school is to embed a powerful knowledge-rich curriculum and provide fantastic opportunities for character development, all underpinned by an environment where exemplary behaviour is the norm. In terms of our school culture, it is based around the simple but powerful belief of ‘working hard, being kind and taking responsibility’. We aim to become a leading school in London as quickly as possible by living out this day-to-day belief.
What we offer our staff?
· Collaborative planning, centralised or shared resources
- Clear and consistent behaviour systems
- Knowledge rich curriculum and traditional T&L approach
- A Behaviour Policy that supports disruption-free learning
- Highly visible supportive leaders who have your back
- Centralised daily detentions
- Realistic and manageable feedback policy
- Excellent CPD opportunities – internal and within the network
- A thoughtful and impactful meeting schedule and protected time for co-planning on Friday afternoons following earlier student dismissal
- Our staff can take advantage of our on-site fitness suite
- A free breakfast daily
Our team have the opportunity to grow with the school and within the network. We provide one-to-one support, coaching for every teacher and extensive network training including access to high quality, professional development for future leaders including nationally recognised qualifications such as NPQML and NPQSL.
In addition to our welcoming working environment and professional support all employees are eligible for Ark Rewards, a scheme that offers discounts at over 3,000 major retailers.
Ark Blake Academy is part of Ark, one of the UK’s most successful school groups, with a network of 39 schools in 4 locations across the country.
As a proud member of the network:
· We pay 2.5% higher than main pay scale
· Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues across the network
· We take CPD seriously which is why we offer twice as many training days as standard, and network-wide events with Ark colleagues, held by the best minds in education
· Generous pension scheme
· Interest free loans of up to £5,000 available for season tickets or to buy a bicycle
· Gym discounts offering up to 40% off membership at your local gym
· Access to our Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential counselling, legal advice and a range of different support
· Access to the Ark Rewards scheme offering savings from over 3,000 retailers
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