Assistant Principal
The Brittons Academy
Rainham, Essex
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- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership Scale
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 28 June 2019
Job overview
Empower Learning Academy Trust (ELAT) was formed in September 2016 and currently consists of four acadamies in the London Borough of Havering: Hall Mead School; The Brittons Academy; Bower Park Academy and Hacton Primary School.
The Brittons Academy is on a journey of rapid improvement. Our students are polite, positive and friendly and arrive in Year 7 with a firm foundation for their future learning. Our staff are purposeful, dedicated and caring. The community in which the Academy sits is vibrant and diverse. It is an 11-16 comprehensive Academy in the London Borough of Havering.
The Brittons Academy became part of the Empower Learning Academy Trust in September 2016. ELAT is a small Trust with strong values. We believe that teaching really can be transformational for students' lives. The Trust has been working with the leadership team to bring about improvement and the December 2018 Ofsted monitoring inspection recognised that the Academy was making progress on its improvement journey from a school that requires improvement to a good one.
We are looking to recruit an ambitious and committed Assistant Principal who will have the skills, strength of will and character to work with the Senior Leadership Team in taking the Academy to the next level and beyond. The areas of responsibility for this role are flexible and depending on the successful candidate's abilities and interests.
For further information please contact Mrs Angela Farmer, PA to the Principal on 01708 630002.
We are an equal opportunities employer and committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS Disclosure.
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About The Brittons Academy
The Brittons Academy is a mainstream, co-educational, non-denominational, non-selective secondary academy for children aged 11-16. It is situated in Rainham in Essex and there are 690 pupils on its roll.
The school is made up of four houses named after well-known authorities in their subject: Bobby Moore (sports and science), Vivienne Westwood (mathematics and technology), William Shakespeare (communication) and Nelson Mandela (social science).
Principal
Mr Will Thompson
Values and vision
The Brittons Academy has an ethos of high expectations and high aspirations. It believes every child has the right to learn.
The secondary school believes its moral responsibility is to make a difference to the life chances of every student. It aims to do the following: to achieve excellent qualifications for each student; to unlock each individual’s potential; to help each student become a valued citizen; to support each pupil to develop a healthy lifestyle, as well as the skills and attributes for life-long learning.
Ofsted report
“Since the previous inspection, the Principal and senior leaders have concentrated successfully on raising achievement and improving the quality of teaching and students’ behaviour. Their work is bringing about significant improvements across the academy. The recently restructured governing body is much better informed and is providing more rigorous challenge. It is making positive contributions to improving the quality of leadership and teaching.”
View The Brittons Academy’s Ofsted report
The Brittons Academy is part of the Empower Learning Academy Trust
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