Assistant Principal: Teaching and Learning
Shenley Academy
Birmingham
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership Pay Range: L12 – L16
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2017
- Apply by:
- 3 March 2017
Job overview
SHENLEY ACADEMY & SIXTH FORM CENTRE
A Science and Performing Arts College
Shenley Lane, Birmingham, B29 4HE,
Tel: 0121 464 5191 Fax: 0121 464 3711
Principal: Lucy Monk,
Mixed 11-18 Comprehensive, 1000 on roll
The academy is seeking to appoint an Assistant Principal: Teaching and Learning for September 2017. The successful candidate will be a member of our Senior Leadership Team with responsibility for leading and developing our Mathematics department.
We are looking for someone who is:
- an existing Assistant Principal, an outstanding Head of Faculty or equivalent with a proven record of imaginative and successful leadership in all aspects of Teaching & Learning;
- strong on vision with the ability to enthuse others and implement ideas;
- able to inspire and motivate students to develop to their full potential;
- an innovative and collaborative leader.
- Mathematician desireable but not essential.
Shenley Academy have outstanding facilities, a new building and a highly positive learning environment. The mathematics team is fully staffed and one of the largest teams in the academy.
Mrs L Monk (Principal) will be pleased to discuss the post with potential applicants and informal visits are welcomed. Further details and an application form are available from the Academy’s website: www.shenleyacademy.org.uk
Closing date: Friday 3rd March 2017
Shenley Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
About Shenley Academy
E-ACT is a highly successful Multi Academy Trust (MAT) encompassing 28 Academies spanning the length breath of the country. Our hopes and aspirations of every one of our pupils is the same. By encouraging them to Think Big and believe that anything is possible, by showing them the importance of Team Spirit and by teaching them to carefully think through their decisions to do The Right Thing, we know that everyone of our pupils can realise their potential with us.
Our community includes over 18,000 pupils and 2,500 teaching and non-teaching professional across the country.
Shenley Academy is a good school (OFSTED, July 2021) with leadership and management, behaviour and personal development all judged as outstanding. You would be joining a forward-thinking academy which places the mental health and the wellbeing of staff and students at the heart of what we do. "The school’s motto, ‘Building futures, changing lives’, is exactly what happens here. Everyone involved in the school is committed to every pupil’s welfare, well-being and academic success. Pupils’ mental health is front and centre in leaders’ thinking and decision-making. As a result, pupils thrive and achieve well." (OFSTED, 2021).
Located in the Weoley Castle area of southwest Birmingham, Shenley provides an attractive, calm and orderly environment, where students are encouraged to grow into polite and well-mannered individuals. The building is bright and spacious, and the huge 30 acre site provides outstanding outdoor learning facilities. A new £24m building for the Academy was completed and opened in September 2012, providing state-of-the-art facilities for students and staff.
Specialist teaching areas are equipped to a very high standard. The building comprises excellent indoor and outdoor sports areas, a theatre with tiered, and a Learning Resource Centre that is extensively used by the students for personal study.
With a £1.4m investment in ICT and staff training in the use of ICT to improve learning, Shenley is rapidly achieving its aim of becoming one of the most advanced state schools in the use of new technology.
The Academy has created an inclusive community where students feel valued, supported and engaged in their learning. In turn, staff expect high standards, and emphasise the basics: good manners, hard work, good behavior, smart uniform, good attendance and punctuality. These help create a positive attitude which in turn supports success. Students are also taken off timetable for Immersion Days and special events or visits such as those to universities, residentials, music tuition or maths challenges.
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