Assistant Vice Principal

ASSISTANT VICE PRINCIPAL   

Recruitment Evening: 3rd May 2017 at 17:30 

Application date: 8th May at 09.00 

Start date: August 2017  

Location: Bradford 

Contract type: Full time 

Contract term: Permanent 

Salary: L10 – 14 (Dependent on experience and role)   

Are you an existing senior leader or an exceptional middle leader? 

Do you want to work in a school where teachers teach and scholars learn? 

Can you work effectively as part of a team and build strong relationships?  

Will you work hard to ensure every child reaches their potential because you believe in effort based ability? 

Why teach at Dixon McMillan Academy?  

Dixons McMillan opened in September 2014 with just one Year 7 cohort.  In September 2017 we will have 450 scholars in years 7 – 10 and 130 scholars in the Sixth Form.   This is an exciting time to join a high performing senior team.  We fully believe that senior leaders are here to serve staff and scholars to ensure every barrier to learning is removed.  This post offers candidates a real step into senior leadership within a supportive and highly successful environment.   We ensure that teachers can prioritise teaching above everything else. By keeping teaching the main thing staff are able to refine and develop their practice in the classroom within a nurturing environment. Tailored coaching and considerable time to plan allows staff and students to fulfil their potential. Our values driven culture genuinely enables teachers to teach and students to learn.  We are incredibly proud of our staff and students who do what it takes for as long as it takes to be successful.   Due to the expertise of the current senior team members we can be flexible on the exact role for this post based on the skill set of the successful candidate..   The successful candidate will be: 

• a high performing teacher and an exceptional ambitious leader  
• confident in curriculum developments and reform  
• proficient in the use of data to secure improvements for our scholars  
• someone who will live and breathe the academy values and drivers to ensure our students life choices are maximized  
• someone who can show measurable impact as an individual teacher and as a middle leader
• focused on building strong professional relationships with all members of the DMA community  
• able to motivate and inspire students to achieve their full potential at all times  
• aligned to a can-do culture  
• committed to the happiness, well-being, self-esteem and progress of everyone at our school
• interested in some of the following areas of school leadership;  behavior for learning,  transition,  safeguarding, most able and / or outdoor education and educational visits 

The academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  Successful applicants will need to undertake a DBS enhanced clearance for the academy. More information about our vacancies and a downloadable application form can be found on our website: http://www.dixonsma.com/index.php/vacancies   

We will be holding a recruitment evening for the advertised post.  

All potential applicants are encouraged to attend the evening, which will provide an opportunity to learn more about our successful approach.