Assistant Vice Principal – Pastoral - Fixed Term Contract - Sept 2021

Manchester Academy is part of United Learning, a highly successful national group of schools and academies which share a mission to bring out ‘the best in everyone’ and improve the life chances of the children and young people in their care.

Whilst there is much to be proud of at Manchester Academy, there is still a great deal to do to ensure standards are securely good. Manchester Academy is a school with ambition and continues to grow. The school’s improvement is recognised and reflected in the latest OFSTED inspection report where the school has been commended for its ‘striking’ efforts to galvanise a diverse community. The report will be released in a few days so please take a look once available.

About You

This role will have a particular focus on Year 7 and Year 8 Transition.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, however applications from any background is welcome to apply.

United Learning is ambitious for the school as it builds on its strengths in line with our Framework for Excellence: promoting the best in everyone, powerful knowledge, education with character, leadership in every role and continuous improvement.

Manchester Academy is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

As a member of our South Manchester Cluster, Manchester Academy is joined with William Hulme’s Grammar School and Stockport Academy. Our cluster model enables high quality, bespoke school improvement and wider opportunities for both staff and students to work collaboratively.

As a Group we can reward our staff better with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits and ultimately the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.

If you would like to meet the Principal and find out more about this role prior to applying, you can arrange this for the following days:

• Wednesday 12 May 2021.
• Thursday 13 May 2021.
• Friday 14 May 2021.

Please call 0161 2321639 to arrange or email recruitment@manchester-academy.org.

To Apply

Please apply online by clicking on the following link: https://unitedlearning.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/2194034?cid=1567&rsid=0&js=0&LinkType=1&FromSearch=False

Closing date: Wednesday 19 May 2021 at midnight

Interviews: w/c 24 May 2021

Where teaching is better shared

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