Deputy Headteacher
The Priory Ruskin Academy
Grantham, Lincolnshire
- £64,143 - £70,745 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership Scale
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/01/2024
- Apply by:
- 18 June 2023
Job overview
The Priory Ruskin Academy is seeking to appoint a Deputy Headteacher with the drive, talent and passion to strategically lead the extensive pastoral teams and systems within the academy.
Emotionally intelligent, proactive and values-driven, our ideal candidate will be committed to improving the life chances of our young people by overcoming barriers to learning and ensuring all students have a rich experience within and beyond the curriculum. Your significant experience and knowledge of pastoral provision will continue to shape the direction of Ruskin, which has an outstanding reputation for its holistic approach to education and superlative pastoral care of our students.
We would actively encourage prospective candidates to visit Ruskin in order to appreciate its warmth, unique energy and sense of a genuinely mutually supportive community. Our forward thinking, highly aspirational and dynamic approach within the academy is underpinned by a strong sense of care from a cohered, committed and highly professional staff.
As a MAT, our size and scale allows for both flexibility and creativity in terms of career development and future pathways. We are determined in our mission to ensure that our students become fully fledged citizens of the world and we are equally committed to the wellbeing and development of our staff. All staff benefit from annual appraisals, outstanding CPD opportunities, out Trust Employee Benefit Programme and an excellent HR team.
Keen to find out more? Please feel free to make an appointment by contacting Mrs A Wilson awilson@prioryacademies.co.uk or Mrs C Burton ceburton@prioryacademies.co.uk, PAs to Headteacher. Alternatively, please call the academy on 01476 410410.
The job description and person specification can be found in the attachments.
Please select apply online via our website. Please note CVs are not accepted.
Job Closing Date: 11 June 2023
The Priory Federation of Academies Trust is committed to maintaining a diverse workforce and an inclusive environment for all. Our aim, embedded in the Trust Values, is to enrich our workforce at every level and we encourage applications from all under-represented groups.
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The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The position is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.
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Attached documents
About The Priory Ruskin Academy
The Priory Ruskin Academy is a mixed, mainstream secondary school located in Grantham, Lincolnshire. The school has a sixth form and educates students within the 11-19 age range. It offers a wide range of GCSE and OCR National programmes, as well as a variety of A-Level and BTEC subjects.
The Priory Ruskin Academy was established in 2010 out of a merger between Central Technology and Sports College and Grantham Church High School. It is part of the Priory Federation of Academies Trust.
Headteacher
Mrs R Wyles
Values and vision
The Priory Ruskin Academy has a clear goal to improve the life chances of students. It wants all pupils to appreciate the excitement of learning, as well as the rewards of personal challenge and the importance of helping others. Teachers strive to help students become true citizens of the world.
The secondary school encourages high levels of integrity, personal responsibility and accountability, as well as active participation in the wider community. Within a nurturing and safe space, the school focuses on producing highly motivated students who perform at their best regardless of starting points or personal circumstance.
Ofsted report
“The large majority of teaching is good and some is outstanding. This is having a positive impact on the attainment and progress of students, which is improving quickly. Students are proud of the academy. They are respectful to each other and their teachers. The behaviour of students is good and attitudes to learning are positive. The academy provides a rich programme of extra activities. This helps students to develop good social skills, and moral, spiritual and cultural understanding.”
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