Deputy Headteacher

Sybil Andrews Academy is growing rapidly. The school wants you to join a team to accelerate progress over the next three years. 

The school is part of the Unity Schools Partnership Multi Academy Trust which is committed to growth and career development. The Trust is a values driven organisation which is committed to developing young people as successful learners, confident individuals and responsible citizens. If you are ambitious and keen to work in a family of schools committed to these values in West Suffolk where succession planning is strongly embedded, please consider applying for the post of Deputy Headteacher at Sybil Andrews Academy. 

We are looking for a candidate who will want to implement change, support staff, challenge the status quo and lead rapid improvement. We want solutions-driven, proactive and highly influential and effective applicants who see Deputy Headship as the next stage in their journey. The team is flexible and will allocate roles and responsibilities to reflect the experience and skills of the successful candidate and to support their career progression. 

The school currently has 600 students, has a strong budget for growth and a rapidly rising roll (expected to rise to 1200 pupils). The school is just north of Bury St Edmunds and is a university style campus built in the last 2 years.  

The MAT is a Teaching and a Research school. CPD opportunities are widely available and actively encouraged across the Trust schools. 

If you would like to know more about the opportunity to lead this school in the next stage of its development please contact the Headteacher – Trenica King (tking@sybilandrewsacademy.co.uk) or the Executive Headteacher - Nick Froy (nfroy@unitysp.co.uk).

Closing Date: 9.00am, Thursday 28 March 2019.

Interviews: Thursday 4 April 2019.

Unity Schools Partnership is committed to equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.

Unity Schools Partnership – welcoming diversity.