Director of Primary
Windsor Academy Trust (WAT)
West Midlands
- Expired
- Salary:
- Up to £100,000 depending upon experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 21 January 2019
Job overview
Salary up to £100,000 depending upon experience
A unique and exciting opportunity has arisen for a Director of Primary at Windsor Academy Trust (WAT), a multi-academy trust in the West Midlands. Having recently grown to nine schools, this is an exciting time to join WAT and lead on school improvement and quality assurance strategies across our five primary academies. Recognised for our collaborative and aspirational culture and success in improving the outcomes for the children of our region, WAT is an ambitious Trust that welcomes those who want to inspire, develop and enhance the life-chances of children.
We are at a significant stage in our development which will see WAT grow in the region and are therefore seeking to appoint an outstanding individual as our new Director of Primary. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, you will lead on the school improvement strategy, develop capacity and provide clear support to the Headteachers of our primary schools but also organisational leadership as part of WAT’s Executive team.
With substantial Primary Headteacher experience you will bring a track record of driving school improvement across a multi-academy trust/group of schools, working collaboratively and driving success. You will need the skills to articulate a clear vision, inspire those you work with and provide visible leadership. In return you will be supported by a Trust with shared values, operates with absolute integrity and provides a professional and personal development culture for its staff. Working closely with the Headteachers and the Executive and Central team, you will have strong relationship management skills, exceptional communication skills and technical proficiency. We are a Trust that provides autonomy along with accountability to our schools. This is a role for a highly motivated, ambitious and values driven individual who has a desire to deliver improvements across our schools and work as effectively as possible to ensure a high quality education for all.
To arrange an informal and confidential discussion please call Debbie Whitehouse, Executive PA to CEO on 0121 602 7594.
Closing date: 21st January 2019 at 4 pm
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About Windsor Academy Trust (WAT)
- Windsor Academy Trust (WAT)
- Trinity Point, High Street, Halesowen
- West Midlands
- B63 3HY
- United Kingdom
Windsor Academy Trust
Pride in Excellence, Unlocking Academic and Personal Potential
Windsor Academy Trust came into being in 2012, when Windsor High School and Sixth Form, one of the first converter Academies, was approached by the Department of Education to be a sponsor. The Trust was formed to improve the quality of educational provision through driving innovation and practitioner research and the sharing of ideas and best practice amongst its schools. We currently have nine open academies (four secondary and five primary) across three 2-18 Learning Communities in the Black Country.
Extremely proud of what we have achieved so far, the Trust’s vision is that through collaborative leadership we will continue to grow and provide the highest quality education to enable every pupil to realise their full aspirations. A powerful component of this success has been the synergy of primary and secondary collaboration.
This is a hugely exciting time for WAT as we develop further, with the recent announcement from The Department for Education that the provision of two new Secondary Free Schools in Walsall and Sandwell, are to be set up by WAT.
Windsor Academy Trust’s strapline is ‘Pride in Excellence’. Our aim is to strive for excellence in all we do in order to achieve excellence for the children we serve. We want all in the WAT family to feel proud to be part of a very special and unique movement.
Our moral purpose is ‘unlocking the academic and personal potential’ of our children. We want our children to know how to learn, have a love of learning and to achieve the academic outcomes that will open the door for them to go onto a university or career of their choice. We place equal emphasis on unlocking children personal potential whereby children have the opportunity to discover their passions and talents, develop as leaders and develop a positive character.
Within WAT we have five key plinths that are our main focus for our work.
- Teaching and Learning – our aim is to ‘enthuse, inspire, engage, ever lesson, every day’ through our ten Teaching and Learning Principles driven through robust practitioner research.
- Professional Development – for all staff we are ‘building leadership, teaching and support staff capacity for in-school and school-to-school support.
- Leadership – where we expect all children to be leaders of themselves and support the learning and personal potential of others. We expect children to be leaders ‘always in all ways’.
- Enterprise – here we are ‘building an enterprising spirit and supporting children to discover and achieve their career dreams’.
- Enrichment – that ‘provides exciting opportunities for children to pursue their passions, broaden their horizons and raise their aspirations’.
Much more information about WAT and its schools can be found on our website http://www.windsoracademytrust.org.uk
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