Director of Secondary Education
Windsor Academy Trust (WAT)
Halesowen
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 2 November 2021
Job overview
Director of Secondary Education – Windsor Academy Trust
Based at WAT Central in Halesowen, West Midlands or WAT North in Great Wyrley, Staffordshire
This is an exciting time to join WAT and lead on school improvement and quality assurance strategies across four secondary academies.
Salary: Competitive, dependent upon experience
Permanent, Full-time
Unlocking Academic and Personal Potential
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding individual as our Director of Secondary Education. 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 secondary schools but also organisational leadership as part of WAT’s Executive team.
Windsor Academy Trust (WAT) is a highly successful and vibrant organisation that provides exceptional education across our family of schools within the West Midlands region. Established in 2011, teaching and learning is at the core of all our work, underpinned by an extensive programme of professional learning for our staff.
This is an exciting time to join WAT and lead on school improvement and quality assurance strategies across our four secondary 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.
With exceptional leadership 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, which operates with absolute integrity and provides a professional and personal development culture for its staff. Working closely with the Headteachers, the Executive and Central team and the team of WAT Subject Directors, Lead Practitioners and Curriculum Leads, 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 effectively to ensure a high quality education for all.
The search for the new post of Director of Secondary Education is being led by RSAcademics and interested candidates are invited to contact RSAcademics initially, to arrange a confidential discussion with one of the consultants handling this appointment:
Helen Flower, Search Consultant at HelenFlower@rsacademics.com / 07921 587752
or Andrea Berkeley, Senior Advisor at AndreaBerkeley@rsacademics.com / 07894 140301
The closing date for applications is 10:00am on Tuesday 2nd November 2021.
To submit your application, please upload your documents according to the instructions on the RSAcademics website. You should submit:
● A completed application form (available alongside this candidate information on the RSAcademics website.
● A covering letter addressed to Dawn Haywood, Deputy CEO and Education Director. The letter should explain your reasons for applying.
If you have any questions about uploading your application documents, please contact Jonathan Barnes, Head of Operations (Leadership Appointments) at applications@rsacademics.com. Jonathan Barnes can also be reached by calling our Head Office on +44 (0)1858 383174.
WAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
RSAcademics is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in schools.
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
Please note that you are wholly responsible for fact checking in respect of the information provided by schools. Please also check for the latest visa and work permit requirements that may apply. Tes is not responsible for the content of advertisements or the policies adopted by advertising schools. Tes asks that all schools follow Tes' Fair Recruitment Policy.