Headteacher
The Oxford Academy
Littlemore, Oxford
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- L32-L38 or more for an exceptional candidate
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2020
- Apply by:
- 24 February 2020
Job overview
Respect, Determination, Aspiration and Responsibility
As our next Headteacher, are you excited by the opportunity and challenge to continue the transformation of The Oxford Academy, to make a difference to our students, staff and the community we serve?
Our School:
- Improving and ambitious
- Committed staff
- Impressive students
- Well supported
Your strengths:
- Inspiring leader
- Committed to excellence
- Professional learner
- Collaborative
There will be an opportunity to visit The Oxford Academy on 12 February 12-1pm or 14 February 9.30-10.30am. Please register your intention to visit by emailing Jeanette.Booth@theoxfordacademy.org.uk
If you would like a confidential discussion about the position, please do not hesitate to contact us using the details in the Headteacher application pack
For more information, and to apply on line, please visit the school’s website http://www.theoxfordacademy.org.uk
Application should be made via the TES online application form; the deadline for applications is 9am Monday 24th February.
Shortlisted candidates will be notified by 26th February and interviews are planned for the 2nd and 3rd March 2020.
We are committed to safeguarding and promote the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The post requires an enhanced DBS check. We are committed to equality and diversity.
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About The Oxford Academy
- The Oxford Academy
- Sandy Lane West, Littlemore, Oxford
- Oxfordshire
- OX4 6JZ
- United Kingdom
We provide good teaching, small classes, excellent intervention support for literacy and numeracy, reinforced by regular assessments. We make sure we know every student well from the minute they start at our school. Pastoral support at The Oxford Academy is strong and behaviour is of the highest standard. We also work closely with our families and our community to ensure the best possible outcomes for their children.
At The Oxford Academy we insist on high standards for staff, students, parents and governors, whilst at the same time we ensure that there is a caring environment that allows our students to achieve beyond expectations.
We are 3 miles from Oxford Town Centre for which we have a large onsite car park, the best sports facilities within a school in Oxfordshire and provide staff with free use to our gym.
Oxford is physically one of the most beautiful and cultural cities in the world with stunning old buildings and urban villages such as Jericho. As a major university town with it's beautiful colleges and spires, we have a lively nightlife, great museums and plenty of performing arts, from Art-houses to cinemas to the usual multiplexes, along with excellent all round sports facilities from gyms to ice rinks. There is a wealth of fantastic eateries, great bookshops, decent libraries and a historic old covered market, as well as an open-air market . Bicester Designer Outlet Village with its luxury shopping of designer fashion and homeware stores, which offer up to 60% off is only 13 miles from Oxford.
The new Westgate Centre opened in October 2017 and has 800 000 sq. ft. of prestigious global brands, inventive and eclectic restaurants and cafes, a five screen boutique cinema and sophisticated rooftop bars and dining.
We are only 50 minutes by train to London with strong transport links, equally Oxford is close to the Cotswolds', with the dreamy riverside pubs which are such a quintessential feature of Oxford and the home to Inspector Morse, we are a city that has class!
Please come and visit us, we will be delighted to see you.
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