Headteacher
The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT)
Sidcup
- £66,659 - £76,680 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- L18 - L24
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2021
- Apply by:
- 2 October 2020
Job overview
Job Title: Headteacher
Closing date: 2nd October 2020
Location: Orpington, Kent
Interview date: 22nd October 2020
Salary / salary range: L18 (£66,659) – L24 (£76,680)
Start date: January 2021
‘Be the best you can be’ at Gray’s Farm Primary Academy.
Do you have the skills and ambition to rise to a challenge?
Are you someone who has high expectations and a desire to improve the life chances of primary school pupils?
Just 20 minutes by train into London, St Paul’s Cray is a dynamic and vibrant place to work and live with easy access to all that the City has to offer. Just 40 minutes south by car and you find yourself in Royal Tunbridge Wells.
Gray’s Farm Primary Academy is a two-form primary school in Orpington and is one of six primaries within the City region of The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT). We are currently seeking an innovative and enthusiastic Headteacher who will build on the school’s existing strengths, to lead, motivate, develop, and inspire a school team that is passionately committed to giving pupils a wide range of real-life and enriching experiences.
Our academies are pivotal in ensuring our children get the best start in life, no matter what their background. As part of the TKAT network, we are committed to making sure that every child has access to an excellent education and real choices in life.
To find out more about the school, please visit: https://www.graysfarm-tkat.org/
For this role, you will have demonstrable school leadership and management skills and experience, a commitment to professional development, and the personal qualities to build strong relationships with all stakeholders including parents, governors, and colleagues at all levels.
Working for TKAT:
Leadership within TKAT schools requires passion, understanding, empathy and above all, a genuine love for the profession. Our role is to support you by giving you the flexibility to work how and when you need to; to open up opportunities to develop your career; to take care of your wellbeing at work; to enable you to flourish as an individual and to offer the kind of rewards you can only find from improving the prospects and life chances for literally thousands of children and young people.
For an informal discussion and find out more about this opportunity, please contact Neil Small (Senior Primary Schools Director) by email at: neil.small@tkat.org
Safeguarding
TKAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment will be subject to the full Safer Recruitment process, including an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.
Equal Opportunities
TKAT is committed to equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from all suitable candidates, regardless of any protected characteristic for example race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or age. All applications are treated on merit. This includes applications from individuals wishing to work full time, part time or on a flexible basis.
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About The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT)
TKAT prides itself on its high quality of school to school support, our commitment to continuous professional development for both teaching and support staff, our unique approach to earned autonomy for our headteachers and our hands on approach to working with and developing the schools within our academy chain.
We take pride in the support that we offer and want all our students to:
- be happy
- be creative and innovative
- achieve academic success
- develop their interests and talents
- be confident, independent and motivated individuals
The Trust operates primarily in the South of England and our central services are organised to ensure that there is effective support to schools across the areas of Educational Support, ICT, Finance, HR, Health and Safety, and Governance. Our experienced and highly supportive educational and operational teams ensure that our schools are effectively supported.
A Brief History:
- In 2002 the Headteacher of Kemnal Technology College (KTC), John Atkins, together with his staff, started supporting schools.
- In 2006 John was made an NLE and the Governing Body of KTC decided to form a charitable trust to oversee the support of the schools involved with KTC.
- By 2010 there were 5 secondary schools within The Kemnal Trust.
- In June 2010 The Kemnal Trust became The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT). The 5 schools under its umbrella became Academies and TKAT extended its work to include primary schools. It soon became clear that both primary and secondary schools have much to learn from each other and can be mutually supportive.
- John received a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday 2013 Honours’ list for Services to Education
- TKAT is now one of the largest multi-academy trusts in the South of England with over 41 primary and secondary academies in the TKAT family covering Essex, Kent, Surrey, West Sussex, East Sussex, and Hampshire.
Our Charter:
A charter is a set of principles and commitments. This charter sets out the commitments that TKAT will make to our Academies, staff and pupils. These commitments will guide our decision-making and support us all through our future development. As part of our commitment to you we commit to:
- Respect, honour and promote your identity
- Believe and empower
- Inform you
- Listen to you and
- Support you
We want our Academies to be proud of their membership within TKAT, proud of the value they each add and proud of the positive impact they have on all who pass through our education system. We want our relationship to be founded on trust, openness and respect. We believe that by making these commitments to you and defining our relationship, we will continue to give every individual the best chances in life.
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