Principal

The Role

Due to an internal promotion Darton Academy are looking to appoint a Principal to lead our academy from Easter 2023 on a full-time, permanent basis. Darton Academy is part of Delta Academies Trust, one of the highest performing large trusts in the country, and this role presents a fantastic opportunity for any candidate who wishes to take their career to the next level. 

As the most senior leader within the Academy, you will work with your Senior Leadership Team to ensure consistent application of effective Trust systems and processes. You will use experience and innovation to drive forward school improvement to ensure that no child is left behind.

You will share the Trust’s vision for improving educational outcomes in the North, bringing about transformational change within the communities that we serve. We pride ourselves on being able to offer you excellent professional development opportunities, and we hope that this appointment will offer a career progression pathway for our future executive leaders.

Your Academy

Darton Academy is an exciting place to learn and as soon as you enter the building you can feel a buzz of enthusiasm. There is a sense of purpose, and the Academy is calm and orderly, with state-of-the-art facilities. We are a close-knit community, and we pride ourselves on knowing our pupils well and doing our utmost to ensure everyone fulfils their true potential.

We aim to ensure that our pupils can learn in a safe and supportive environment, where everyone values academic achievement and has a positive attitude to learning. As a result of our journey of continuous improvement, our pupils achieved the “best ever GCSE results” in the summer of 2022, and we continue to go from strength to strength. Our unvalidated progress 8 result is 0.38.

Situated in the village of Darton, Barnsley, the academy is easily accessible via the M1, with the A1 and M62 offering good travel to work access. 

To learn more about Darton Academy please visit:

www.DartonAcademy.org.uk

Why join our Academy?

 Our staff are talented and enthusiastic and have all been part of the academy’s success story. We are passionate about giving people the chance to develop and progress their careers and recognise that our staff and students are most successful when they feel happy, valued, challenged, and supported to achieve their very best.

Please click the link to have a look at some of the fabulous resources and opportunities in the Trust

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You will also have the opportunity to utilise our Outdoor Environmental Centre at Dallowgill with your students and staff.

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We offer an extensive range of opportunities, incentives and benefits with this post including:

•            Membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) (opt out available)

•            Private Medical Cover (Individual cover only for permanent posts) with the option to add family members via a personal salary deduction

·             Access to the Delta benefits website with discounts on retailers, holidays, days out, etc.

•            Access to Cycle to Work scheme, car leasing and technology scheme

•            Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice

•            Training and development opportunities.

For an informal chat about this position please call Anna Rooney, Executive Principal, on 07583 098168.

Alternatively come for an informal chat at our informal opportunity event on 12 January; follow this link for details https://www.deltatrust.org.uk/news/leadership-opportunity-event/ 

For more information and to apply for this position please visit our website at Careers with Delta • Delta Academies Trust (deltatrust.org.uk)

In accordance with DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, an online search will be completed on all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any relevant information will be discussed further with the applicant during the recruitment process.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding the welfare of its students and the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service certificate and checks of the relevant barred list / prohibition lists.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. However, it is important to note that if we receive a high volume of applications, we may limit the numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

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