Principal

Principal

L33-39 (£103,578 to £119,920 per annum)

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and experienced leader to the position of Principal at John Port Spencer Academy.

John Port Spencer Academy is a large, vibrant and energetic community academy with the ambition to ensure the very best learning experience for each and every one of our students. We recognise that every student has their own individual strengths, gifts and talents; our aim is to ensure that these are all nurtured and developed to their full potential.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to continue the positive progress that John Port has repeatedly made since joining The Spencer Academies Trust. We are proud of the transformation John Port has undergone in the last six years, firstly being to restored to an Ofsted ‘good’ school and most recently attaining ‘World Class’ status.

There are many opportunities for John Port Spencer Academy, including our ambition to:

• Sustain the recent improvements in student outcomes at key stages 4 and 5
• Further enhance the reputation of John Port Spencer on its journey toward outstanding

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with other Principals across the Trust and leaders who work to collaborate to share resources best practice, overcome challenges and learn from each other. We share collective responsibility for all of our staff, young people and children and of course have the highest ambitions and aspirations for their future.

If you are interested by the prospect of working with us, want to know more about the type of professional we are looking for and what we can offer, please visit www.satrust.com

If you have any questions regarding the role or would like an informal discussion with the Director of Secondary Education, Fraser Mitchell, please contact Nicola Kemp on nkemp@spencertrust.org.uk

Spencer Academies Trust is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have approaching 18000 children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2200 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence.

We currently have 17 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and one primary aged special school in our family of schools. All of our schools benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers, and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performing schools in the country, and deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change in the world.

Mission

Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

Vision

Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children.

We Believe:   

• All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development.  
• Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a ‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership.  
• We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.

The Spencer Academies Trust Safer recruitment policy requires applications for this post must be submitted through our recruitment portal. CV’s cannot be accepted. We are also required to request references prior to interview. 

Closing date for applications: 8am Wednesday 17th April 2024

Interviews will take place the following week.

Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.

How to Apply

Applications are submitted through our Every Candidate Portal. If you are a new user to our portal, you can click on ‘Register’ to complete your candidate profile. If you already have a candidate profile with us, click on ‘Sign In’.  Both of these routes allow you to feed your candidate information into any of our vacancies and view the status of your application. 

We have added a video to help guide you through our portal, please visit https://vimeo.com/737845492/c1b8e43656

Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).

The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.

Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer.