Principal-designate
London Academy of Excellence Tottenham (LAET)
Haringey
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2017
- Apply by:
- 5 June 2016
Job overview
An able, enterprising and versatile graduate teacher is sought to become the founding Head of the London Academy of Excellence Tottenham (LAET), a selective Free School sixth form to open in September 2017. Highgate School as principal educational sponsor and Tottenham Football Club as lead business sponsor invite applications for this exciting post for January 2017.
The Profile of the Head
The successful applicant will have a good honours degree, a track-record of successful teaching, and significant leadership experience, for example as an Assistant or Deputy Head; he or she will be adept at working in a team and communicating with students, staff, parents and those institutions that pupils come from and progress to. The Head will be able to lead a new institution with vision and authority.
The Head will be energetic in establishing the outstanding reputation of a brand new school and communicating this in both the local community and the wider educational world. It is essential that the Head leads by example, undertaking a limited teaching timetable.
It is envisaged that the Principal Designate (the Head's title in Year 0) will take up the appointment in January 2017, thereby having two terms to recruit staff, begin to develop partnerships, oversee the admissions programme and set up operational systems before the first cohort of year 12 pupils arrives in September 2017. The salary package, which will be attractive, will be negotiated at the time of the appointment.
Post details are available from the School's website: www.laet.org.uk
Closing date for applications: 8am on Monday 6 June 2016.
LAET is committed to safeguarding young people, and applicants undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the DBS
.
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About London Academy of Excellence Tottenham (LAET)
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- London Academy of Excellence Tottenham (LAET)
- Lilywhite House, 780 High Road, Haringey
- London
- N17 0BX
- United Kingdom
About the London Academy of Excellence Tottenham
The place for Academic rigour, LAE Tottenham is a 16-19 free school which opened in September 2017 in state of the art premises next to White Hart Lane stadium, offering academically rigorous A Level subjects.
The principal education sponsor, Highgate School, provides significant educational support, including seconded teaching staff. The business sponsor, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, provides funding and employment links. LAE Tottenham also benefits from eight other independent school partners each offering departmental support, CPD, expertise and opportunities for shared student experiences.
LAE Tottenham offers an academic curriculum focusing on ‘hard’ A Level courses as defined by leading universities which is complemented by an active co-curricular programme and the results of the first two cohorts of students put the school in the top 2% nationally for both attainment and progress.
LAE Tottenham is the Sunday Times 'State 6th Form College of the Year 2020-21' and is graded "outstanding" in all areas by Ofsted.
Working at LAET
As the school continues to grow, we are looking to supplement our fantastic staff team and ensure the best possible educational provision for our current and future cohorts.
Working at LAET offers teachers the opportunity to work closely and innovatively with subject specialists from our partner schools, sharing exemplary teaching practice and extending their own professional development.
LAET is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees and pupils which is embedded through our Equality Statement and an ethos of respect. We welcome applications from all areas of the community and support flexible working.
What is our vision?
WE BELIEVE IN:
Academic Rigour - "the importance of intellectual challenge"
Social Responsibility - "acting for the benefit of others"
WE FOCUS ON:
- Aspiration...holding high ambitions
- Endeavour ...working hard to achieve
- Community...being a Tottenham school
- Reflection...reviewing our own development
WE CREATE:
…a university driven curriculum containing demanding A Level subjects
…a culture which promotes learning as an intrinsic good
…partnerships with 9 leading independent schools to support the very best academic outcomes possible
…a culture in which working hard is the norm
…a focus upon homework and independent study
...an authentically professional working environment
...a co-curriculum that reaches out beyond the school gates
...higher academic aspirations in the local community
...an authentic student leadership programme
...an environment which challenges comfort zones thereby developing confidence and resilience
...wide-ranging opportunities for creativity in and beyond the curriculum
...a pastoral system in a small school setting in which everyone’s individual qualities are celebrated
Chrysalis East
LAE Tottenham runs the Chrysalis East programme which supports local secondary and primary schools to ensure that students across Tottenham are able to reach their full academic potential. The programme deploys 'partnership teachers' who work across our partner schools in a range of projects.
LAET is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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