Principal
Ark Soane Academy
Ealing
- Expired
- Salary:
- Highly competitive and negotiable depending on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 2 May 2019
Job overview
A unique opportunity to be the founding Principal of a brand new Ark school in West London.
Ark Soane Academy will be a non-selective secondary academy in Ealing, close to two Ark primary schools – Ark Priory Primary Academy and Ark Byron Primary Academy. The school will open in September 2020 with a first cohort of 180 Year 7 students, filling each year until reaching its full capacity in 2025, when the 300 place sixth form is filled. The building and facilities are new and all staff will be appointed by the founding Principal.
Ark’s approach is built on its six pillars – High Expectations, Excellent Teaching, Knowing Every Child, Breadth for Depth, Exemplary Behaviour and Always Learning. The founding Principal will have the opportunity to define and shape the implementation of these pillars in the new school and will be supported by the regional team and wider network. Ark’s Base Curriculum and Great Teacher Rubric will provide the new team with exceptionally high quality resources and approaches and will be the foundation on which the new school is built.
The Principal will take up post in September 2019 and will have a significant period of time to plan for the academy’s opening. During the pre-opening period the Principal will undertake training in Ark’s pillars and will have the opportunity to work with other Ark schools in the region and across the network.
We are intent on establishing a school that provides a standard of education on a par with the very best in London and nationally. Appointing the right Principal is key to this. We are seeking someone with a genuine alignment to Ark’s pillars, a Principal who is collaborative and sees the significant benefits of being part of an aligned network and someone who has the technical and behavioural leadership skills to establish a highly successful school.
As the academy will build year by year the new Principal’s previous experience will not be a determining factor. We will consider all candidates if they meet the criteria set out below.
Ideal candidates will:
• Be fully aligned to the six Ark Pillars
• Have a clear understanding of what makes a great school
• Be honest, ambitious, resilient, kind and committed
• Possess the technical and behavioural traits to establish a highly successful school
• Be able to demonstrate impact in key areas of provision and outcomes in current or previous roles
• Be network-minded and be able to contribute meaningfully to our strategic development at both regional and network level
If you are interested in finding out more about this opportunity, please contact 020 3116 0812 to arrange an informal conversation with Jerry Collins, Ark Regional Director.
Location: London
Closing Date: Thursday 2nd May, 10am
Salary: Highly competitive and negotiable depending on experience
First Interview: w/c 6th May
Final interview: w/c 13th May
If successful, you will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Ark is an international charity that is transforming lives through education. We exist to make sure that every child, regardless of background, has access to a great education and real choices in life.
We value diversity and are committed to safeguarding and promoting child welfare. The successful candidate will be subject to DBS and any other relevant employment checks.
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About Ark Soane Academy
Welcome to Ark Soane Academy.
We are a brand new, non-selective, non-denominational secondary school which opened in Ealing in September 2021.
Ark Soane, like all Ark schools, is designed around six core ideas: excellent behaviour; a curriculum that enables student mastery of learning so all students can achieve exceptional results; high quality teaching; development of student character and forming strong habits; raising student aspirations so they seek to achieve to their fullest potential; and developing our teachers to become leaders in education.
We are proud to be named after John Soane – the great architect and educator who is closely associated with the area. He believed that architecture students of his day needed to be well versed in literature, mathematics, classics and history among other subjects and that they should explain their ideas with “clearness, correctness and effect”. We aim to provide that standard of education to all our students: a challenging curriculum taught with kindness and with the opportunity for students to express themselves with pride and with the highest standards of speaking and literacy.
We know that every child can succeed and we will insist on their success by expecting the highest standards from them: a commitment to work hard at all times; a commitment to learn from every opportunity; and a commitment to behave impeccably to maximise time for learning. We also know that children encounter barriers to their learning and we work with children and their families to overcome these. We know that high expectations combined with kind support provides Ark Soane students with every opportunity to succeed.
We know that children are curious and that they deserve to be stretched with a challenging curriculum that demands effort and resilience. Our curriculum provides a strong foundation to develop students’ knowledge and provokes their curiosity and interest in further study. Our students know why what they are learning is important and are prepared to work relentlessly to master that knowledge. We know that struggle is an essential part of learning and we provide additional lessons and support for those who struggle in any topic so that we leave no child behind.
We know that children who love school will be able to access the university and career of their choice. We have recruited an outstanding, passionate and committed team of founding teachers who are experts in their fields and are determined to foster a love for their subject to enable our children to be successful. Our teachers know individual students’ strengths and areas for development and work tirelessly for their success.
We know that children can learn from every activity and every encounter. All Ark Soane children participate in carefully chosen extra-curricular activities designed to grow their independence, their academic skills and their compassion. All children have opportunities to attend universities and meet employers from Year 7 upwards and will be supported to meet their high aspirations.
In September 2021 we opened our doors to 180 year 7 students who have the privilege of being the only year group in the school and the opportunity to shape Ark Soane for future generations. In September 2022 we are delighted to be welcoming our second cohort of students to the school and to be opening our full premises.
We are committed to delivering a highly challenging curriculum in a calm and purposeful environment with great teaching, outstanding behaviour, kindness and respect for all our students.
We look forward to welcoming you to our school.
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