Principal/Headteacher
The JCB Academy
Staffordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Negotiable for a suitably qualified and experienced candidate
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- August 2020
- Apply by:
- 4 February 2020
Job overview
Since opening in 2010 as part of the original Sponsored Academies programme, The JCB Academy has seen ongoing growth and success and is now the most oversubscribed school in the region.
Our vision is "Changing Lives by Developing the Engineers and Business Leaders of the Future"
The curriculum is integrated with world class business and engineering companies including Rolls-Royce, Toyota, Bosch and JCB. The results speak for themselves. Our learners leave with their eyes open to the world of work and are motivated and equipped by our dedicated staff to achieve their aspirations.
The school is also unique in offering apprenticeships at level 2, 3 and 4, helping to solve the skills gap for local employers.
The JCB Academy is a remarkable opportunity for an exceptional skilled candidate to successfully deliver pioneering, entrepreneurial, education strategy. The Principal’s role in this unique organisation is broad and comes with high levels of responsibility and autonomy working directly for the Board of Trustees to seek and develop fresh opportunities.
We are seeking to appoint a dynamic, inspirational, innovative leader, with a proven track record in the educational sector, who has demonstrated the ability to lead a team of highly skilled and dedicated staff and is willing to embrace this exceptional opportunity to make a difference to the life of every learner that comes through our doors.
If that’s you, then please get in touch with our recruitment partner Chris Gartner from Hays Leadership on 07595 646 645 or via email to chris.gartner@hays.com
Closing date for applications: Tuesday, 4 February 2020 at 9:00am
Interview assessment: Wednesday, 12 and Thursday, 13 February 2020
The JCB Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and will also be taken through the DfE approved Hays vetting procedure.
All appointments are made subject to receipt of a completed application form, satisfactory references and Enhanced DBS check.
About The JCB Academy
The JCB Academy was established in September 2010, the first of a brand new kind of school in the UK, with a focus on delivering high-quality engineering and business education.
Since opening we have been consistently successful - our Ofsted inspection in September 2018 recognised us as a “Good” school with “outstanding” features, including progress in mathematics, engineering and vocational courses and the dedication to keeping learners safe and secure.
Learner numbers are growing and we have been oversubscribed every year. Currently we cater for approximately 700 full time learners aged 13-19 as well as approximately 300 learners aged 16+ following apprenticeships.
The academy is located in Rocester, Staffordshire in an adapted and renovated mill, built by the famous industrial entrepreneur and engineer, Richard Arkwright, in the late 18th century.
Values and vision
The JCB Academy aims to change lives by developing the engineer and business leaders of the future. We do this by:
- Working closely with our world-leading industrial partners.
- Having dedicated staff who inspire our learners.
- Ensuring every learner has a meaningful destination.
We work tirelessly to ensure that those entrusted into our care have every chance to achieve success. It is important that learners achieve well academically to ensure that they can compete in the marketplace for higher education places and employment. It is also important that we work to develop those core skills essential for success, not just in the world of work but also in life. The JCB Academy looks to ensure that all learning enables young people to develop:
- Can do/positive attitudes.
- The desire to achieve through actions.
- Creative and enterprising behaviours.
- A willingness to learn in the pursuit of technical and academic excellence.
- Team work and leadership capability.
We have high expectations of each and every learner who will join us. Great store is placed upon self-discipline, good behaviour, uniform, teamwork and co-operation. These traditional values are at the heart of all we undertake at The JCB Academy.
The JCB Academy is a demanding and stimulating place to work. One where you will be supported to achieve your very best in a fantastic working environment.
Ofsted
“Students make outstanding progress in mathematics, engineering and most vocational courses. Many students enter apprenticeships, higher education courses and careers which reflect the characteristics of the University Technical College and its high reputation in the engineering and business industries and professions. Leadership, including governance, is good and improving. As a result, all groups of students are making sustained progress and most are achieving well.”
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