Principal
Charles Warren Academy
Milton Keynes
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- L15-L21, £62,561-£72,483
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April or September 2023
- Apply by:
- 15 February 2023
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to lead a successful school. You will have the opportunity to develop and implement effective strategies, raise standards and continue to improve pupil attainment and progress.
We are looking for a highly motivated, inspiring leader with a purposeful vision to build on the successes of our school. It is a rewarding place for both adults and children to learn, grow and develop.
Our school has well behaved and motivated children. Set in beautiful grounds, it is well resourced and has its own specialist resource base for children with communication and language disorders in key stage one. Charles Warren is a good school with 199 children on roll, it serves a diverse community and our parents have high expectations.
If you are a successful, experienced leader with a proven track record looking for your next step or an existing Headteacher ready for a new challenge we would be delighted to hear from you. We warmly encourage you to visit our school so that you can experience for yourself the positive learning atmosphere that our pupils and staff excel within.
Charles Warren Academy is part of a national network of schools at AET, brought together by the belief that each and every child has an entitlement to an excellent education in every classroom, every day. An excellent education transforms lives and every pupil who attends one of our schools should be given the support, care, and opportunity they need to flourish. We leverage our scale to support all our teachers, leaders, and young people to be the best they can be.
You will be joining one of the largest and most inclusive trusts in the country. We have a flourishing group of primary schools within our network, supported by our Regional Education Directors. This headship is an opportunity to take on the leadership of a school with high levels of potential, with the support of a network of expert peers and within a trust that really values and celebrates their primary school provision.
If you are excited by this role and believe you have the values, vision, and expertise to lead the academy to sustainable excellence, then we want to hear from you.
To arrange a school visit or to find out more, call Recruitment at 0203 947 5689 or email: recruitment@academiesenterprisetrust.org
In line with our safeguarding practices, we are unable to accept CVs. Apply today!
This offers a unique opportunity to join our organisation at a critical and exciting time.
Closing date: Wednesday 15 February 2023
Interview dates: Tuesday 28 February 2023 and Thursday 2 March 2023
Academies Enterprise Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Co-headship, job share, part-time, and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
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About Charles Warren Academy
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Thank you for your interest in joining the team here at Charles Warren Academy. We are very proud and privileged to serve the young people in and around the Milton Keynes area.
In recent years enormous strides have been made to improve progress and attainment and we are very proud that Charles Warren Academy is in the top 1% of all schools for progress and attainment at KS1. Our dedicated teachers and leaders continue to develop a curriculum that inspires and prepares our pupils for their future.
Charles Warren Academy has an exciting future and it is absolutely vital that we attract the right calibre of professional to lead us on our journey to excellence. You will be a colleague who is relentless in their desire to raise standards and improve outcomes; a colleague who is able to enjoy positive, professional relationships with young people, staff and the wider community; and, perhaps most importantly, a colleague who can demonstrate high levels of resilience and emotional intelligence when dealing with complex and sensitive situations.
The Aims of Charles Warren Academy
At Charles Warren Academy we expect the best of everyone. We recognise the transformative power of self-belief, and our children are happy, confident, resilient and self- critical. There are no short cuts and no excuses. We value hard work, determination and ambition, acknowledging and celebrating the variety of ways in which learners can be excellent. We undertake all our work with professionalism, honesty and integrity. A strong moral compass underpins all our work.
We have an inherent belief in the following:
- Everyone is a leader.
- Creating a can-do, solution focused culture.
- Doing it and having impact - make a difference.
- Attention to detail - follow up and follow through.
- Understanding that making mistakes is okay - what’s important is how we learn from them.
- Being outward thinking - adopt a mind-set of restless excellence.
Our Specialism and Awards
We are delighted to have won two National awards from SSAT for progress and Closing the Gap 2015.
We have also been successful in gaining the EYFS Quality Mark and the Quality Mark for the whole school (March 2021)
To learn more about our achievements please click here
Ofsted
We are proud to be judged to be a 'good' school. To view all our Ofsted reports please click here
WHY JOIN OUR ACADEMY?
Development:
We are committed to developing all staff at all levels through high quality development opportunities, resources, and experiences that will support you on your professional learning journey with AET.
Lifestyle:
We champion agile/flexible working across the Trust to help our people achieve an optimal work/life balance.
Money:
All staff have access to our pension schemes (Local Government Pension Scheme and Teachers’ Pension Scheme). Everyone has free access to financial advice & support and can access a wide range of retail discounts through our AET Benefits scheme. We also offer Technology Loans to help with any big digital purchases.
Wellbeing:
We recognise that mental wellbeing is just as important as physical and have set up employee assistance programmes which offer free and confidential counselling 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our employees can access our health cash place scheme from BHSF.
OUR TRUST
We are proud to be part of Academies Enterprise Trust (AET).
AET is a national family of 57 schools committed to delivering an excellent education that launches all the children in our care into a remarkable life. It is our deeply held belief that every child has something remarkable to offer and we see it as our duty to help each and every child find this within themselves.
Equality, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
At AET, we want all of our employees to feel included bringing their passion, creativity and individuality to work. We value all cultures, backgrounds and experiences, and we truly believe that diversity drives innovation.
AET is also an approved Apprenticeship Training Provider (through the ESFA) which allows us to deliver a wide range of apprenticeship programmes across the Trust and our school network. To find out more about what we offer click here.
We also offer teacher training programmes across our network. For more information please click here.
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