Principal

Spencer Academies Trust

Principal of Glenbrook Primary School, Nottingham

Salary: 5 point scale within the range L14– L20, depending on experience

The post is available from September 2021, or January 2022 for serving headteachers

We are seeking to appoint a Principal for Glenbrook Primary Academy, a vibrant, warm and inclusive community on the outskirts of Nottingham. This is an exciting opportunity to join lead the team as we continue our journey from Good to Outstanding. You will be an exceptional leader, able to share the vision for our Academy and inspire others to make a significant contribution to its realisation. You will be driven by a commitment to securing the best educational experience for our pupils, in order to transform lives.

Applicants will share our high aspirations and expectations for children and employees.  You will have a track record of sustained impact and influence as a leader. You will be able to articulate a compelling vision; demonstrate a strategic understanding of how to design school-wide improvement and have the skills to lead this with your teams so that our children make outstanding academic and personal progress.

In return, we can offer you:

• The opportunity to work with an amazing and resilient staff team
• Children who are keen to learn and who value the nurturing ethos that the school offers
• A modern purpose built building with extensive grounds including a Forest School
• A well-resourced environment, which includes a minibus
• A collaborative Trust ethos, working with other schools and colleagues to deliver high quality provision through our Trust Values of Aspiration, Responsibility and Partnership
• High quality CPD through our Trust Teaching Hub, Research School and National Maths Hub status
• Rich and varied career development opportunities

SAT is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have approaching 16000 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 15 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.

Applicants would be expected to share the Trust’s high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff.

If you are a dedicated professional, aspirational for what we can achieve in partnership for children at Glenbrook Primary School, please visit http://glenbrooknottingham.org.uk

To visit the school in a COVID  secure way, or to have an informal discussion with the Director of Primary Education, Angela O’Brien, please contact Ellé Turner via elleturner@satrust.com 

For further details and how to apply, please visit www.satrust.com/vacancies   

Please ensure you also attach your CV making sure to clearly evidence your achievements against the person specification.

Closing date:  Monday 10th May 2021 at 8am

Interviews to be held: Week commencing 17th May 2021

In line with safer recruitment policies references will be called for prior to interview.

Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students and all posts are subject to enhanced DBS with children’s barred list checks and completion of Level 2 safeguarding training.