Principal
Queen Katharine Academy
Peterborough
- Expired
- Salary:
- L30 - L35 £101,533 - £114,759. For the right candidate the salary is negotiable outside the scope of the advertised salary range.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 10 March 2025
Job overview
Job title: Principal
Reports to: TDET Executive Leader
Site: Queen Katharine Academy
Salary: L30 - L35 £101,533 - £114,759. For the right candidate the salary is negotiable outside the scope of the advertised salary range.
Start date: September 2025
Closing Date 9am Monday 10th March 2025
Interview: Week commencing 17th March 2025
Are you a dynamic and forward-looking leader who has the requisite drive, skills and experience to lead our Academy through the next stage of its development?
If so, Queen Katharine Academy would like to hear from you!
About the role:
Queen Katharine Academy is an award winning, growing and vibrant, multi-cultural school based in the north of Peterborough. We are looking to appoint a dynamic and forward-looking leader who has the requisite drive, skills and experience to lead the Academy through the next stage of its development.
The academy currently educates almost 1700 pupils aged 11-19 and prides itself as an inclusive centre of educational excellence, rooted in its community. Staff at Queen Katharine are committed to providing an education that transforms lives and gives all our pupils the opportunities they deserve, regardless of where they are from or their personal starting points. The academy wants our pupils to learn how to change their own lives and those of others, to change the future and to shape society and the world.
Queen Katharine Academy is proud to be part of Thomas Deacon Education Trust, a MAT dedicated to raising educational outcomes across a range of primary and secondary phase schools and academies in Peterborough and the surrounding area. This locally-based trust allows us to share expertise with a variety of like-minded schools and ensures we provide the best possible opportunities for our pupils. There is a strong central Trust staff infrastructure that significantly supports all educational and business services for the academy.
The successful candidate will bring significant expertise and experience from a relevant education setting and a proven track record of positive impact in a variety of leadership roles. You will have experience of raising standards in teaching and learning, strategic planning, financial management and staff recruitment and development and understand the criticality of building school culture where all members of the school community can thrive. You will have exceptional communications skills, allowing you to build strong relationships with pupils, staff, parents and those with local governance roles, as well as with key external stakeholders.
If you think you have the qualities necessary to take on this challenging but ultimately rewarding role and you believe wholeheartedly in raising the aspiration and successfully changing the lives of our pupils, then we would be delighted to hear from you.
Visits are strongly recommended and can be arranged by emailing: samantha.hornsby@tdet.education
Thomas Deacon Education Trust offers:
· Excellent salary package and Teachers’ pension scheme.
· Fantastic training/CPD opportunities in a friendly supportive environment.
· Opportunity for progression across Thomas Deacon Education Trust.
· An engaging, creative and welcoming environment to learners who take pride in their school.
· An inclusive and collaborative approach.
· A talented, highly motivated, committed and professional team of colleagues, both within the school and across the trust.
· An actively supportive Academy Committee and Trust leadership.
Ready to transform lives through education? Apply now and make a difference!
Thomas Deacon Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Academy will require the successful candidate to provide satisfactory references and undertake an Enhanced Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
At Thomas Deacon Education Trust, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Join us in fostering an inclusive and supportive environment where all contributions are valued.
Attached documents
About Queen Katharine Academy
- Queen Katharine Academy
- Mountsteven Avenue, Walton, Peterborough
- Cambridgeshire
- PE4 6HX
- United Kingdom
Queen Katharine Academy (QKA) is a member of the Cambridgeshire-based Thomas Deacon Education Trust and opened in September 2017. QKA is a larger-than-average, age 11 to 19 school in north Peterborough with approximately 1,700 pupils on roll, including 350 in the sixth form.
School Mantra
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
- Nelson Mandela
After working with groups of students and staff, we are pleased to launch our ‘QKA Way’. Our academy mantra demonstrates our belief that providing our students with a world-class education will enable them to positively influence the world.
Our values are Ambition, Responsibility and Respect and these fit perfectly with Katharine of Aragon who our academy is named after. Katherine was ambitious for herself and her daughter, Mary, who went on to be Queen of England. She understood her responsibility as Queen and Henry VIII’s wife and ensured her duty came before everything else. She treated others with respect and was known for ruling with kindness and fairness. We are proud to share these values with Queen Katharine.
We are also launching our student and staff pledges; promises that we make to our academy community to ensure we have an environment where we are all safe and able to thrive. We expect all students and staff to uphold their 5 pledges.
Values
1. Respect
2. Ambition
3. Responsibility
Pledges (students)
1. We will take opportunities given to us to improve and progress
2. Uphold our core values in everything that we do
3. Consistently attend school and lessons on time
4. Help and support others with kindness by being an upstander
5. Show respect to ourselves, others, and our environment
Pledges (staff)
1. We will teach good and outstanding lessons
2. Ensure an environment where students are supported and safe
3. Have high expectations that foster ambition and independence
4. We will be accountable and responsible
5. Promote and provide opportunities to broaden and enrich student experiences
These pledges unite all members of our community and promote a sense of belonging and pride to be part of our academy.
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