Principal

Principal

Salary: Competitive salary plus benefits package

Location: Irlam, Salford

Closing date: Friday 9 June 2023

The Vacancy

Irlam and Cadishead Academy is a Secondary Academy serving the local communities from which it gets its name in south-west Salford. It is a rapidly growing 11-16 secondary school at the heart of its local community with almost 700 pupils on roll, and 750 expected for September.

Leaders have created an inclusive and caring school environment, with a strong focus on personal development and Education with Character. Students are respectful and behave well; lessons are calm and free from disruption.

The new leader will be inheriting a school with strong foundations, a broad and ambitious curriculum, a willing and engaged staffing body, and a huge amount of potential.

The values of the school are evident within the classroom and beyond - with good behaviour, respectful relationships and pupils enjoying their learning. The next Principal needs to be committed to continuing to build this positive culture whilst securing further improvements in academic standards.

The incoming Principal will have the commitment, determination and empathy to bring pupils, parents, staff and the wider community with them, as they strive to move the schools into its next phase of improvement, with the vision to make the Academy exceptional. They will be committed to the highest standards and expectations for all pupils, including and especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

United Learning is a big group of schools – with over 60,000 pupils and more than 9,000 staff – so we have the capacity to support you educationally and operationally. At the same time, we are values led and base all that we do on good relationships, so you will be joining a big family.

Reporting directly to the Regional Director, you will be supported both personally and professionally, benefitting from the strength of a national Group who will support your development and that of your staff and school.

We are committed to fairness, diversity and inclusion. We are currently working hard to improve representation of black, Asian and minority ethnic leaders at headship level and to raise our proportion of women leaders to match their representation in our wider workforce.

Whoever you are, if you have a strong track record of improving young people’s education and a drive to do more, we very much look forward to hearing from you.

The School

Welcome to Irlam & Cadishead Academy, a school of Standard and Character for Years 7 to 11.

Through setting high standards of academic achievement and delivering an education with character, we strive to bring out ‘the best in everyone’.

Our approach is underpinned by our six core values:

• Ambition – to achieve the best for ourselves and others.
• Confidence – to have the courage of our convictions and to take risks in the right cause.
• Creativity – to imagine possibilities and make them real.
• Respect – for ourselves and others in all that we do.
• Enthusiasm – to seek opportunity, find what is good and pursue talents and interests.
• Determination – to overcome obstacles and reach success.

United Learning

Irlam & Cadishead Academy is part of United Learning, a large and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

United Learning is a large and growing, group of schools aiming to offer life-changing education to children and young people across England.

Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum, and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff's wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone.

United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All positions are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online check.

United Learning values diversity and inclusion and is committed to creating and sustaining a more diverse workforce. We welcome applications from professionals of minority ethnic origin and from majority ethnic professionals who share our commitment to inclusion and diversity.

To Apply

Please apply online by clicking on the following link: https://irlamandcadishead.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/3115594?cid=1567

Where teaching is better shared

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