Principal
Mossbourne Port Side Academy (MPSA)
Thurrock
- Expired
- Salary:
- L18 £77,051 – L31 £105,420 London Fringe, dependent on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 23 March 2025
Job overview
PRINCIPAL – MOSSBOURNE FEDERATION
Mossbourne Port Side Academy, Thurrock
Salary: L18 £77,051 – L31 £105,420 London Fringe, dependent on experience
Starting: September 2025
Working: Full time
Contract: Permanent
Deadline: 23rd March 2025
Interviews: Week beginning 31st March 2025
Mossbourne Federation is the realisation of Sir Clive Bourne’s dream to provide the children of Hackney with an outstanding education. Built on a formula of high expectations, doing the simple things right, and the belief that all children can succeed, Mossbourne offers an environment where all learners, regardless of ability, benefit from innovative and enlightened approaches to teaching and learning. Our calm working atmosphere creates well-rounded individuals who excel in the arts, on the sporting field, and academically.
In 2025, our 20th anniversary year, we are delighted to have expanded to include three Thurrock schools in our Federation. We now consist of seven academies:
- Mossbourne Community Academy (MCA) secondary and sixth form, Hackney
- Mossbourne Fobbing Academy (MFA) secondary and sixth form, Thurrock
- Mossbourne Herd Lane Academy (MHLA) primary, Thurrock
- Mossbourne Parkside Academy (MPA) primary, Hackney
- Mossbourne Port Side Academy (MPSA) secondary, Thurrock
- Mossbourne Riverside Academy (MRA) primary, Hackney
- Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy (MVPA) secondary, Hackney
The Governors of the Mossbourne Federation are seeking an inspirational and driven Principal, to join us in September 2025, to lead Mossbourne Port Side Academy on a rapid school improvement journey.
The ideal applicant will be passionate about innovative education, have a commitment to achieving excellence and the drive and influencing skills to work effectively with students and staff to inspire them towards rapid improvement and, in the longer term, towards outstanding achievement.
Mossbourne students deserve to receive the very best educational experience, and achieve results of which they can be proud, regardless of background or starting point. The successful candidate will build, develop and lead a senior academy team who shares your ambition and commitment to advance the strategic development of the academy.
You will have a proven track-record of accomplishment and successful leadership of outstanding classroom practice across all secondary key stages, be that as Principal or Vice Principal, and may have completed your NPQH.
You will draw on expertise and support from our tried and tested school improvement approaches, but also bring your own ideas, energy, passion and determination.
For an information pack, to arrange a tour of Mossbourne Port Side Academy or for any other details about the Academy, please contact: recruitment@mossbourne.org
Please note:
- A Curriculum Vitae or incomplete application forms will not be considered.
- Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by Monday 31st March 2025.
- We encourage applications from candidates with diverse thinking and backgrounds.
- All appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS and Barred List Checks.
Attached documents
About Mossbourne Port Side Academy (MPSA)
- Mossbourne Port Side Academy (MPSA)
- Hassenbrook Road, Stanford-Le-Hope
- Essex
- SS17 0NS
- United Kingdom
Mossbourne Port Side Academy (MPSA)
Mossbourne Port Side Academy is a secondary school located in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex. It offers a curriculum for students aged 11 to 16, focusing on academic achievement, personal development, and preparing students for future success.
At MPSA, we offer a rich curriculum emphasising core academic subjects, whilst providing the facilities, time and specialist staff to ensure students develop across a range of subjects. MPSA offers a range of enrichment opportunities to our students, leaving them equipped not only for further education and employment but also ready to make a meaningful contribution to society and bring about positive change in their communities.
MPSA is committed to ensuring that all students build the knowledge, character, and qualifications that will open the doors to the future they dream of. Our students leave prepared to make a meaningful impact on the world and bring positive change to their communities.
MPSA has recently entered an exciting new chapter in joining the Mossbourne Federation - an organisation known for its exceptionally high standards, where students consistently achieve some of the best outcomes in the country. This is a thrilling time for our academy, offering us a fantastic opportunity to grow, evolve, and thrive as we continue our mission to provide our students with the outstanding education they deserve.
The Mossbourne Federation
The Mossbourne Federation is a thriving network of Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form academies providing the children of Hackney and Thurrock with an outstanding education from Early Years to Post-16. We deliver the highest quality of teaching and learning across a broad curriculum, underpinned by high expectations for every student and by our Federation values of: ‘Excellence’, ‘No Excuses’ and ‘Unity’. Our staff strive towards a common goal: being the best we can be, ensuring every pupil, every teacher, and every member of staff, fulfils their potential. We value continuous improvement, are always learning, and we are always looking for a better way to do things. We are a supportive family that shares experiences, knowledge, and ideas in an environment that welcomes input and challenge.
Mossbourne Federation staff know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We do not discriminate in recruitment or during employment based on any protected characteristic or aspect of individual identity. We have committed to being an Anti-Racist organisation and we welcome individuals with the ethos and energy to help us achieve this goal. We actively reject discrimination in our academies through continuous review of our working policies and practices across the federation, including at board level. We are committed to developing and supporting inclusivity, diversity, and anti-racism in every facet of what we do.
The Mossbourne Ethos
The Mossbourne Federation is the realisation of Sir Clive Bourne’s dream to provide the children of Hackney with an outstanding education. Since 2004, the Federation has nurtured Sir Clive’s dream by fostering kind, courteous, hard-working, and well-rounded learners by providing an outstanding education based on the core values of ‘Excellence’, ‘No Excuses’ and ‘Unity’. Through upholding these core values, Mossbourne’s London schools have built a reputation for being, without exception, exceptional.
We are delighted that on 1st January 2025, Mossbourne expanded to include three new academies in Thurrock, Essex.
The Federation’s calm working atmosphere creates well-rounded individuals who excel in the arts, on the sporting field and academically. All learners, regardless of ability, benefit from the innovative and enlightened approaches to teaching and learning within The Mossbourne Federation.
See all our current Primary, Secondary & 6th Form vacancies here: https://www.mossbourne.org/vacancies/
You can follow us on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mossbourne-federation/
Find more about working with Mossbourne Federation on our Federation Recruitment Brochure
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