Principal
Barton Hill Academy
Torquay, Devon
- Expired
- Salary:
- Generous salary and relocation package available for an exceptional candidate
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter
- Apply by:
- 8 October 2018
Job overview
We have an outstanding and ambitious vision - do you?
This opportunity comes at a very exciting time. As a growing academy with plans in place to expand our current nursery provision, we are looking to build on the strong foundations that have been established in recent years by our current Principal. This is a chance for you to help further our ambition to achieve excellence in all areas.
You will be an inspirational and visionary Principal/Deputy Principal, able to build on our strengths, drive progress and lead us onwards to become exceptional in all that we do.
You must be ambitious and able to:
● Thrive within a positive atmosphere of high quality support and challenge
● Lead, empower and drive staff to achieve success
● Be a dynamic and innovative leader with a forward thinking and committed approach
● Hold accountability for the performance of Barton Hill Academy
● Demonstrate a successful track record at either Head or Deputy level
Barton Hill Academy is part of Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) a network of over 60 primary, secondary and special academies. As a member of our network, we can offer ongoing professional and personal development, tailored to your individual needs. You will have the opportunity to work with our Primary Leaders across the Trust, along with added opportunities of sharing within the AET network. We also offer an attractive range of financial, health and well-being benefits.
This is a wonderful opportunity for the right candidate to make a real difference and lead the creation of an outstanding academy.
Visits to the academy are warmly encouraged and can be arranged by contacting Xen Yiasoumi, Recruitment Manager at Tes, on 020 3194 9678 or Xen.Yiasoumi@tes.com.
For an informal discussion or for an application form, please contact Xen Yiasoumi on the contact details above.
Closing date: Monday 8 October 2018, noon
Interviews: Monday 15 October 2018 and Thursday 18 October 2018 (please note day two will take place in London)
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent duty.
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About Barton Hill Academy
- Barton Hill Academy
- Barton Hill Road, Torquay
- Devon
- TQ2 8JA
- United Kingdom
About Barton Hill Academy
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More than a job...it's an adventure in education.
With 631 children on our roll and a brand new nursery provision (Pebbles Nursery) open from September 2021, we are a large 3 form entry primary school based in Torquay. The key to ensuring our children can succeed is having a caring, stimulating and stable environment in which to enjoy their childhood. We work hard to ensure the environment provided by our school allows every child to grow into happy, caring members of the community.
In recent years enormous strides have been made to increase learning standards and we are proud to be judged as 'a good' school by Ofsted. We were last fully inspected in May 2014 and had another short inspection in March 2018. To view all our Ofsted reports please click here. The proportion of our children eligible for pupil premium is well above average and our dedicated teachers and support staff continue to develop a curriculum that inspires and prepares them for their future.
We are always looking for hardworking and ambitious professionals to help our students succeed. We and the Trust will provide all the support necessary to help you if you were to join us.
We hope that you will take the time to come and see and experience for yourself the warm and welcoming atmosphere here at Barton Hill.
Our Curriculum
At Barton Hill Academy we aim to make learning aspirational, creative and fun- we plan creative learning journeys for our children, based on what we know they need to learn, what is relevant for them, the National Curriculum and some of their own ideas and interests. The process of planning a creative, quality rich learning experience is consistent throughout the school.
We have used information in the National Curriculum and are careful to plan a high quality starting point, or foci for the creative learning journey- something real for the children to experience, often a well-planned high quality trip, exploring the local environment and beyond.
The teachers introduce the theme to the children- and get their input to be added to the web diagrams. They decide on what the final experience is going to be for the learning journey (for example- this could be an exhibition, a performance, a trip etc.)
Our curriculum map skills and the National curriculum are used as signposts along the creative learning journey to ensure continuity and progression- we use them in a cross curricular way (so for instance, letter writing might be taught through a project all about Power of reading book being studied).
Our Specialism and Awards
We hold International School Status and the Arts Mark 'gold' award for our creative curriculum.
Who is Lift Schools?
Lift Schools is made up of 57 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 33,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives – and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.
Our mission:
- We will provide an excellent education to every child, in every classroom, every day.
- With excellent leadership and teaching in every school, we will help children go on to lead successful and happy lives.
- We will work with others beyond our network to benefit more children and communities.
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