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Vice Principal (Behaviour, Character & Ethos)

Vice Principal (Behaviour, Character & Ethos)

Avonbourne Boys' and Girls' Academies

Bournemouth

  • Expired
Salary:
Highly Competitive (UL Pay Scale)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
April 2020 or September 2020 for the right candidate
Apply by:
5 February 2020

Job overview

The Role

Do you want to be part of a team, on an exciting ‘turnaround’ journey, where you will help make a lasting impact on our students, many of whom are disadvantaged, so they can make a success of their lives?

Do you believe in disruption free learning, ‘Education with Character’ and a ‘warm:strict’ ethos?

It is a very exciting time to join Avonbourne Academies and play a role in the transformational journey we are currently undergoing. The academies are 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. 

Avonbourne Boys’ Academy, Avonbourne Girls’ Academy and Avonwood Primary all joined United Learning on the 1st August 2019. Avonbourne Girl’s Academy is currently graded as ‘Good’ by OFSTED. Avonbourne Boy’s Academy is a new academy and came into existence on the 1st August 2019. Harewood College, the predecessor school, was previously placed in Special Measures in February 2019.

We believe that all of the academies will provide an excellent education for all students by 2022. We are looking for someone that shares this belief and passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs.

This positon provides a unique and rare opportunity. The person appointed will be Vice-Principal working across both the Avonbourne Boys’ and Avonbourne Girls’ Academies, leading on Behaviour, Character and Ethos. We are working towards a co-location model, replicating the highly successful co-location model at Glenmoor and Winton Academies. The position provides a genuinely exciting opportunity to work across two schools at the same time. It therefore provides an excellent opportunity for an existing Vice-Principal to broaden their experience before headship or for an existing Assistant Principal. You will work closely with both the Principal and Executive Principal of the United Learning Bournemouth and Poole Cluster.

About You

The successful candidate will be:

  • An experienced and highly effective Assistant Principal or Vice-Principal, with an excellent track record
  • Aligned to our values and mission. If you are the type of person who fits with our culture, you will love working here
  • Someone wanting to strategically develop and lead our behaviour systems, academy ethos and ‘Education with Character’
  • Someone who passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs. Someone that does not make excuses for what children can achieve.


We actively welcome visits and would be delighted to show you around our Academies to fully appreciate our excellent learning environment.

United Learning

Avonbourne Boys and Girls 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.

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 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’.

To Apply

Please apply online by clicking on the following link https://unitedlearning.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/1854521?cid=1567&rsid=0&js=0&LinkType=1&FromSearch=False

Closing Date: Wednesday 05 February 2020

United Learning comprises: UCST (Registered in England No: 2780748. Charity No. 1016538) and ULT (Registered in England No. 4439859. An Exempt Charity). Companies limited by guarantee. VAT number 834 8515 12. Registered address: United Learning, Worldwide House, Thorpe Wood, Peterborough, PE3 6SB.

About Avonbourne Boys' and Girls' Academies

Avonbourne Boys’ and Girls’ Academies are two 11-16 secondary schools based in East Bournemouth where students share a campus and are taught in predominantly single sex classes. When students reach our onsite United Sixth Form, mixed classes are reinstated. We believe this diamond model of education recognises that as boys and girls reach their teenage years, they approach their learning differently allowing us to get the most out of every student. We have close links with Avonwood Primary School, a standalone primary facility based next door to our Academies.

Disruption-free teaching is the promise at Avonbourne with the notion of continuous improvement underpinning all we do. The Academies advocate a coaching culture, where teachers develop as reflective practitioners, utilising shared best practice and evidence-based teaching and learning initiatives.  In-house CPD is extensive and high quality and compliments numerous external CPD opportunities within United Learning and through nationally recognised training and qualifications.

Pastoral care is superb, with a highly trained team that are morally driven and extremely effective.  We encourage students to develop their skills through the provision of educational opportunities which enable young minds to play a part in creating a future which has opportunities for all and encourages aspiration and determination.

Our REACH values of Respect, Equality, Ambition, Community and Hard work & Determination underpin all aspects of academy life for staff and students.

Avonbourne Boys’ and Girls’ Academies benefit from working closely with The Cornerstone, Glenmoor and Winton Academies, as part of the United Learning Bournemouth and Poole cluster. We work as a team and achieve more, by sharing, than any single school could.

We are #AVBProud and look forward to showing you around our Academies.

United Learning

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.

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Applications closed