Vice Principal
Seahaven Academy
East Sussex
- Expired
- Salary:
- From L19 (approx. £65,735)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2022, or earlier if possible
- Apply by:
- 31 January 2022
Job overview
About the School:
Seahaven Academy is a very proud community, with really big ambitions and incredibly high expectations for all our students. We whole-heartedly believe in our United Learning motto: ‘the best in everyone’.
Our recent inspection confirmed we are a ‘good’ school in all areas with a track record of strong outcomes for our students. We are unapologetically ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We provide all our young people with the challenge and support they need to achieve their goals to enable them to lead happy and fulfilling lives. We strongly believe in ‘Education with Character’ and want our young people to look back on their time at Seahaven as an education which has inspired and rewarded them and prepared them for the ups and downs of life.
The strength of relationships between students and staff is second to none, and we know that we can make a real difference to our students’ lives. Add to this a vibrant atmosphere, a stunning cliff-top location and excellent facilities and it is easy to see why we feel so passionately about our academy and the work we do at Seahaven.
For September 2022, or earlier if possible, we are looking to appoint an additional Vice Principal to join our rapidly expanding school.
Visits to the school are welcomed. Please contact the HR Manager, Vicki Bowes at bowesv@seahavenacademy.org.uk for an appointment.
The Role:
We are looking for an exceptional, highly self-motivated and resourceful Vice Principal to join our well-established Senior Leadership Team. You will be an excellent classroom practitioner, with proven leadership skills and the ability to lead significant areas of school improvement. You will be able to think strategically and proactively, have a strong focus on problem solving, see a challenge as an opportunity, and ensure plans become impactful actions. You will be inspired by working with students who need and deserve the very best from their school. We want to appoint the very best candidate and will therefore welcome applicants from any subject specialism.
United Learning:
Seahaven Academy is part of United Learning, which is a large and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.
Diversity, Inclusion and Safeguarding
Seahaven Academy is an equal opportunities employer committed to ensuring continuing professional development for staff and uses the Rooney Rule as part of the recruitment process, please see the job pack for further information. We take rigorous measures to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and two satisfactory references.
To Apply
For further information and to apply please visit: http://www.seahavenacademy.org.uk/Staff/Vacancies and view our Job Pack for further information. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.
Closing date: 31 January 2022 at midday
Interview: 2 days - 7 and 8 February 2022
Where teaching is better shared
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About Seahaven Academy
Seahaven Academy is a small 11-16 school serving the community of Newhaven and surrounding areas. Following a recent inspection by Ofsted in November 2016, the school has been judged as ‘good’ in all areas. The school has a spectacular position in very modern buildings above the coast, within easy reach of Eastbourne and Brighton.
At Seahaven Academy we have a very simple ethos: be ambitious, be determined, be the best! We have very high expectations of our students and of ourselves and are proud to be committed to fulfilling the United Learning mission of bringing out ‘the best in everyone’.
Our school is a vibrant yet calm environment in which students can fulfil their ambitions. We ensure that classes are disruption-free so that learning time is not wasted. We ensure students have every opportunity to be supported and extended when they most need it. We place a huge emphasis on literacy as the key to the wider curriculum. We enthuse, encourage, motivate, convince and cajole our students to be the best they can be. We underpin all our work with the very best student support and pastoral care. Seahaven Academy is a small school with big ambitions and very high expectations. We expect our students to be leaders and drivers in our pursuit of excellence. Please do come and visit us and see how our ambitions are transforming our school.
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