Vice Principal Teaching and Learning
Westminster Academy
Westminster
- Expired
- Salary:
- L18-L22
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2018
- Apply by:
- 3 July 2017
Job overview
Westminster Academy specialises in International Business and Enterprise. It serves a multi-ethnic community in Central London, and at the heart of our approach is the personalised curriculum based on the International Baccalaureate Learner Profile.
At Westminster Academy we believe that education is success. By providing all of our students with a world class education, we prepare them to be competitive on the international stage. We strive to be the best in every field, as is demonstrated in achieving our ‘Outstanding’ status. As a member of staff at a fast paced, forward thinking organisation, you will genuinely be changing lives.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within our vibrant and thriving Academy for an outstanding Vice Principal who is inspirational, dynamic, innovative and ready for the challenge of joining an exceptional senior leadership team in the sixth most deprived constituency in the country and therefore making a genuine difference to the young people in our community. Your passion for Teaching and Learning should be the driving factor behind your portfolio of excellent results. We are searching for an applicant who is well qualified, driven, ambitious for Headship within the next three to four years and has the ability to hit the ground running. This leadership role will be primarily responsible for Teaching and Learning across the Academy, but a strong vision and evidence of exciting and creative leadership are essential.
Are you that special leader?
● strategic focus and vision, and an absolute focus on raising educational standards
● a consistent drive to improve on the quality of teaching and learning
● instrumental in setting high expectations for self and others and the ability to create, develop and lead high performing teams
● you will already have an exceptional track record of raising standards and attainment, and your personal qualities will align with our ethos and values
● measured risk taker
● an infectious passion for learning and success
● an ambitious, inspirational and enthusiastic leader who has the ability to motivate others
What we offer:
● a key leadership role in a unique and high performing Academy
● an innovative educational concept
● excellent programme of continuing professional development
● be given the opportunity to develop personally and professionally
● have the chance to shape the future of the academy
● opportunity to work with a talented group of teachers and leaders
● work with an ambitious group of students
● An excellent staff wellbeing programme
● Unique Academy working with autonomy, supported by committed and dedicated sponsors
If you would like an initial and confidential conversation about this role, please contact the Principal’s PA via: paprincipal@westminsteracademy.org.uk to arrange a telephone conversation with the Principal.
Closing date: 04 July 2017
Interview dates: To be arranged
Westminster Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment will be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.
About Westminster Academy
Welcome to Westminster Academy.
At Westminster Academy we are committed to providing each student with the best possible academic and extra-curricular opportunities in a supportive, inclusive community. True to our mission, “Education is Success”, we strive to give students the tools they will need to fulfil their highest aspirations, to unlock the future pathways of their own choosing, and to value and make a positive impact on the world around them.
At the heart of our approach is the provision of a supportive, safe, kind environment to allow students to develop as confident young adults. Student welfare is the priority of all Westminster Academy staff, with personal tutors and our pastoral team ever present to ensure students are supported emotionally as well as academically. With an ethos grounded in the IB Learner Profile, the Academy aims to develop students who can collaborate and embrace challenges as Inquirers, Thinkers, Communicators and Risk-takers; students with a growth mindset and an international perspective, who are Knowledgeable, Principled, Caring, Open-minded, Balanced, Reflective.
The Academy has a strong record of academic success, with a passionate and highly knowledgeable staff body who devise engaging lessons to inspire a love of learning and prepare students for academic success and the world beyond. Classroom teaching and learning and rigorous assessment is enhanced by access to a wide range of learning platforms which benefit from AI technology to truly personalise independent learning for students. Our teachers have high expectations and provide interventions and extension activities to ensure each student is meeting their potential and challenged in the process. The breadth of our curriculum allows excellence in core subjects to be complemented by opportunities to develop creativity and expression in the arts, entrepreneurship and ICT mastery in Digital Enterprise, and our core PE classes for each year group ensure students are healthy in mind and body.
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