Vice Principal - Full-time

Leigh Academies Trust

• Ref:KCC-F63-75-T
• Posted:04/10/2022
• Pay:Highly competitive plus performance bonus
• Start Date:January 2023
• App Close Date:14/10/2022 at 12:00
• Interviews:TBC

Advert

Cherry Orchard Primary Academy has an exceptional opportunity for a committed, enthusiastic and passionate Vice Principal to join us from January 2023. Joining us will enable you to work with like-minded colleagues who share your goals and ambitions. You will be part of a team that provides outstanding educational opportunities for all of our pupils through creative, carefully sequenced and highly effective lines of inquiry where all learners are at the very core of driving our curriculum. 

This position offers a unique leadership opportunity for those who are inspired to positively impact upon children’s life chances and potential. This is a non teaching role, however as part of this position there will be the expectation that you will cover classes to provide release time or provide some teaching to a consistent class. You will support the Principal with the strategic direction of the primary and act in a delegated capacity in their absence.

We are looking for a passionate leader with a can-do attitude and positive outlook to work with our young and enthusiastic staff. Working as part of the senior leadership team, they will need to focus on maintaining our outstanding status through continuous reflection and improvement of current practices and demonstrate innovative thinking to look for new ways to raise standards still further. 

It is essential they are supportive of others and openly share excellent practice, modelling this consistently to the rest of the staff thereby ensuring our pupils have access to highly effective learning experiences. 

We wish to hear from you if you really want to change our education world and are:

• an enthusiastic, energetic and ambitious school leader with a track record of success at primary level;
• a motivational and inspirational leader with high expectations of staff;
• confident and able to communicate a clear vision for the school;
• able to develop children to reach their full potential regardless of background or circumstance;
• approachable and keen to work with staff across the Trust to ensure wide success;
• able to establish and develop excellent relationships with the community and other stakeholders.

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Click here for the full Recruitment Pack.

Naturally, we are seeking to appoint the best possible candidates and therefore the application process will reflect our desire to undertake all necessary measures to achieve this.

On the basis that interested candidates may be keen to visit the academy before making a formal application, you can arrange this by contacting the Office Manager, Claire Bond - claire.bond@cherryorchardprimary.org.uk. Visits will be offered in October 2022 and will be hosted by the Principal, Julie Forsythe.  Please ensure you offer a range of dates when you are available in your initial email to ensure we can coordinate a visit that works for both you and the academy. 

Candidates wishing to have an initial conversation with the SLT about this role can also arrange for a telephone call. Those wishing to do so should also contact the Office Manager (as above) in the first instance.

Information about the trust

Being part of Leigh Academies Trust: As of 1st September 2023, our Trust comprises 31 geographically organised academies (14 secondaries, 14 primaries and 2 special) educating 20,000 students, and employing 3,000 talented staff. The Trust is establishing four ‘clusters’ of academies: North Kent; Central Kent; South East London; Medway. In addition, the Trust is responsible for one of the region’s biggest initial teaching training organisations, a large teaching school hub and is an accredited apprenticeship provider. Our future plans are found in our Vision 2030 document available on our website.

As part of Leigh Academies Trust, you will have ample opportunity to collaborate with your peers both within the academy and across the whole Trust. This is an important part of our vision as we know through experience that we perform better when we work together. You are supported to undertake regular self-development to continue your professional development and hopefully progress further within the organisation.

Click here to view the benefits available to all LAT employees from day one.

Our commitment to safeguarding: Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates - you can read more about this in our Recruitment Guidance. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a Trust, we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not discriminating on any grounds.

Based on the quality and quantity of applications received, Leigh Academies Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy sooner than the specified closing date. Applicants will be notified of this where possible. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Holly Neve
• Address:LAT Head Office,
  Carnation Road,
  Rochester,
  Kent,
  ME2 2SX
• Telephone: 01634 412240
• Email: talent@latrust.org.uk

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Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Recruitment Pack