Assistant Head of College (Assistant Principal) - Full-time

Leigh Academy Rainham, Rainham

• Ref:MED105-1002-193L
• Posted:22/02/2024
• Pay:Leadership scale commensurate with experience
• Start Date:September 2024
• App Close Date:19/03/2024 at 21:00
• Interviews:TBC

Advert

We are looking for an exceptional candidate to join us as an Assistant Head of College (Assistant Principal) to join us from September 2024. The successful candidate will work alongside the Vice Principal to support the academic and pastoral development of its students. 

We are looking for an individual who can confidently establish and develop excellent relationships with all stakeholders. They will be a highly effective and inspirational teacher and leader, with strong behaviour management and experience of leading highly successful teams at a secondary level. We expect all of our students to be challenged, to be inspired and to achieve beyond expectation. Prospective Assistant Principals will be experienced middle leaders who have worked in roles such as Heads of Departments or equivalent.

The role of Assistant Principal can be highly rewarding, as you’ll have the opportunity to directly contribute to pupils receiving the support they need to achieve their full potential. As a community, we believe in working collaboratively and sharing good practice. If you want to be part of a team that embraces innovation and creativity then we are interested to hear from you.

For our successful candidate, being a member of staff at Leigh Academy Rainham and the wider Trust means you’ll receive access to a great range of employment benefits from day one. Click here to view the current benefits package, and be mindful that the list is always growing. 

What we are offering:

• A competitive salary commensurate with the profile of the post

• Bespoke CPD with mentoring and coaching opportunities

• The opportunity to work laterally across a number of Leigh Academies Trust schools to benchmark best practice and to be involved in teaching and learning innovation

We’d like to hear from candidates who are:

• An excellent leader who is passionate about learning and has strong subject knowledge

• Collaborative, able to build strong professional relationships

• Able to motivate and inspire students and staff to achieve their full potential

• Energetic and have a can-do attitude

• Confident and has strong career aspirations

• Committed to safeguarding and the happiness and wellbeing of everyone at the Academy

• Prepared to be involved in leading co-curricular activities either within or outside of their teaching subject

Information about the school

Being part of Leigh Academies Trust: As of 1st September 2022, our Trust comprises 31 geographically organised academies (15 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.

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.

Job Contact Information

• Name:LAT Talent Team
• Address:Leigh Academy Rainham, Otterham Quay Lane, Rainham, Kent, ME8 8GS
• Telephone: 01634 412240
• Email: info@leighacademyrainham.org.uk

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• AP | Job Description | Leigh Academy Rainham