Home School Services ECT Manager

Warning - This Vacancy is now Closed!

Vice Principal - Full-time

Peninsula East Primary Academy, Rochester

  • Ref:MED887-2194-35L
  • Posted:14/03/2025
  • Pay:Highly competitive plus performance bonus and priv
  • Start Date:September 2025
  • App Close Date:27/03/2025 at 23:45
  • Interviews:Friday 4th April 2025

Advert

Peninsula East Primary Academy has an exceptional opportunity for a committed, enthusiastic and passionate Vice Principal to join us from September 2025. 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. 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.

For our successful candidate, being a member of staff at Peninsula East Primary Academy 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.

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.

 

Please click here to view the full Recruitment Pack

 
 

Application Process

Naturally, we are seeking to appoint the best possible candidate 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 01634 270428 or office@pepa.org.uk. Visits will be offered in March and will be hosted by Lorna Rimmer (Principal). Please ensure you offer a range of dates when you are available 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 01634 270428 (as above) in the first instance.

Closing date: Thursday 27th March 2025
Shortlisting date: Friday 28th March 2025
Interview date: Friday 4th April 2025

If you have any queries on any aspect of the application process or need additional information please contact Amy Wenban (Recruitment Advisor) on 01634 412 205 or amy.wenban@latrust.org.uk.

The academy is committed to safeguarding children and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Our commitment to safeguarding is underpinned by robust processes and checks which are in place across the Trust.

Information about the school

Working with us: Peninsula East Primary Academy is a small 1 form entry primary school in the beautiful village of Allhallows. We have at the core of our ethos the pursuit of the highest standards possible in education and we want to develop our pupils as well-rounded individuals and lifelong learners. We believe in high expectations, high aspirations, high motivation and high achievement for all. Our curriculum is tailored to each child as an individual and our pupils are highly engaged learners.

We use the framework of the International Baccalaureate to deliver the National Curriculum and we are now an official IB World school. As part of this, we are able to link with other IB schools within the UK and abroad. We focus on developing the learner profile attributes, which encompass the skills needed to ensure our children become confident and successful global citizens. We aim to build a community underpinned by international mindfulness, traditional values and social justice in which all members are equally valued. We are committed to ensuring the very best for our children in order for them to play a significant part in society and for them to be ready for secondary school and beyond.

We work closely within our community, having developed links with Haven holiday park, Slough Fort and Allhallows Church. We are also lucky to have extensive outdoor grounds as well as a Nursery provision. We are proud of our digital strategy with all of our children in Key stage 2 having access to a one to one device to further enhance their learning experiences.

In January 2020, the Academy received a rating of ‘Good‘ from Ofsted. 'Leaders have created an ambitious curriculum. Pupils experience a broad range of subjects that fire their interest. Teachers pay careful attention to what they teach when, and encourage pupils to think about what they already know. Leaders have worked diligently to make sure that all teachers have the knowledge to teach reading and comprehension well. A new approach to teaching phonics this school year has had a marked impact on pupils’ reading skills'

Vision and Aims:​​​​​ Peninsula East Primary Academy has at its core the pursuit of the highest standards possible in education. - We believe in high aspirations, high motivation and high achievement for all. Through our extended curriculum we seek to meet the needs of the individual. - We aim to build a community underpinned by international mindfulness, traditional values and social justice in which all members are equally valued. - We are committed to ensuring the very best for our children in order for them to play a significant part in society.

Our aim is to: - Provide every student with the knowledge, skills, self belief and motivation to be successful in their learning and lives - Build a community based on justice and a sense of personal responsibility - Promote courtesy, acceptance, tolerance and respect for others - Welcome, value and respect all who come to the academy - For our children to be life-long learners and global citizens - Build well-rounded pupils through our IB Learner Attributes

"We expect our pupils to work hard be well disciplined, achieve to the best of their ability and take pride in all that they do. Teachers ensure that they are well prepared and continuously develop themselves to enhance our provision and extend our pupils. We are unrelenting and graciously uncompromising in our approach. As a proud member of Leigh Academies Trust we believe in the huge potential of our pupils and focus relentlessly on high aspirations and high achievement. Our aim is that every pupil will be lifelong learners and leave our school as global citizens." - Lorna Rimmer, Principal

Job Contact Information

  • Name:Talent Team, Leigh Academies Trust
  • Address:Carnation Road, Strood, Kent, ME2 2SX
  • Telephone: 01634 412 258
  • Email: Joinus@LATrust.org.uk
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.