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Assistant Principal (Sixth Form / Post 16) - Full-time

Brompton Academy (UKAT), Gillingham

  • Ref:MED887-6906-28L
  • Posted:24/03/2021
  • Pay:£53,602 to £62,139 per annum
  • Start Date:September 2021
  • App Close Date:19/04/2021 at 10:00
  • Interviews:w/c 26 April 2021

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Brompton Academy is seeking to find a dynamic, charismatic, forward thinking strategic leader, who has the energy, intellectual capacity and determination to innovate, drive forward, inspire, and bring cohesion and integration to our ambitious post 16 agenda. The UKAT post 16 provision is based at both Brompton Academy and Chatham Grammar, and the successful candidate will be based at Brompton Academy, working alongside another Assistant Principal for post 16. 

Applicants for this post should be able to evidence successful strategies used for:  building relationships, developing processes and systems, understanding of pedagogical practices for outstanding post 16 learning and progress, raising student and staff aspiration and motivation. 

This post requires a resilient individual who relishes a challenge and is not adverse to taking risks. The post holder will also be a key member of the strategic UKAT senior team at Brompton Academy. 

If you are ambitious, motivated and creative, with a genuine love for transforming lives through education, then we want to hear from you. We are looking for an individual to join our senior team: a leader who is driven by their values to develop a powerful educational offer, someone who sees the link between curriculum and outcomes, someone passionate about culturally enriching our students, someone who respects expertise in the classroom, someone who understands how firm pastoral structures raise young people up, someone who wants to build on the wealth we already have in our staff. Yes, we seek someone who sees the value of our moral mission to educate

HOW TO APPLY  

Your application should be made after reading the job description, person specification and supplementary information pack (which details some specific responses as part of your application) and you will use the application form to tell us how your current skills and experience fit the requirements and why you think you would be suited to this role.   

We are keen to attract top talent to our inclusive Trust and therefore we welcome applications from all people across the community spectrum regardless of their race, religion, ethnicity, sexuality, sexual orientation, disability, gender reassignment or age.  

Please refer to the applicant information document for application instruction. 

For further information or to download our application form, please visit our website: http://www.bromptonacademy.org.uk/ or www.chathamgrammar.org.uk 

Deadline for applications: Monday 19 April 2021 at 10:00am 

Interviews are scheduled for w/c 26 April 2021  

The University of Kent Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).   

 

 

Information about the school

The Successful applicant will be coming to a multi-academy trust-wide supportive learning environment, characterised by open management, and in the knowledge that they will enjoy the full support and care of the pragmatic (and down-to-earth) leadership team. We have a dynamic, innovative team of professional staff who want to make a difference to the lives, aspirations and opportunities of our young people. We would encourage applicants to visit the UKAT website to view the many employee benefits on offer: https://www.universityofkentacademiestrust.org.uk/careers-with-ukat.

Brompton Academy is an extremely popular oversubscribed academy with a current Ofsted rating of Good and a 400+ adult learner education programme. We have fantastic new buildings, with outstanding facilities and Apple technologies for all, enabling us to enhance and support cutting-edge learning strategies required for continuous improvement. Brompton Academy is proud of its comprehensive website and would encourage applicants to visit for further information: http://www.bromptonacademy.org.uk/.

How to Apply

Your application should be made after reading the job description and person specification, and you will use the application to tell us how your current skills and experience fit the requirements and why you think you would be suited to this role. CVs will not be accepted.

We are keen to attract top talent to our inclusive Trust and therefore we welcome applications from all people across the community spectrum regardless of their race, religion, ethnicity, sexuality, sexual orientation, disability, gender reassignment or age.

Closing date: 23rd May

We reserve the right to consider applications upon receipt.

The University of Kent Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

In addition, the Trust will carry out an online search, once, as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is intended to help us identify any incidents or issues that have happened and are publicly available online. The selection panel will then explore such items with the candidate during interview. The Trust’s HR Team or another member of staff trained in safer recruitment will use Google.com to conduct each search and no adverse judgement will be formed for applicants with limited or no online footprint.

Job Contact Information

  • Name:Katie Herbert-Smith, Recruitment Co-Ordinator
  • Address:Marlborough Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 5HT
  • Telephone: 01634852341
  • Email: Recruitment@ukat.org

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

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.