Vice Principal - Full-time

Paddock Wood Primary School, Tonbridge

• Ref:KCC886-2127-79L
• Posted:12/11/2021
• Pay:Highly competitive with performance bonus
• Start Date:April 2022
• App Close Date:01/12/2021 at 23:45
• Interviews:9th December 2021

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For April 2022, we have a rare leadership opportunity within our very successful and mature multi-academy trust. The Trust is seeking to appoint a highly effective senior leader to join us as the Vice Principal at Paddock Wood Primary Academy, a large 3FE primary. The successful candidate will play an integral part in expanding and accelerating the successes of the school to date to ensure we are an outstanding provider of education.

Paddock Wood Primary Academy uses the framework of the International Baccalaureate (as a candidate school) to deliver the National Curriculum - this allows us to build the learning around the children’s interests. We focus on developing the learner profile attributes, which encompass the skills needed to ensure our children become confident and successful global citizens. Our specialist teachers of French and PE offer high quality instruction which is linked to our learning and this year we are developing a Community Action project to enhance our links with the town. The grounds are extensive at Paddock Wood Primary Academy, allowing us to develop the outdoor learning skills of team-work and collaboration whenever possible and we are in the process of installing an orienteering course for Key Stage 2. Our parents are committed to supporting their children on their journey through the academy and we continue to engage with our community whenever possible. 

Our successful candidate will be talented and a highly motivated leader with drive and commitment to excellence as well as strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to communicate to a range of stakeholders. You will be joining a supportive, committed and passionate team who work hard to ensure that all of our students achieve their potential. We are looking for an experienced professional who can demonstrate strategic leadership and excellent management, and a proven track record of success in raising standards.

This is an exciting time to join our leadership team. You will be expected to play a key role in further enhancing the vision for Paddock Wood Primary Academy whilst ensuring that our students develop their potential, achieve academic success and develop our core values. The newly appointed Vice Principal will work closely with the Principal and assume a range of whole academy strategic responsibilities. 

We wish to hear from you if you are committed to changing our education world and are:

• an enthusiastic, energetic and ambitious school leader with a track record of success at a primary school;
• 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.

 In return, you will receive: 

• a competitive salary;
• an exciting LAT career path with opportunities for further progression in the future;
• security and support on your journey from close collaboration with a small central executive and a larger group of talented principals to share best practice and innovation;
• development opportunities to work both within Paddock Wood Primary Academy and across the wider Trust.

Please click here to view the full Candidate Briefing Pack. 

Information about the school

We are a thriving and engaging three-form entry school in the heart of West Kent in the town of Paddock Wood. Our ethos encapsulates high standards and expectations, excellent learning and teaching, and the positive wellbeing of our pupils and colleagues. We have a strong and committed teaching team which is widely respected and supported by our academy community. Our teachers vary in experience from Newly Qualified to 30+ years, and each brings something valuable to share, and a passion to learn. Our staff and the wider Trust team has a lot to offer new colleagues, in terms of sharing experience and opportunities, and professional development and training.

Our broad curriculum is supported by specialist teachers of music, French, PE, computing and outdoor education. Some features that help us stand out from other schools are that all of our pupils learn French, learn other subjects in French and leave us conversant in the language, pupils leave us with a strong understanding and appreciation of music and sporting skills and that we embed independence, stamina and considered risk into children’s learning, for example through EYFS and KS1 team games and initiative exercises, Year 3 outdoor/forest skills, Y4 mountain biking, Year 5 caving and kayaking, and Year 6 skiing/snow-boarding. We have our own school minibuses and we very frequently take children out into the local area and into central London, as well as taking Year 5 pupils to the Brecon Beacons and Year 6 pupils to France or Scotland. We have a strong regard for extra-curricular learning and a healthy catalogue of sporting and other successes and awards.

Our academy benefits from significant parent and community support, but we are not complacent - we are committed, hard-working and welcoming. Our children are delightful; calm, focused and very eager to learn.

‘Our highly ambitious community builds thinking learners, who act with agency and create lasting memories.’

In our last Ofsted inspection, we were awarded a second consecutive good judgement. Inspectors noted that our academy “demonstrates an accelerated rising trend in attainment and progress.”

As an IB World School we strive to develop students who are internationally-minded, through: collaboration, communication, inquiry, respect and creativity. Nurturing a passion for life-long academic learning through a broad and balanced curriculum is a priority; through agency we will develop individuals to reach their potential academically, emotionally, socially and physically. Our children will become an integral part of their community, understanding their place on a local and global platform; they will take responsibility for the small steps they take throughout their lives, which will create impact on a broader level. We will help them to aspire to be ambitious, for themselves, their families, their friends and for their community as a whole." - Principal Libby Fidock

Please find our Trusts Vision: https://vision2030.org.uk/

Job Contact Information

• Name:Olivia Couzins
• Address:Old Kent Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 6JE
• Telephone: 01634 412240
• Email: talent@latrust.org.uk