What skills and experience we're looking for
Richmond Hill Academy is seeking to recruit a well-qualified, enthusiastic, dynamic and inspirational senior leader. This role is of great importance to our work as an academy, playing a pivotal role in improving educational outcomes, while striving to develop and deliver an exceptional, holistic primary educational journey for each and every one of our pupils.
The successful candidate will be a highly professional, collaborative and inspirational leader who will instil high aspirations for professionals and pupils alike. They will have also established a strong reputation in the leadership of a number of key areas within their own work.
Our new Assistant Principal will:
• Have high expectations of themselves, the people they work with and the children they teach.
• Be committed to driving forward pupil progress and achievement, particularly in relation to disadvantaged pupils and pupils with a special educational need and/or disability (SEND).
• Be an effective and reflective leader and classroom practitioner who is willing to learn and develop whilst sharing expertise to develop others.
• Be available to deliver high-quality lessons at discretion of Principal.
• Demonstrate highly effective behaviour for learning techniques.
• Have a strong focus on standards in order to raise achievements.
• Be well organised and able to work well both as part of a team and independently.
• Be cheerful with a positive, 'can-do' attitude.
What the school offers its staff
As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:
• Membership to a local government pension scheme.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.