Salary:
Leadership
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
ASAP
Apply by:
6 January 2025
Job overview
An opportunity to truly impact the lives of our students, families and community - we are an academy ready to embrace change and improvement.
As Executive Principal for our secondary academies, you will provide the leadership and management necessary to secure high-quality teaching and learning to rapidly raise standards of achievement across the secondary phase.
St Aldhelm’s Academy is an 11-16 school serving the Bourne Valley, Alderney, and wider Poole communities. The academy joined Authentic Education in June 2015.
As Executive Principal, you will be required to make a significant impact by creating an environment of rapid improvement, setting the academy on a trajectory of sustained excellence. As a member of the executive team, you will have the opportunity to play a role in the wider leadership of the Trust.
Our Trust empowers students to grow and thrive through dynamic, engaging, and holistic education, setting them up for lifetime success. Together, we deliver this through our values of courage, innovation, and excellence.
We are seeking to appoint a candidate who:
* Is an experienced leader with a clear vision for the future, building on current capacity.
* Can inspire and empower staff to deliver the highest quality teaching and learning and embed excellence at every level.
* Will lead by example, with a ‘can-do’ attitude that can inspire commitment from students, staff, and the local community.
* Has a proven track record of implementing change to raise standards in teaching and learning.
What we have to Offer:
* A visible and approachable senior leadership team and an enthusiastic and committed team of teachers and support staff.
* A strong support network both within the school and across Authentic Education Group.
* All staff are part of a professional learning community in which evidence-informed CPD is designed to meet individual needs.
* Strong potential for career progression.
* A culture that respects work-life balance and an ongoing commitment to wellbeing with a dedicated Wellbeing Champion.
* An Employee Assistance Programme including in-the-moment support and counselling sessions with an external provider.
To arrange an online meeting with the CEO and request an application pack, please email
Dion.mills@hays.com
Closing date for applications: Monday 6th January 09:00
Interviews: Tuesday 14th January
Authentic Education Group (AEG) comprises schools from all sectors: mainstream (primary and secondary) and special. AEG secures outstanding achievement and improved life chances for all our pupils. All our Academies have high expectations as the focus of their work. We are strongly committed to supporting colleagues in developing their careers further and offering excellent CPD opportunities.
Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment as AEG reserves the right to close applications early.
Please note we DO NOT accept applications by CV and are unable to offer Visa Sponsorship.
Authentic Education Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Rigorous checks will be made of the successful applicant’s background credentials, including enhanced DBS checks and an online search.
About Authentic Education Group
* Authentic Education Group
* Evering Avenue, Poole
* Dorset
* BH12 4JG
* United Kingdom
+44 1202 736269
We are Authentic Education. It is a name that encapsulates all that we are, all that we do, and all that we will be.
We believe in the importance of authenticity and individuality in all forms. Being bold, brave, and courageous enough to be you.
We believe in delivering world-class educational and enhancement services that springboard our students and prepare them for the workplace of the future.
We believe in becoming both digital and sustainable to the core: enabling us to deeply invest in relationships, our community, and our planet.
Collectively, we set ourselves a holistic and high bar. We will need to be Courageous, Innovative, and Excellent to get there.
We will hold ourselves accountable to these values in order to provide the best opportunities and experiences for all our students, ensuring that each child fulfills their potential.
Together we are... COURAGEOUS, INNOVATIVE, EXCELLENT
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