Bluecoat Primary Academy
Location
Nottingham | United Kingdom
Job description
Due to the promotion of the existing Head Teacher, Archway Learning Trust are excited to appoint an inspirational leader to be the Head of School at Bluecoat Primary Academy. The post holder will work alongside the Executive Head Teacher to continue to lead this highly successful academy and deliver its vision of “Striving for Life in all its fullness”.
The Bluecoat family shares a life-long love of learning and recognise that students and staff alike are on a journey, acquiring deep knowledge, expertise and understanding along the way.
The post holder will be joining the academy and trust at an exciting stage of their journey. The academy is a vibrant, positive, inclusive and nurturing Church of England Academy with highly dedicated, talented and hardworking staff. Children’s behaviour is exceptional: they are kind, respectful and are proud to represent BPA. The school has received recent successes in Ofsted and SIAMS inspections and has a good reputation within the community and diocese.
The school has strong leaders, structures and curriculum in place and is in a position to offer support to other schools within the trust. Archway Learning Trust has well established central service teams who offer expertise to leaders on aspects of HR, Finance, Estates etc. which enable leaders to focus on school improvement.
This post would be ideal for an experienced leader who wants to continue to motivate and develop the existing staff team, build on the existing strengths of the academy and ensure even better academic and personal outcomes for pupils. The successful candidate will need to be inspiring, confident and able to think creatively and strategically.
As Head of School, the post holder will work alongside, and be supported by, the Executive Head Teacher in order to lead the academy. The post holder will be responsible for standards at the academy and be the key leader for parents, pupils and staff. In addition to operational leadership of the school, the Head of School will be a strategic, innovative, inspiring and confident leader with a flexible and calm approach.
They will be able to lead, motivate, develop, and inspire a staff team through a collective vision and purpose. They will be responsible for the implementation and coordination of the Christian vision, ethos and school improvement strategy of the academy with pupils, parents, staff, Academy Advisory Board (AAB) members and the wider community. The post holder will be passionately committed to pupil and staff development alike and foster a culture of belonging and unrelenting ambition. They will have a good track record of addressing performance, driving change and raising standards. They will need the tenacity and integrity to deliver and sustain school
improvement in line with the Trust’s values of excellence, collaboration and inclusion. Previous experience of delivering school improvement will be essential.
We love the fact that our school community wonderfully diverse and we welcome applications from candidates who reflect our community.
This is co-ordinated approach to recruitment due to the promotion of the Headteacher within the Trust. We are currently running recruitment campaigns for Head of Schools for both Bluecoat Bentinck Primary Academy and Bluecoat Primary Academy, if you wish to be considered for both roles, please make this clear within your application.
Candidates should pay attention to the /person specification and explain within their application how they meet the criteria, whilst also describing what they will bring to the post from their own knowledge and experience.
Visits to the school are highly recommended. Please call the Executive Head Teacher, Sue-Ellen Shaw, to arrange a visit or find out more about this vacancy ([email protected] or 0115 9007200).
For more information about Archway Learning Trust and the vacancy, please visit our website via the apply button.
We would encourage you to refer to the and person specification, demonstrating your suitability for the role.
Closing date: 9am on Monday 18th March 2024.
Interview date: w/c Monday 25th March 2024.
Due to the number of applications we receive, it is with regret that we cannot respond to every application, if you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that on this occasion your application has unfortunately not been successful.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to the satisfactory completion of an enhanced DBS check, Barred List check, the receipt of satisfactory references and any other statutory checks that are required for the post. We are an equal opportunities employer.
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