Assistant Principal (Head of Sixth Form): L16 - L20

Thank you for your interest in this position. We seek to appoint an outstanding and dynamic person to be our new Assistant Principal (Head of Sixth Form). The position offers the opportunity for an ambitious and strategic leader to become a member of our senior leadership team, and to make a significant contribution to the continuing development and improvement of our school.

The role of Assistant Principal (Head of Sixth Form) combines curriculum leadership with pastoral responsibility: the Head of Sixth Form is, in effect, the headteacher of a school within a school. As such, we are looking for someone with a proven track record of excellent teaching and/or subject leadership up to A level, as well as experience or aptitude in pastoral work. The position is a wonderful opportunity in itself, and it also provides a springboard for further professional growth and career development.

Our commitment in recent years to the professional development of all our staff has resulted in substantially improved leadership, teaching and learning, pastoral care, and provision for students with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Over 20 of our colleagues have completed National Professional Qualifications, at all levels, and last year almost half of our teaching staff were directly (and voluntarily!) involved in Ambition Institute’s Transforming Teaching programme. This has led to a culture of coaching and peer-led staff development across the whole school. Joining the leadership team in 2025, you will benefit from high standards of mentoring, support from your colleagues, and a commitment to your own further professional growth: this is a career-defining opportunity for the right person.

Our mission, to offer education that transforms lives, is lived out daily through our values of trust and respect, courage and ambition. We are a fully inclusive school, as shown by our rising intake of disadvantaged students, increasing representation of students from ethnic minorities, and our thriving Pride Club. Lord Lawson is a single academy trust of around 1300 students, including 120 in the sixth form, drawn from Birtley, Gateshead, and surrounding areas. Our finances are in good shape. Behaviour and attendance throughout the school are very good.

For further details please refer to our application pack further in this advert, which contains the Job Description and Person Specification.

Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy is 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 exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

If successful you will be required to apply for an enhanced Disclosure.

Please supply an email address for each of your referees. All references will be taken up and verified prior to interview.

Salary amounts quoted are from 1 September to 31 August; if you commence employment part way through the academic year they will be subject to an equated salary adjustment

Closing Date: 12 noon, Tuesday 28 January 2025

Shortlisting to take place: Wednesday 29 and Thursday 30 January 2025

Interview Date: Tuesday 4 and Wednesday 5 February 2025