Associate Assistant Principal - Designated Safeguarding Lead
Monkton Wood Academy
Somerset
- New
- Salary:
- L7 – L11 (£54,815-£60,487)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2025
- Apply by:
- 14 October 2024
Job overview
Contract: Permanent, Full Time
Salary: L7 – L11 (£54,815-£60,487)
Start: January 2025
We are looking for a passionate and inspiring qualified Associate Assistant Principal to join our supportive and talented leadership team at Monkton Wood Academy. We are a growing organisation, looking for professional and ambitious people, with a passion for transforming our students’ learning.
You will be part of a core aim area overseen by one of our Assistant Principals. There may be some flexibility around specific roles and responsibilities depending on your current experience and leadership areas but the main responsibilities will be within the Teaching & Learning Core Aim leading on whole school strategic areas of development.
This role will also act as the academy's Senior Mental Health lead, with lead responsibility within the Academy for safeguarding and child protection in line with statutory requirements. Lead in facilitating the development of safeguarding policies, guidance, training, and procedures for the Academy. Evaluate training provided, ensure compliance, and ensure that safeguarding is embedded in the culture of the Academy.
Your opportunity:
We can offer you the opportunity to advance your career within a supportive academy environment. We provide excellent training and development opportunities within the Federation, including a full induction programme for newly qualified and experienced teachers. Training is both local and/or delivered through our excellent stand-alone training facility at the CLF Institute. For teachers, the CLF Institute aims to provide a continuum of development through each career stage from initial teacher training (ITT), for early career teachers (ECT), recently qualified teachers in their early career development, to successive stages of leadership through to Headship and beyond.
What we are looking for:
We look for passionate individuals who want to be a part of transforming education and will make an active contribution to the development of the Cabot Learning Federation and chosen Academy. You will be used to planning and consistently delivering high quality lessons, will have experience in delivering the curriculum in your chosen area and will be a strong communicator with the ability to embrace change and motivate colleagues and students. A well-qualified specialist, holding QTS (or equivalent) and a relevant undergraduate degree, you will have the ability to teach from Key Stage 3- Key Stage 4. We look for professional’s who have excellent class management skills and have high expectations of work and behaviour.
About the Cabot Learning Federation:
The Cabot Learning Federation is a diverse Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) in the South West. We are proud to serve 18,000+ pupils who all attend ten secondary academies, thirteen primary academies, an all through provision, a studio school, a discrete Post 16 provision, two alternative provision schools and three SEMH special schools.
CLF is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The trust is proud to serve a diverse student population and their communities. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
We are proud to be part of diverse communities in the region and celebrate the richness of cultures, faiths and backgrounds of our students. We aim to develop a curriculum that is responsive to our pupil’s needs and reflects their diverse interests and backgrounds.
Cabot Learning Federation Benefits: Click here to access a full list of Cabot Learning Federation benefits.
How to Apply:
The job description and person specification can be found at the bottom of this page.
Please submit your application form via the CLF recruitment portal by clicking ‘Apply’ on this page and then logging into your account/registering for an account. CV’s will not be accepted and any submitted will not be considered alongside your application.
Please note updates regarding an application, which could include an invite to interview, will be sent to the email address used when registering an account. Copies of all correspondence will also appear under the ‘messages’ section, in the event that emails are being directed to a ‘junk’ or ‘trash’ folder please make regular checks on the status of an application.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
About Monkton Wood Academy
- Monkton Wood Academy
- School Road, Monkton Heathfield, Taunton
- Somerset
- TA2 8PD
- United Kingdom
Welcome to Monkton Wood Academy, an 11-18 school pleasantly situated in Monkton Heathfield, on the north-east edge of Taunton.
I am incredibly proud to be leading the school through a period of change and rapid improvement as we seek to make Monkton Wood a place of academic excellence, where children can progress and thrive. We are developing a culture of high expectations and mutual respect, where students and staff can be successful in our roles and become the best possible version of ourselves.
Monkton Wood Academy has long been proud of its strong connections with the local community; our parents and our partners at the Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre are highly engaged in school life. It is incredibly important to us that our students develop a strong sense of belonging and confidence in their own ability to achieve well and to go on to serve their community.
Monkton Wood is the proud home of The Cedar Centre, a specialist resource base for learners with autism, and of the SPACE, the Somerset Performing Arts Centre of Education, which comprises our VI form offer.
Monkton Wood Academy is a proud member of the Cabot Learning Federation, a West Country trust with a strong track record of delivering school improvement. The CLF shares our ambitions of eradicating disadvantage to provide a first-class education for all its pupils.
We look forward to welcoming you to our school.
Our Vision
Our vision for our shared future – students, families and staff – is that we all are able to experience success and achieve our goals. This is because we work hard and have been encouraged by our friends and colleagues around us. Our success allows us to have options, and to make choices about the future. We are adaptable and can be resilient in the face of a rapidly changing world, because we know that we are valued, accepted and safe. We have the knowledge, skills and purpose that enables positive change to happen around us and because of us: the community is safe in our hands.
Our Ethos
The Monkton Wood Academy ethos is vibrant and ambitious. We celebrate our successes, and we support those in need. Our collaboration and our creativity allow us to achieve highly and to realise our goals. We are proud of who we are, and we are positive about our shared future. We value inclusion and ensure that we all share a sense of belonging to our school. We are passionate about learning, and we want to have fun. Because we care about one another deeply, we are open and honest, and always respectful.
Our Values
- We aim for success
- We realise our potential
- We value our community
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