Headteacher - Q3 Academy Tipton

Headteacher Q3 Academy Tipton- Link to Apply

Q3 Academy Tipton is a fantastic, diverse and fully inclusive secondary school at the heart of its community in Tipton, in Sandwell. We admit 300 students into Year 7 and we have a popular and growing Sixth Form. In total, we have over 1,600 amazing students on roll with us. Our values of Kindness, Ambitious, Resilience, and Respect run through Academy life like letters in a stick of rock, unlocking our vision of "Knowing more, Doing more, Achieving more".

As a school rooted in our local community, we have a long history and, over the course of the past six years the school has been on a constant upward trajectory: dramatically improving academic standards; improving behaviour, wellbeing, and attendance; attracting first-class teachers and associate staff; delivering innovative community-led engagement, and becoming the first-choice school for families in our community, including many staff. We are proud to be a rapidly-improving school.

The Mercian Trust and Local Governing Body are looking to appoint an ambitious and inspirational leader with a commitment to our Trust’s mission of social mobility and social justice together with a proven track record of leading innovation and development, in line with our Trust’s Blueprint for leadership and culture. The successful candidate will continue this upward trajectory as Q3 Academy Tipton continues on its journey to become a truly incredible community school. They will be ably supported by a passionate and invested community of staff, students, governors, and families, and will be enabled to thrive through the collaborative support of our Trust’s Executive Team, School Improvement experts and Trust Professional Services – along with local governors and trustees, who together are focused on further developing the strong foundations at Q3 Academy Tipton.

What the school offers its staff

• A superb staff team committed to doing their absolute best for all in our school community.
• Support from our Trust central teams and other schools in our Trust to ensure you have the tools to deliver success (our schools are all located close to one another, and we work better when we are working together).
• A wealth of support for your ongoing continuing professional development, including a Trust-wide programme for leaders drawing on expertise from across the Mercian Trust and external professional coaches.
• A comprehensive employee assistance and staff benefits package including Simplyhealth (cash-back health plan and 24:7 video call and telephone access to GP and counselling), salary sacrifice schemes including our new Electric Car scheme, and discounts portal (ranging from gym membership to discount cards and vouchers for online and high street retailers).
• There will never be a dull moment; we never stand still, every day offers new challenges and opportunities within an ambitious, forward-thinking team.

Informal Confidential Conversations and Visit of School

To speak to a member of our Executive Team about this post or to arrange a school visit, please contact Lin Koo, Executive PA to the CEO on 01922 211 388 Ext. 1211 or email Lin.Koo@merciantrust.org.uk

Safeguarding & Safer Recruitment

• Q3 Academy Tipton is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people as required under the Education Act and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
• You are required to uphold all relevant policies in respect of child protection and safeguarding, which are based on KCSIE (2024) and Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018).
• You are required to demonstrate and model the Nolan Principles (The Seven Principles of Public Life): Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-7-principles-of-public-life
• You should demonstrate your commitment to our equality policy and all our related work to promote diversity, inclusion and belonging.

The Mercian Trust is committed to equal opportunities, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of children and young adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment. As this post involves working in regulated activity unsupervised with children all post-holders are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks including an online search check, Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.