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Principal

The UCL Academy, Camden

Camden

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Salary:
Competitive Salary (Based on Experience)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
Summer or Autumn Term (Depending on Experience)
Apply by:
18 November 2024

Job overview

Job Title: Principal

Salary: Competitive salary for the right candidate (based on experience)

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Swiss Cottage, London Borough of Camden

Start date: Summer or Autumn Term 2025 (depending on notice period)

The Governing Body of The UCL Academy is actively seeking an exceptional Principal to champion our commitment to providing an outstanding education and realising the full potential of each student.

The UCL Academy is a mixed 11-19 Academy in the London Borough of Camden. We pride ourselves on high academic aspirations and a caring and inclusive environment. Our iconic state-of-the-art campus offers access to the latest innovations in classroom technology. Our students are able to take advantage of our sponsor University College London’s world class facilities from their very first day at the Academy. Staff from both institutions work collaboratively to ensure that our students are exposed to university life throughout their time at the Academy.

As Principal, you will play a pivotal role in achieving our strategic objectives, ensuring exceptional academic outcomes for our students, including within our vibrant Sixth Form, in an inclusive school that reflects the diversity of the local community.

If you are a visionary leader passionate about shaping the future of education, we invite you to apply and contribute to the continued success of The UCL Academy.

The Role

The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in ensuring that the Academy provides an exceptional learning environment characterised by outstanding pastoral support and a commitment to continual improvement. Key responsibilities will include:

  • Collaborating with the leadership team to ensure effective management and continuous development
  • Ensuring financial stability to provide a secure foundation for educational initiatives
  • Determining, implementing, and reviewing the curriculum to ensure breadth, balance and relevance for all students
  • Establishing and maintaining ambitious expectations for all students, including those with additional and special educational needs and disabilities
  • Promoting the health and wellbeing of all students, staff and volunteers
  • Ensuring a safe environment for all students and staff
  • Fostering a supportive atmosphere and promoting exceptional opportunities for all students and staff

The Person

Our ideal Principal is a visionary leader with a strong sense of moral purpose, ethical principles, and unwavering values. They inspire dynamism, empower students and staff, and value knowledge, instilling a passion for outstanding teaching and learning experiences.

What We Offer

  • Ambitious and committed Governors providing support, strategic guidance, and constructive challenge
  • Enthusiastic students who actively participate in school life
  • A tremendous climate for learning, outstanding pastoral support, and a commitment to improvement
  • Dedicated, talented, and enthusiastic staff aligned with the school's ethos
  • An exclusive partnership with UCL where teaching staff have access to unrivalled University libraries and resources and to work within our connected curriculum
  • A generous health care plan, including reimbursement for optical, dental, physiotherapy and a range of other areas, 24/7 GP access
  • A free Employee Assistance Programme that offers free private counselling, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and discounted membership at over 2,000 gyms nationwide

Supplementary Information

This appointment is supported by ASCL’s Leadership Appointment Service. If this opportunity feels like the right career step for you and you would like an informal confidential conversation about the position, please email Mr Arwel Jones (ASCL Consultant) arwel.jones@ascl.org.uk who will arrange a suitable time for a phone conversation and provide further information about this post.

Key Dates

Closing Date: Monday 18 November 2024 (12 noon)

Shortlisting: Wednesday 20 November 2024

Shortlisted candidates notified: Thursday 21 November 2024

Assessment & Interview Date(s): Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 November 2024

Optional tours of the Academy will be available during week beginning Monday 11 November 2024. Please contact Ms Karen Webb (PA) at k.webb@uclacademy.co.uk to arrange an appointment if required.

The Application Pack is attached.

Completed application forms should be emailed to: k.webb@uclacademy.co.uk

The Academy is committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an inclusive community school and encourage applications from all sections of the community.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Please note CVs will not be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

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About The UCL Academy, Camden

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The UCL Academy is sponsored by UCL, a world-class, multifaculty, research-led university. UCL's vision is an innovative Academy for pupils aged 11 to 18. We are a comprehensive, co-educational, non-denominational, fully inclusive and an active member of the Camden family of schools.

The Academy is an exciting place for young people to learn and develop as individuals. It offers a high quality, broad and balanced curriculum which is appropriate for pupils of all abilities, irrespective of their gender, ethnicity, social background or faith. Most importantly, it provides an environment in which all pupils are supported to achieve their full potential, and to contribute positively to the community in which they live. The Academy strives for excellence in teaching and learning across the curriculum; develop strong specialisms in mathematics, science and, with a focus on modern foreign languages, provide an education which prepares pupils for "global citizenship". Strong links with community, scientific and cultural organisations, as well as with UCL, are particular features of the Academy.

The Academy is co-located with Swiss Cottage Specialist SEN school on a site in Adelaide Road in Swiss Cottage, London. Both are accommodated in new buildings.
 

ETHOS AND VALUES
 

We want the UCL Academy to fire the imaginations of its students and to support them to develop in ways which stand them in good stead for their future lives and responsibilities as individuals, employees and citizens.

Key elements of the vision of The UCL Academy are:

· Ensuring that students experience a transformational curriculum and pedagogy;

· Ensuring that the systems, cultures and standards support excellence;

· Contributing to the system as an internationally acclaimed training institution;

· Ensuring that meaningful networks support a coherent learning journey.

The UCL Academy has four key priorities which make up its ethos:

· High academic and personal standards for students and a commitment to developing individual potential

· Specialisms in mathematics and science 

· Languages at the heart of the curriculum

· A mission to provide “education for global citizenship‟

The UCL Academy is an exciting, stimulating place to learn, with a curriculum which focuses on problem-solving, skills development and 'real world' issues and ideas.  Students have the opportunity to undertake extensive project work, and to participate in community activities as well as internships and international exchanges.

The sponsor is keen that the Academy should support all students to develop responsibility for their learning, ensuring that they continue to be challenged and stimulated by their learning throughout their time at the Academy. 

The UCL Academy has a strong focus on community and belonging.  Students are members of both a house (the Academy has five) and a mentor group: a small group of students, who meet together regularly and who are 'mentored' by a member of staff.  Houses provide a focus for intra-school activities; mentor groups ensure that students build strong support networks, including with their staff mentor to enable them to tackle the challenges young people encounter during their Academy lives.

UCL, as sponsor, provides a comprehensive programme of activities and support to enhance teaching at the UCL Academy.  This includes lectures and masterclasses from UCL academics in subjects across the curriculum; visits to UCL; and access to the university's extensive resources, including laboratories and libraries.  There is also advice for Key Stage 4 students and Sixth Form students on routes into further and higher education, including support with the higher education entry process from UCL admissions tutors, and contact with UCL students acting as tutors and mentors.

WE OFFER

  • State-of-the-art classroom technology – including our unique Superstudios, subject specialism suites and demonstration; theatres for interactive teaching talks by visiting academics;
  • Unlimited access to opportunities for self-development and intensive weekly Continuing Professional Learning; 
  • Flexibility in start and finish times, longer holidays and more Academy planning days than normal INSET arrangements;
  • A whole school wellbeing strategy and designated Academy Wellbeing Lead;
  • An exclusive partnership with UCL where teaching staff have access to unrivalled University libraries and resources and to work within our connected curriculum;
  • Suitable IT equipment for all teaching staff;
  • A generous health care plan, including reimbursement for optical, dental, physiotherapy and a range of other areas, 24/7 GP access.
  • A free Employee Assistance Programme that offers free private counselling, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and discounted membership at over 2,000 gyms nationwide.
  • A sheltered bike storage facility for those who wish to cycle to work and a generous Cycle to Work scheme.  


LOCATION

Swiss Cottage is a vibrant, dynamic and thriving district in the London borough of Camden. There are assorted shops the length of the Finchley Road and local major hotels include Marriott Regents Park, Danubius Regents Park and Hampstead Britannia Hotel. There is a vast array of restaurants including European, South-East Asian and Japanese cuisine. Swiss Cottage Library, in close proximity of the UCL Academy, is the largest in the borough and has varied facilities including an art gallery as well as extensive seating and study areas. The Swiss Cottage Leisure Centre, adjacent to the UCL Academy, boasts of a fully equipped gym, 25-metre, eight-lane swimming pool as well as a climbing wall, squash courts and outdoor football pitches. The Hampstead Theatre is a well-regarded fringe theatre located opposite the Central School of Speech and Drama that prides itself on developing new writers and playwrights. Swiss Cottage is in close proximity to central London, it is a 10 minutes tube journey to Oxford Street. 

South Hampstead (Overground) is an 8 minute walk from the UCL Academy.  The UCL Academy is built within a stone’s throw away from the local tube station Swiss Cottage (Jubilee line) and Chalk Farm (Northern line) is an 18 minute walk from the school. Bus routes 13, 31, 46, 82,113,187, 268, 603 and C11 serve the Swiss Cottage area. 

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