Headteacher

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The Role

We are recruiting for an inspirational Headteacher to lead the day to day running of our academy from January 2024. With support you will manage the school ensuring continual improvement and high quality, engaging and fulfilling cognitive education for all pupils.

You will ensure our students are actively engaged with school, making progress and aspire to become life-long learners. You will also help lead on further development in standards of teaching, learning and achievement. 

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Our School

At Cedar, we believe in a strong partnership between the school and parents, benefiting our children with stability and the ability to develop, an inspiring workforce who show a relentless dedication to school improvement. 

We encourage pupils to be proud of their school and achieve in an exciting environment. We celebrate everyone’s success and provide each pupil with the life chances they deserve. We are relentless in pursuing the best and show care and hope for all our pupils who will become young adults of the future.

Click here to learn more about our school!

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What you will need to succeed:

For a full list of roles, responsibilities and a person specification please view the attached JD

• A strong track record of transformational leadership OR leading significant school improvement.
• Understand how to create a culture of aspiration and a supportive learning environment for students that allows them to achieve their academic potential.
• Hold high expectations for academic achievement by all students regardless of their prior attainment and socio–economic backgrounds.
• Be a champion/passionate and visible advocate for our school within the wider community.
• Have high levels of emotional intelligence.
• Have highly developed people skills and previous experience in leading teams effectively.
• Have excellent public speaking skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders.

Watch the below video from Kirstie Jones to find out more about our school, our Trust and what we are looking for 

Our Trust

The Thinking Schools Academy Trust is a family of schools consisting of both primary and secondary schools across Kent, Hampshire and Plymouth. 

Education is the key to transforming life chances and we support and develop every member of our community to:

• Think about their Thinking
• Be their Best self
• Shape their Success

 to gain an insight into The Thinking Schools Academy Trust and click here to read more about our Trust 

What you will get in return: 

• The opportunity to lead our school with a fantastic staff team i
• Strong links with the local community and other local schools within Medway and Kent 
• With an outstanding Leadership and Management team within the trust, we are focused on providing our staff with bespoke CPD.
• Vast support network including the CEO, Executive Team and Directors of Education to support you on your development journey.
• A 24/7 employee assistance programme which provides counselling and support / advice on a wide array of areas.
• Support from other local schools in our Trust including All Faiths Children’s Academy and Gordon Children’s Academy.

Next Steps

This excellent opportunity will allow an inspirational, consultative and strategic individual to grasp the role with a ‘hands on’ approach and help lead our school and improve the life chances of children across the school.

If you are interested in this role and benefitting from a supportive network of senior leaders across our Trust we would encourage you to apply.

We strongly encourage any applicants who may be interested in our vacancy to contact Simon via email s.arnold@tsatrust.org.uk  to arrange an informal conversation with the hiring manager Kirstie Jones.

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 an enhanced DBS check.

Please view our dedicated website by clicking here to learn more about this role