Principal
Ossett Academy & Sixth Form College
Wakefield
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership 34-40 (£106,138 - £122,922), starting salary negotiable
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2025 (or sooner if possible)
- Apply by:
- 1 July 2024
Job overview
The Accord Multi Academy Trust and Ossett Academy Education Committee are seeking to appoint an exceptional, passionate, and dedicated leader to the role of Principal at Ossett Academy to start from January 2025 (or sooner where possible).
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced senior leader (Headteacher/Principal, Head of School or Deputy Head/Vice Principal) with a proven track record of impact in a secondary setting. Through ambitious, determined, and exemplary leadership you will have the ability to spearhead all aspects of academy priority, harness the key strengths of all stakeholders, and manage sustained strategic improvement so that Ossett Academy continues to thrive and succeed.
As a Principal within the Trust, you will be joining an extremely ambitious organisation. The right candidate will combine substantial experience as an educational leader with excellent interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, and a strong strategic mindset. You will be expected to continue improving the quality of provision and pupil outcomes at academy level, whilst also contributing to the Trust's wider development. As part of your role, you will be a member of our Educational Strategy Group, a forum in which Principals and Headteachers work alongside Executive Leaders to shape innovative strategies which ensure worldclass education for all our pupils.
We encourage prospective applicants to contact Martin Blair at Hays Leadership prior to applying, and to take a look at all the relevant information on our website including details regarding our ‘People Pledge’ and our recently launched Working For Our Trust - Accord (accordmat.org)
For a confidential discussion about the role, to arrange a visit or to make an application, please contact Martin Blair at Hays Leadership Appointments:
T: 07736 791138
Further details can also be found at www.hays.co.uk/vacancies/ossett-academy
Closing date: 8am, Monday 1st July 2024
Interviews: Tuesday 9th July and Wednesday 10th July 2024
We are committed to providing a culture of inclusion, respect and equity of opportunity that attracts, supports, and retains high quality colleagues from all backgrounds and across all job roles at the Trust. We welcome and encourage applications from, but not limited to Black, Asian, other ethnic minority groups, individuals who identify as LGBT+; and/or are registered with a disability.
Candidates will always be shortlisted based on the content of application against the job description and essential criteria without access to the personal details information. Accord Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.
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About Ossett Academy & Sixth Form College
- Ossett Academy & Sixth Form College
- Storrs Hill Road, Ossett
- West Yorkshire
- WF5 0DG
- United Kingdom
Ossett Academy is an 11-19 academy with over 1670 pupils, including 300 in our Sixth Form. It has gained a reputation for excellence, maintaining high standards across all aspects of academy life with high academic attainment and an explosion of extra-curricular opportunity and talent. As a result of these factors and their strong reputation, they are significantly over-subscribed.
Their strong tradition of success is built on a firm foundation of personalised pastoral care, ensuring a climate for learning that is calm, well ordered and secure. Recognising the hard work and efforts of pupils in their lessons, the academy puts learning and positive recognition of both staff and pupils, at the heart of its approach.
The academy understands that collaboration is an important aspect to the ongoing development of schools and academies and, with this in mind, it continues to play a key role alongside its primary pyramid, as a member of Education Ossett Community Trust (EOCT). EOCT aims to provide world-class opportunities for the community of Ossett, supporting young people aged 3 to 18 to develop a lifelong passion for learning, across a range of experiences.
Further to this partnership approach, Ossett Academy works alongside Horbury Academy, Horbury Primary Academy and Middlestown Primary Academy as part of the Accord Multi Academy Trust. The vision of this partnership is to enhance both practice and knowledge of learning across primary and secondary education, whilst also providing access for pupils and staff to an even better range of opportunities in order to achieve excellence.
Executive Principal - Nicola Walker
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