Vice Principal

Vice Principal

Rodillian Academy, Longthorpe Lane, Lofthouse, Wakefield, WF3 3PS

Salary: Negotiable

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time

Start Date: January 2025  

The Rodillian Academy is looking for a Vice Principal who can join us to transform outcomes and aspirations for all students through the provision of first-class leadership. The role is to successfully lead and implement the strategy around student progress and outcomes.

We welcome enquiries from those either seeking their first step into leadership at deputy level, or from an experienced Vice Principal looking for a new challenge. Our leaders drive improvement, design innovative curricula and model excellence in teaching.

By joining us, you will enjoy excellent access to continued professional development opportunities and expert support from our leadership network across our family of schools and our highly experienced Executive Leadership Team. 

Throwing horizons wide open for students, academies and staff, the Rodillian Multi Academy Trust’s core values make us truly unique. With a strong focus on resilience, growth mindset and positive discipline, the Rodillian Ethos has helped to transform schools as well as the lives of students and teachers. At the heart of our work is a concentration on delivering high academic standards that help young people become self-confident, develop a mastery of their chosen subjects and discover and achieve their aspirations.

Our staff are our most important asset as they look after our students. Because of this, we give them freedom in the classroom, support their development through our coaching model and only assess them by their outcomes.

At its core, our ethos is as traditional as they come - excellent teaching, a focus on respect, good behaviour, fair discipline, and a strong curriculum - but it’s the way we go about applying these building blocks of education that makes us unique.

We are always willing to take the lead in tackling important issues and if something isn’t working, then we’re open to changing the way we do things. It’s this approach that has helped us improve schools on Special Measures to the point that many have gone on to receive Good and Outstanding grades from Ofsted since joining the Rodillian Multi Academy Trust.

But we don’t just embrace every new trend on a whim, when the way we do things sees us step into new territories we always commission research, plan carefully and ensure every change is the right decision for the Trust, our schools, staff and students. We’re never content to rest on our laurels - we always want to be improving and growing.

The Rodillian Multi Academy Trust is proud to do things differently. We have a reputation for high expectations for all, excellent staff/student relationships and a commitment to the personal and professional development of its staff. We believe that traditional values of discipline and respect are sacrosanct. We do not tolerate bullying, defiance or rudeness to staff and this has made for a harmonious and safe learning environment for our young people, and a supportive environment for staff. 

If you want to work in an environment where you can develop your leadership skills, have the freedom to use your own style and methods of teaching and use an innovative Resilience Curriculum to challenge students to be the most resilient learners that they can be, apply to join us today.

Prospective candidates are welcome to visit the Academy. Please contact Rebecca Farthing, PA to the Principal on rfarthing@rodillianacademy.co.uk to arrange.

The Rodillian Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff, volunteers, visitors and contractors to share this commitment. Shortlisted applicants will undergo relevant checks in line with statutory guidance and all appointees will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure check by the Disclosure and Barring Service. 

An application pack for this vacancy and further information about the role can be found at https://www.rodillianacademytrust.co.uk/vacancies Completed applications must be returned to recruitment@rmat.uk 

Closing date for applications: Monday 16 September 2024 at 9.00 a.m.

Interviews: w/c 23 September 2024