Assistant Principal - Pastoral Care

Working pattern: Full time

Contract: Permanent

Salary: Ark Leadership L12-16 (Inner London) £71,851- £78,464

Start date: 1 September 2024

Closing date for applications: 9.00am on Monday 22 April

Interviews will take place on Monday 29 April

About the role:

We are seeking to appoint an Assistant Principal – Pastoral Care to join our talented and committed senior leadership team. You will be responsible for an area of pastoral care. This could be a key stage or safeguarding across the academy. You will work closely with the Vice Principal to promote the academy’s culture and ethos.

You will:

• have considerable pastoral experience, either as a head of year, supporting a year group through two key stages or as a DSL or Assistant Principal.
• be motivated and resilient with excellent interpersonal, planning and organisational skills.
• have experience of having led and managed a team of people.
• have worked successfully in at least one school in an urban, multi-cultural setting, teaching students from backgrounds of socio-economic disadvantage.
• have experience of having led, or significantly contributed to, the success of a whole school initiative.

About our school:

Ark Putney Academy opened in September 2012 as part of the Ark network in the London Borough of Wandsworth. We’re a mixed school with 870 students, ranging from year 7 through to sixth form. We adopt a holistic view to educating young people. Through our commitment to inclusion, equality and attainment, we prepare every student to be a pillar of any community.

In our 2022 Ofsted inspection we were rated ‘Good’ in every category with real strengths in teaching and learning, curriculum breadth and personal development.

 We offer:

• Tailored professional development based on the needs of the teacher and department to ensure everyone achieves their full potential.
• We take the wellbeing of our staff seriously as we recognise that teaching can be a challenging profession. Therefore, staff receive regular rewards and recognition for effort.

If you are interested in this post, we strongly advise that you contact the Executive Principal, Alison Downey in the first instance at a.downey@arkputneyacademy.org. She will be available for an informal discussion from week commencing 8 April or to arrange a visit to the academy for week commencing 15 April.   For any other queries regarding your application, please contact Julie Rickard, Executive Principal’s PA at j.rickard@arkputneyacademy.org

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.  

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link. 

 We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.

 This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for the role.