Principal
Sandown Bay Academy
Isle of Wight
- Expired
- Salary:
- Six figure salary + generous relocation package
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2015
- Apply by:
- 20 April 2015
Job overview
We are seeking an outstanding, creative and ambitious leader to take up the post of Principal at Sandown Bay Academy. In your current role, you will have demonstrated the ability to inspire others to make a real difference to the lives of young people. You will have confidence in your own ability and will be confident in others who you work with.
Sandown Bay Academy is a mixed 11 to 19 academy of 1,398 students, of whom 257 are in the sixth form. It is situated on the east coast of the Isle of Wight. A member of the Academies Enterprise Trust, Sandown Bay has made significant progress and is on an improving trajectory to good.
To build on these foundations, we seek an exceptional and committed educational leader who can provide the drive, stability and continuity that the academy requires and deserves.
As Principal, your key priorities are to:
- Provide strategic leadership to the academy to ensure its continuous accelerated improvement.
- Improve the quality and the consistency of teaching and learning, so that all teaching is good or outstanding.
- Increase the number of students enrolling in Y7 by presenting the academy as an aspirational and high achieving school within the local community.
- Take an innovative and entrepreneurial approach to assessing and further developing the academy’s resources.
- Work in partnership with your fellow Principal at Ryde Academy to raise standards and embed a culture of high aspiration across the east of the Isle of Wight.
- Ensure that all young people on the Isle of Wight have high expectations, outstanding achievement and reach their full potential, as well as being prepared for both work and life.
You are...
- An outstanding and ambitious Deputy Headteacher or Vice Principal with substantial experience of school leadership and rapid school improvement or an experienced Headteacher or Principal who is hungry for the next challenge
- An outstanding communicator with the ability to engage with and motivate staff, students and parents/carers.
- Ambitious, skilled and experienced with the operational expertise to manage an academy’s human and financial resources.
- Able to balance day-to-day priorities with strategic vision, clear goal-setting, delegation and accountability.
- Able to model effective teaching and learning and deliver a high-quality curriculum for all students.
- Eager to work in partnership with the Trust and build open and honest relationships with all key stakeholders.
Your reward...
In return for your energy, resilience and experience, we offer you the opportunity to work in a beautiful part of the country, with an academy trust that offers its Principals central support and direction alongside local autonomy. We are committed to developing academies that focus on outstanding performance and are prepared to reward your commitment with a highly attractive remuneration package and a generous relocation package. You will be able to call on the collaboration and support of your neighbouring Principal at Ryde Academy and your Regional Director of Education. A bespoke support package will be available in order to support you to achieve your ambitions for the students of the Academy. You will enjoy huge support from local community groups who are eager to develop the local economy and the infrastructure of the east of the island to transform the employment prospects for the students of Sandown Bay Academy.
To discover more about this exciting opportunity and for an information pack, please contact our retained consultant, John Carter, at Veredus on 07725 607112 or email him at john.carter@veredus.co.uk. Please supply a contact telephone number.
The Trust actively encourages all candidates to visit the academy prior to the interviews. To arrange a visit, please contact John Carter at Veredus.
Closing date for applications: Monday 20 April 2015
Interviews: Tuesday 28 and Wednesday 29 April 2015
About Sandown Bay Academy
Welcome to Sandown Bay Academy. We are an 11-18 school which serves the Sandown community and surrounding areas on the Isle of Wight.
Here at Sandown Bay, we take pride in the exceptional care we provide for each and every student to achieve their very best. We recognise that the welfare of the child is paramount and take seriously our responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of the children and young people in our care.
We are ambitious for our students to excel in all their endeavours; both academically and through extra-curricular involvement. We have a firm belief in the importance of good character and the development of confident, well-rounded students, ensuring a richly rewarding experience and an excellent preparation for further education at university and beyond.
Our students have many varied interests, strengths and ambitions, and our mission, ‘Strive, believe, achieve', ensures that they aim high and achieve their goals. Our dedicated teachers and staff ensure that students have the very best support to succeed. Our pastoral system is second to none and provides each student with a Form Tutor who supports their progress and overall development.
Our School Council provides numerous leadership opportunities for students through the important role it plays in both the strategic and operational development of the Academy, while our House System provides fun, challenge and healthy competition. There are many opportunities for parents and families to become involved in the wider life of the Academy; we pride ourselves on our warm and welcoming community.
Sandown Bay is a progressive Academy; we believe firmly in developing inquisitive, articulate learners who will cope with the challenges of the 21stcentury with confidence. We invest continually in our staff, curriculum and infrastructure to ensure that students leave us with the skills to compete in an increasingly competitive global economy.
Our campus is set amongst wonderful surroundings and we make the most of our environment and space to create opportunities for every student to thrive and experience success and happiness. We invite you to visit and take a tour with one of our student ambassadors to experience for yourself all that Sandown Bay Academy has to offer.
Our Curriculum
For more information on our curriculum please click here
Our Specialism and Awards
We are a vibrant inclusive school and we are proud of all our students achievements. For more information please click here
Ofsted
We are currently judged to be in the 'special measures' category following our inspection in May 2017. Ofsted acknowledges that arrangements are in place to address their findings, but they have not been in place long enough yet to eradicate all weaknesses. They also made comment that Sandown Bay Academy did not feel like an inadequate school, but this judgement was the best way for the sake of the students to ensure the rapid progress needed.
To view all our Ofsted reports please click here
Our Trust
We are proud to be part of Academies Enterprise Trust.
Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) is a national network of 64 primary, secondary and special schools across England. Our schools are located across England including the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, Midlands, London, West of England, Kent and the South Coast.
As the sponsor, AET believes that all young people deserve to become world-class learners – to learn, enjoy, succeed and thrive in a first rate educational environment with the best facilities, the best teaching and the most up-to-date resources available to them. In each of our academies, you will benefit from visionary, inspirational and dynamic leadership and be empowered to develop your own skills with access to world-class CPD and Talent Management programmes. You will also be entitled to the following benefits: a health cash plan, vehicle affinity scheme, childcare vouchers and Westfield rewards.
As the largest MAT across England we work together in partnership and embrace the different contexts and diverse communities our schools serve to provide the very best possible education for around 35,000 young people and their families.
We offer a wide range of career pathways to our teachers, middle leaders, support staff and senior leaders with many of our schools being host to Teach First and Ambition School Leadership.
AET is also an approved Apprenticeship Training Provider (through the SFA) which allows us to deliver a wide range of apprenticeship programmes across the Trust and our school network. To find out more about what we offer click here
We also offer School Direct teacher training programmes across our network. For more information please click here
To find out more about about AET please visit us at http://www.academiesenterprisetrust.org/
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