Additional Information
Contract Type: Permanent Hours per Week: 32.50 Weeks per Year: 52.143 Pay Grade: L14-L18The Role
Co-op Academy Stoke-on-Trent is one of the City’s most successful schools. We have just achieved our best ever Progress 8 score that puts us in the top third of all schools nationally, with some of our subjects in the top 3%.
However, we have a relentless determination to be even better.
You can play a major part in our continued improvement by joining us in our newly created role as Assistant Headteacher Behaviour and Alternative Provision. As one of the fastest growing schools in Stoke-on-Trent we are expanding our leadership team. We are looking for someone who shares our values, wants to have a positive and lasting impact, and can deliver meaningful improvement in a school that is already excellent.
You will, fundamentally, be someone who is passionate about high standards and providing the very best to our exceptional young people. You will have autonomy over your remit while working with, and being supported by, a highly experienced team of senior leaders.
If you are a highly successful middle leader, who can point to demonstrable evidence of impact, over a number of years, and you’re ready to take the next step, come and join a forward thinking and ambitious academy.
We will offer you the opportunities to develop your career so that you are ready to apply for headship within five years if that is what you are looking to do.
Prospective candidates are invited to attend one of our information sessions, virtually, on the following dates:
Friday 15th November at 8:00am
Wednesday 20th November at 8:00am
Tuesday 26th November at 8:00am.
To register your interest in attending, please email kym.hollinshead@coopacademies.co.uk.
For an informal discussion about this role, please email shane.richardson@coopacademies.co.uk. Visits to the Academy can be arranged upon request.
To apply for the role you should write a supporting statement in which you outline the following:
The deadline for applications is: Monday 2nd December 2024 at 9:00am.
Interviews will take place on 11th and 12th December (for shortlisted candidates).
All our values are based upon the values of the Co-op Group, which will inform our behaviours.
Self-help: We do not expect to be spoon fed – we will try to do things for ourselves in the right way and at the right time.
Self-responsibility: Everyone should act in a responsible way around the academy site and in the local community. We take responsibility for our own learning; we want to become independent learners.
Equality: We are proud to be part of a very multicultural academy, with students from all over the world; it is important that we treat each other with respect and accept that others may be different from ourselves. We should all have equal chances to succeed.
Equity: We want to look for the best in each other. Rewarding others fairly to encourage all types of achievement.
Democracy: We will contribute our ideas to make the academy a success.
Solidarity: We can achieve more by working together, rather than as individuals.
Our Values
Being part of the Co-operative Group, we are both guided and driven by the Co-op values which are embedded in everything that we do within our Academy - We strive to demonstrate the following ethical values in everything we do - they are our ‘Ways of Being’:
Succeed together
Do what matters most
Be yourself, always
Show you care
So, if you believe in our values, we would love to hear from you!
We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards to recognise the part you play in our success:
Benefits include:
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For more information about the Co-op Academies Trust, please visit: www.coopacademies.co.uk
The Trust is also committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnerships.
Qualifications
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Safeguarding Information
Co-op Academies Trust as an aware employer is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults as its number one priority. This commitment to robust recruitment, selection and induction procedures extends to organisations and services linked to the Trust on its behalf.
Co-op Academies Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all its employees and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced check by the DBS and satisfactory references. All our colleagues are expected to demonstrate a commitment to co-operative values and principles.
Co-op Academy Stoke-on-Trent
Westport Road Tunstall
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
ST6 4LD
K Hollinshead
kym.hollinshead@coopacademies.co... https://www.stokeontrent.coopacademies.co.uk/