Assistant Principal - Literacy and Oracy

Assistant Principal – Literacy and Oracy

Role: Assistant Principal – Literacy and Oracy

Location: Swindon, bordering on the Cotswolds and within commuting distance of Bristol, Bath and Oxford.

Salary: Highly competitive

Contract type: Full Time

Contract term: Permanent

Closing Date: Friday 12th May 2023

Start Date: September 2023

Are you an ambitious middle leader looking for your first step up into senior leadership or an experienced Assistant Principal looking to take on a new challenge and make a significant impact? As Assistant Principal for Literacy and Oracy, you would work alongside an experienced Vice Principal to shape our literacy and oracy provision across the curriculum.

Nova Hreod Academy is a school with a track record of continuous improvement. Our school ethos is rooted in our DISC values of Drive, Integrity, Scholarship and Contribution. As our students develop these attributes during their time with us, they move towards adulthood, better prepared to take on the challenges they will face. We want all our students to flourish academically and personally in an aspirational and supportive environment.

We are proud to have a knowledge rich curriculum, research informed teaching and amazing facilities. Teachers joining our team receive excellent CPD to develop their subject knowledge, their pedagogy and their classroom management. They have access to collaboratively planned schemes of work and lesson resources.

We guarantee structures which enable disruption free learning in every lesson. We have a highly supportive and hands-on SLT who take responsibility for creating a culture which is calm and respectful. We have a dedicated team of non-teaching, pastoral and SEN staff working with SLT and teachers to support pupils.

Our house system, student leadership opportunities, Nova Charter and SuperNova extra-curricular programme ensure our students have an extensive range of opportunities to develop character, demonstrate compassion and contribute to the community.

We are looking for a conscientious, dedicated Assistant Principal who share the vision and ethos of Nova Hreod: to ensure that every pupil is able to flourish academically and personally in an aspirational and supportive environment.

Our Assistant Principal needs to be someone who:

• is a dynamic leader and teacher with high expectations and a commitment to improvement
• has a clear vision, energy and commitment to all aspects of school life
• is a well-qualified, excellent teacher with experience of curriculum development
• would act as a model of our values of drive, integrity, scholarship and contribution
• would demonstrate excellent organisational and inter-personal skills and the ability to lead in a team
• has a desire and passion to make a real difference to the lives and life-chances of our students

Nova Hreod Academy can offer you:

• a rigorous whole-school behaviour policy effectively supported by the senior leadership team.
• enthusiastic, friendly and well-behaved students who deserve the very best teachers
• hardworking, dedicated and enthusiastic colleagues
• a great team of English teachers, who have been working together to develop their Mastery Curriculum
• a commitment to the wellbeing of our staff
• an exceptional salary, above the maintained sector by 5% on average
• supportive leadership and a committed Governing Body
• a superb building with state-of-the-art facilities
• a guaranteed CPD offer with real opportunities to develop as a teacher

If you are looking for the next step in your career, and would like to find out more, please email Nick Wells (Headteacher) on . He will arrange a visit or an informal call to talk about the role.

Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early in light of a large response.

Due to the high volume of applications received, the School is unable to provide individual feedback on why an application is unsuccessful. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.