WAVERLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION TRUST

Waverley School

Yardley Green Road

Bordesley Green

Birmingham

B9 5QA

 

Assistant Principal – Post 16 and CEIAG

L13 - L17 (£59,958-£65,669)

Start Date: 1 September 2023 (an earlier start date can be considered)

 

Waverley Education Foundation (WEF) is a Multi Academy Trust, which operates both Waverley School and Waverley Studio College. WEF has over 1900 students on roll across the trust. It develops, brokers and delivers a range of services which support learning and leadership & management and improve outcomes for children and young people.

Waverley School is an all through school for students aged 4-19. It also has a Resource Base for students with cognition and learning difficulties. In its recent Ofsted inspection in September 2021, Waverley School was graded as a ‘Good’ School. The secondary phase of Waverley School has 1174 students including those in the Sixth Form. We have state of the art facilities for learning, teaching and training and a strong staff team that are committed to the learning and development of all our students.                       

Our core values of Humanity, Equality, Aspiration and Respect support our vision to create a learning community where we work together to achieve excellence in everything we do.

 “Pupils have a strong understanding of diversity, respect and tolerance, including for different family lifestyles” – Ofsted 2021

Following the appointment of a new Principal in January 2023, Trustees have provided extra capacity within the secondary leadership team from April 2023 with the addition of two new Assistant Principals. The Assistant Principal for Quality Assurance will join from April 2023 and we hope to appoint an experienced KS5 practitioner with experience of leading a Sixth Form within a school setting.

We believe that this role will appeal to ambitious, talented teachers and leaders who can bring inspirational leadership to our Senior Leadership Team and contribute towards the school improvement process.

We are looking for someone who will:

• Promote and deliver excellent standards of teaching and learning.
• Is a strategic thinker and able to lead on key areas of school improvement.
• Foster positive relationships with students, staff, parents and the local community.

 

It is a very exciting time to join Waverley School and applications are invited from those who are committed to wanting the best for children and are ambitious to develop their careers as teachers and leaders.

You will need to provide evidence of an outstanding 'track record' to date and clearly demonstrate how you meet the demands of the job description. You will need to be highly motivated and passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people, with the ability to inspire and motivate staff and students. We are looking for a candidate with experience of leading a Sixth Form in their current or previous post.

The successful candidate will need to meet the requirements of the person specification in order to be offered the post and will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

 

We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or religion. Only applications submitted on the school application form will be accepted.

 

Waverley Education Foundation is committed to the protection and safety of its students.

 

For an application pack please visit our website: www.waverley.bham.sch.uk 

We welcome informal visits to the school where tours will be undertaken by a senior member of staff.

For further details or to arrange an informal visit please call our HR team on 0121 566 6607. 

 

Closing date: 10.00am 17^th March 2023