Start Date: September 2019
Salary: Highly competitive
Closing date: Monday 11th February 2019
Interviews: Monday 25th February 2019

Dear Candidate,  

Thank you for taking the time to find out more about this exciting role as Vice Principal at Ark Evelyn Grace Academy. We are delighted that you are considering joining our academy at such an exciting stage in our development. Ark Evelyn Grace Academy is a mixed, non-selective, 11-18 secondary school in Lambeth. The Academy opened in 2008 and moved into its award-winning building on Shakespeare Road in 2010. Evelyn Grace Academy was judged as ‘good’ by OFSTED in 2017. Behaviour was judged to be ‘exceptionally strong’.

In September 2017, I took over as Principal, having previously co-founded an ‘outstanding’ ARK school in North London: Ark Academy. I am working with staff at Evelyn Grace to secure its position as the school of choice in the local community. Together we will ensure that students secure the highest possible standards so they can go on and compete for the very best positions in their chosen career.

We believe education is transformational. That is why what we do matters and why we are always seeking to improve our practice. As a leader of such a key department you will help us shape and develop our pedagogy, and thereby realise our ambitions in building an outstanding school. At Evelyn Grace Academy we believe that all our students can achieve excellence, no matter what their background and that they all deserve the very best teachers and resources to help them secure the very best qualifications. Accordingly, the Academy offers a rigorous curriculum and a broad enrichment programme for students at all key stages. 

We are seeking to appoint a dedicated and enthusiastic individual who is passionate about education as a means of transforming people’s lives. The person appointed will be responsible for Culture & Ethos. Our ideal candidate will have a proven track record of outstanding teaching, securing excellent outcomes on a whole school level, creating exemplary behaviour and developing excellent practice within teaching and learning of other colleagues.

The successful applicant will be a strong team player fully aligned to the Academy’s ethos of high academic expectation and aspiration for all. They will want to be part of body of teachers that work tirelessly to help our students develop the sort of qualities that will help them flourish and succeed in life. 

As a member of Evelyn Grace and the ARK network, you will receive the sort of coaching, training and development opportunities that will help you become the very best that you can be.

For further information and to apply please visit our website: evelyngraceacademy.org/vacancies and complete your application by Monday 11th February 2019.

For any queries relating to your application, please contact the recruitment team on 020 7737 9532 or zeena.agha@evelyngraceacademy.org   I wish you all the best in your application.  

Yours faithfully,      
Tim Dainty Principal


The Role

We are looking for someone to lead Culture & Ethos. Therefore, there will be or a focus on creating the culture, ethos and appropriate systems which facilitate exemplary behaviour.  As a member of the senior leadership team the appointed candidate will also be responsible for the overall leadership and management of the academy in the pursuit of the highest possible standards.    

Key Responsibilities
Culture & Ethos

·To promote and develop exemplary behaviour across the academy
·To co-ordinate and develop whole school strategies for eradicating disruption to learning
·To support and develop the consistent behaviour management skills of all teachers in the academy
 
Qualification Criteria

·Qualified to degree level and above
·Qualified to teach and work in the UK
·Evidence of further professional development  

Experience
·Experience at Deputy or Assistant Principal level (or equivalent)
·Experience of having worked successfully in at least one school or academy in an urban, multi-cultural setting, teaching students from backgrounds of socio-economic disadvantage
·Experience of having led, or significantly contributed to, the success of a school or academy through its leadership, ethos, teaching and learning and results
·Experience of having improved and sustained an effective behaviour management policy
·Experience of developing the teaching of learning of other teachers