Vacancy Reference
JOB002078
Job Title
Associate Assistant Principal: Key Stage 3 Pastoral Lead
Job Start Date
19 September 2024
Salary Range
£38,972 - £41,704 (FTE £43,421 - £46.464)
Hours Per Week
37
Working Pattern
Term time only
Location
Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust
School Address
Erdington Academy,
Kingsbury Road,
Stockland Green,
Birmingham,
B24 8RE
Contact Email
g.mcnab@erdington.co.uk
Contract Type
Permanent
Closing Date
19 September 2024, 9:00am
Job Information

Erdington Academy was graded Good by Ofsted in April 2023.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Associate Assistant Principal to lead our pastoral & KS3 team!

Erdington Academy is a vibrant and diverse comprehensive school. We are seeking outstanding individuals with high expectations to join our team dedicated to pursuing excellence for every child. We are an ambitious academy and value enthusiastic and hardworking staff. It is a very exciting time to join us.

We believe that every child should leave school proud of the young adult they have become, and that every youngster attending our Trust deserves the opportunity to thrive in an atmosphere where high expectation meet endless possibilities

Applicants will join a well-led and motivated team committed to continuous improvement.

The successful candidate will:

  • set high expectations which motivate and challenge students in a productive learning environment
  • demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge
  • fulfil wider professional responsibilities with high standards of personal and professional conduct

In return we will offer you:

  • access to support and guidance from other subject leaders across the MAT and form subject expertise within the Academy SLT
  • bespoke Continual Professional Development (in the academy and online via the National College)
  • perkbox example benefits;
  • discounts at nationwide retailers
  • gym discount
  • cinema discounts
  • employee assistance programme
  • up to 4 structured counselling sessions per year
  • a MAT wide focus on staff well-being

This is an exciting time to join us, and a great opportunity to be involved in the next stage of development of this strong team. Over the last few years, there has been a real drive to develop collaborative planning of a well sequenced knowledge rich curriculum in order to ensure our curriculum is inclusive and all students can achieve highly.

This is an ideal opportunity for a colleague who is ambitious, creative and enthusiastic about helping students to learn in a strong supportive environment.

Closing Date: 19 September 2024, 9:00am

Safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:
enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
References
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
Short-listed candidates
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
Terms and Conditions
This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.
Rehabilitation of Offenders
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.