Principal of Swindon Academy

15/02/2024
- Principal of Swindon Academy

Job details

**Salary**

Competitive salary plus benefits package

**Contractual hours**

37.5

**Basis**

Full Time

**Job category/type**

SLT

**Date posted**

22/01/2024

**Job reference**

REQ000412

**Attachments**
- attachment- Swindon_Academy_App_Pack_Jan2024_v3.pdfJob description

We believe Swindon Academy is a very good all-through school, at the heart of its community. It is a large and unique school encapsulating two primary sites, a secondary school, and United College Sixth Form. This allows the school to provide high quality educational opportunities to local children at each stage of their school journey.

Since opening as part of the United Learning in 2007, the school has gone from strength to strength, especially at the secondary phase, where the quality of education within the classroom and beyond make this the school of choice for local families.

This is a school with a thriving culture founded on the values of inclusivity, kindness, and aspiration. From these strong foundations, we believe Swindon Academy has the potential to become an extraordinary school.

We are looking for a Principal with the vision of that extraordinary school and the ability to achieve it - bringing a track record of excellence in educational practice, in leadership, and in motivating and inspiring colleagues. For the right person this is a career-defining opportunity to make the school a beacon of excellence within Swindon and within United Learning.
United Learning is a big group of schools - with over 60,000 pupils and more than 9,000 staff - so we have the capacity to support you educationally and operationally. At the same time, we are values-led and base all that we do on good relationships, so you will be joining a big family.

Reporting directly to the Regional Director, you will be supported both personally and professionally, benefitting from the strength of a national group supporting your development and that of your staff and school.

We are committed to fairness, diversity and inclusion. We are currently working hard to improve representation of black, Asian and minority ethnic leaders at headship level and to raise our proportion of women leaders to match their representation in our wider workforce. Whoever you are, if you have a strong track record of improving young people’s education and a drive to do more, we very much look forward to hearing from you.
- Principal of Swindon Academy