Principal

**Salary**:
L40-L43

**Job type**:
Full Time, Permanent

**Start date**:
September 2025

27 January 2025

**Job overview**:
Position: Principal

Location: St George’s Academy, Lincolnshire, Sleaford Campus and Ruskington Campus

**Salary**: L40 - L43

Contract: Full Time Permanent

Start Date: September 2025

Posted: Friday 10th January 2025

Closing Date: 9.00am, Monday 27th January 2025

The Governors of St George’s Academy, Lincolnshire, wish to recruit an outstanding professional to lead this highly successful, popular and friendly school. St George’s Academy is an oversubscribed 11-18 mixed comprehensive school of 2,340 students. Split between the larger Sleaford Campus and smaller Ruskington Campus, the Academy is also part of the Sleaford Joint Sixth Form, formed in partnership with the Robert Carre Trust, consisting of the two other secondary schools in Sleaford.

The Governors are seeking a Principal who:

- Is inspirational, dynamic and innovative so as to empower students and staff to ‘aim high to achieve excellence for all’
- Is a visionary, impactful leader with a strong sense of moral purpose, ethical principles and values
- Is an outstanding classroom practitioner, insistent on educational excellence, with a track record of improving academic standards for all
- Is thoroughly committed to promoting exceptional opportunities for every student whatever their background and appreciates the vital impact of a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities for students
- Is resilient and confident
- Is empathetic with excellent inter-personal skills who will develop highly effective relationships with all aspects of the school community
- Has proven capacity for strategic leadership, and is therefore able to realise the Academy’s vision, demonstrate financial acumen and maximise opportunities for the Academy

In return, we can offer:

- A successful, cohesive and friendly Academy with a strong sense of tradition and the capacity to improve still further
- Motivated, respectful students with a desire to learn who participate fully in the life of the Academy
- A dedicated, talented, enthusiastic staff who value the ethos of the Academy
- A very committed, experienced and strong Senior Leadership Team
- Sound finances
- Ambitious, dynamic and committed Governors
- Supportive parents and carers who value the Academy

**Shortlisting will take place on Wednesday 29th January 2025**.

**Interviews will be held on Wednesday 5th February and Thursday 6th February 2025.**

Kate Abbott of
- ASCL’s Leadership Appointment Service

will be providing professional support to the Governors during the selection and appointment process. Please copy her into any correspondence with the school:

- If you feel inspired to find out more about this exciting opportunity, and would like an informal conversation, please message Kate on 07496667385 for further information.

**About**St George's Academy**:
**St George's Academy**
- Westgate, Sleaford
- Lincolnshire
- NG34 7PP
- United Kingdom

+44 1529 302487

St George’s Academy was first established in May 1908, with 208 children on roll. The school was one of the first Technology Colleges; it has been Grant Maintained and was a Foundation School before becoming an Academy in January 2010. The school has a history of success with students and has a waiting list for every year group. The Academy occupies a site of 32 acres and has over 3500 students on roll at the Sleaford Campus and around 520 on our Ruskington Campus. The Academy is a comprehensive school serving Sleaford and the surrounding rural area. The Academy building programme has added significantly to the already very good facilities. Students attend the Academy from a distance of up to 15 miles. Many of the students live in small villages that surround Sleaford. The housing is still affordable and there are many beautiful villages and towns offering a high quality, rural lifestyle. Sleaford is a rural market town, with a mix of new and historic housing. The nearest large centre of population is the Cathedral City of Lincoln, 19 miles away. The Academy growth reflects the growth in the local population and the parental preference for the Academy over other schools.