Assistant Principal

**Salary**:
L10-L14

**Job type**:
Full Time, Permanent

**Start date**:
January 2025

16 December 2024

**Job overview**:

- To act as the strategic lead for the academy’s Inclusion provisions of the SEND team, Study Hub (Compass) and Inclusion and Well Being Hub
- To act as the Designated Teacher for Looked After Children
- In conjunction with the Principal / Vice Principal and the academy’s vision, exercise strategic, curriculum-led financial planning to ensure the equitable deployment of budgets and resources, in the best interests of student’s achievements and the academy’s sustainability
- To strategically lead the growth of the Study Hub ensuring that a robust business plan is financially costed and implemented successfully
- Ensure the provisions have effective safeguarding in place
- Demand ambitious standards for all students within SEND and AEN, Study Hub and Inclusion and Well Being Hub, overcoming disadvantages and advancing equality
- Instilling a strong sense of accountability in staff for the impact of their work on student outcomes particularly those students with SEND and AEN
- Maintain and improve standards, achievement and student progress and development, contributing fully to the strategic leadership, direction, quality assurance and staff leadership at the academy
- Be responsible for whole school approach of Inclusion including, individual support plans, liaison with parents/carers, external agencies and other key stakeholders
- To identify individuals and groups who exhibit behaviours that are challenging, and to lead the interventions, support and sanctions which will help to put their learning back on track
- To use the data and information from primary school colleagues to prepare for the smooth transition of students from KS2 to KS3, and for transition between stages within the main school
- To be responsible for fostering an ethos of aspiration, challenge and inclusion across the school for students with AEN

**About **South Axholme Academy**:
**South Axholme Academy**
- Burnham Road, Epworth, Doncaster- South Yorkshire- DN9 1BY- United Kingdom+44 1427 872121

**SOUTH AXHOLME ACADEMY**

**LOCATION**

The school is situated in the small ‘town’ of Epworth (pop. 4000) on the A161 Goole to Gainsborough road, three miles from the M180. Doncaster and Scunthorpe are both approximately twelve miles away. Hull, Leeds, Sheffield, York, Lincoln and Nottingham are all one hour, or less, drive away. Open countryside backs onto the school playing fields. This is a farming area, mostly arable. The catchment area includes Primary Schools in seven district villages, but we often ‘draw’ from as many as twenty three different Primary Schools.

**NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE AREA**

South Axholme Academy is part of Isle Education Trust (IET) which is a multi-academy trust and at present includes Epworth Primary Academy, South Axholme Academy and Coritani Academy in Scunthorpe

**THE SCHOOL**

South Axholme Academy is currently the 11-18 part of the trust and is a mixed Academy. It has a discrete catchment area so that only a very few children are ‘lost’ to private or voluntary aided schools. The student intake is of average ability. Public examination results are well above national average figures.

**STUDENT PASTORAL ORGANISATION**

The Academy is organised in Key Stages with a 3 year KS3 and 2 year KS4. SLT work closely with the Progress & Achievement Leaders, guiding and supporting students as necessary. The Academy has a well established policy of early contact with parents. The Form Tutor is the usual parental contact point, followed by referral to Progress & Achievement Leaders.

**STUDENT ACADEMIC ORGANISATION**

The Learning Support Department provides help to all students with learning difficulties. This takes place either in mainstream lessons or alternatively by way of selective withdrawal for short periods in certain lessons. The emphasis of late has been to increase mainstream support.

**SCHOOL CONSULTATION**

A programme of weekly meetings takes place throughout the year incorporating Full Staff Meetings, Department Meetings, Pastoral Team Meetings, Teaching & Learning Meetings, Subject Leader Meetings, Senior Leadership Team Meetings, Workshops, School Improvement Group Meetings and Governor Meetings.

**EXTRA - CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES**

South Axholme Academy offers a very impressive range of activities which give the Academy a rich life which it shares with the local community. The Academy enjoys very active parental support.

Sport, Music and Drama/Dance are especially strong. There is an orchestra, a wind band, small ensemble work and a choir. Personal instrumental tuition is offered. Regular public performances are given in the Academy and various outside venues. The Academy runs teams in Football, Rugby, Cricket, Hockey, Netball, Tennis, Badminton, Basketball and Athletics.

**STAFF INVOLVEMENT**

The Management structure of the Academy is such that every member o