Trust Vice Principal – Pastoral

Salary: Leadership Pay Scale Points 19 – L22 (£73,508 – £79,110 per annum)

Starting April 2024

The Inspiration Trust is looking for an exceptional leader to join our team at a senior level. The successful candidate will be passionate about our vision of ensuring pupils are resilient and independent learners.  The successful candidate will be familiar with how to run a highly successful school, and capable of both setting strategy and implementing effectively. They will report to the Secondary Director / Placement Principal as a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to support the achievement of the Trust / Academy vision and goals. This role is well suited for current Assistant Principals or Vice Principals looking for career development and/or a new challenge. 

The main responsibility of the Trust Vice Principal – Pastoral role will be:

• To be the lead officer for Safeguarding at the Academy (Designated Safeguarding Lead)
• To be the lead for equality, diversity and inclusion; ensuring all elements are fully embedded in all activities and policies across the school.
• To work closely with the SLT to effectively deliver and manage good quality pastoral support programmes that develop pupils’ excellent social and communication skills and support raising achievement.
• To ensure the Academy meets the needs of all pupils, including those with SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities).

The ideal candidate will have:

• Qualified Teacher Status, degree and further relevant professional studies
• Appropriate training for Safer Recruitment and Child Protection (in accordance with current legislation)
• Line management experience overseeing behaviour/pastoral, attendance, and SEND teams that led to positive outcomes.
• A track record of raising standards, linked to pupils’ behaviour
• The statutory requirements concerning Equal Opportunities, Health & Safety, SEND and Child Protection.

Inspiration Trust has twice been ranked as the country’s top family of comprehensive schools for pupil progress, and strongly believes in the importance of giving the widest educational opportunities to all young people, regardless of their background. The Trust provides strong networks with opportunities to work with a diverse range of schools and partners. The Trust is committed to offering excellent professional and learning opportunities to all our staff, with a busy programme of continuing professional development courses delivered by some of the country’s best educational thinkers and practitioners.

Inspiration Trust feels it is important to support every school by centralising certain support services. In turn this reduces workload on senior leaders, helping to establish further value for money on a variety of integrated services. This also ensures the Trust’s Academies have a local support structure and share best practice. As a Trust we will continue to review the services we offer and are committed to making them responsive to individual Academy’s needs.

The Trust’s dedicated Central Services Team is based at the Hewett Academy in Norwich. This team provides a strong range of school support services including:

• Finance
• Governance
• Human Resources and Payroll
• Operations, including Estate management, Health and Safety, ICT and Marketing

For information on what it is like to live and work in Norwich, click here.

When you join Inspiration Trust’s thriving network of talented teachers, leaders and support staff, you join an organisation that supports you to be the best you can be. The Trust offers a varied professional development programme for employees.

We are committed to offering excellent professional opportunities for our staff, through careful support and personalised CPD. We offer a structured and specific induction programme.

The Trust also offers:

• Generous holiday entitlement for employees.
• Teachers’ Pension Schemes with generous employer contributions.
• Employee Assistance Programme which provided a fully confidential service which includes 24/7 free telephone support is offered. Access to well-being information, advice and guidance are always available as well.
• Discounted monthly travel passes via the First Bus Commuter Travel Club.
• Cycle-to-work scheme.
• Retail Benefits offering discounts with many shops and suppliers.
• Corporate membership of the Norwich Theatre Royal.
• Salary sacrifice schemes, including car leasing (subject to T&C) and healthcare plans, including Dental insurance and Gym membership discounts.
• Specsavers VDU Eyecare vouchers and Boots Annual Flu vouchers.
• Free Parking (on most sites).

*Some benefits are only available following successfully passing probation

If you are interested in being part of our growing Trust and would like to know more about this exciting opportunity, then please contact our Secondary Director, Louise Jackson ([email protected])

To apply for this role please click the Apply button on this page to complete the online application form.

Closing date for applications: 9am on Thursday 22nd February 2024

Interview date: Tuesday 27th February 2024

Inspiration Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks. We are an equal opportunities employer.