Executive Deputy Headteacher (Pastoral)

Leadership Pay Scale L21-25

Full Time, Permanent – Required for September 2021

Penrice Academy is a truly outstanding school, with wonderful students and forward thinking, inspirational staff.   We are highly successful with year-on-year exceptional results which now put us in the top 7% of schools nationally.  We provide our students with the knowledge, skills, and attributes to be victorious as they move to the next stages of their education and lives. As a school community we have a relentless drive and ambition to provide the best possible educational experience for each and every one of our students. 

Penrice Academy is part of Cornwall Education Learning Trust (CELT), a family of Cornish Primary and Secondary Schools, with a strategic vision to ‘learn together to help every child achieve more’.  This is an exciting time to join our large, dynamic Trust, which is responsible for educating learners across four secondary schools, one junior school and eight primary schools with a Free School (primary) to open in September 2021. There are extensive opportunities to work collaboratively with experienced professionals and leaders across the Trust, with unparalleled CPD and career development prospects for all.

We are offering a fantastic opportunity to work as an Executive Deputy Headteacher across two of the CELT Secondary Schools. This position is fitting of an experienced leader with the knowledge and expertise to perform the role of DSL across two schools to ensure meticulous safeguarding provision. The successful candidate will primarily be based at Penrice Academy, responsible for creating and maintaining an outstanding culture and ethos of excellence across the school.  You will need to be a superb classroom practitioner with substantial leadership experience, previous responsibility for safeguarding and be able to work collaboratively within two innovative and progressive leadership teams. 

If you are interested in this position and wish to have an informal conversation, please contact Lucy Gambier, Headteacher at Penrice Academy, via email lgambier@penrice.org.uk  

Application forms and full details are available from: www.penriceacademy.org/vacancies-3/  Applications by CV, letter or social media alone will not be accepted.

Closing Date:                         9.00am Tuesday 23rd February 2021

Interviews Commence:         Week beginning 1st March 2021