Location: Ormiston Forge Academy, Wrights Lane, Cradley Heath B64 6QU (Sandwell)

Leadership Group Scale L20-L24 £67,364-£74,295

Full time, permanent position required for September 2022

Closing date: Monday 23rd May 2022 at 12.00 noon

Interview Date: Wednesday 25th May 2022

The Vice Principal, for Student Services, under the direction of the Principal, will have a strategic overview of behaviour, attitudes, attendance, inclusion, safeguarding and SEND (including all key groups).

You will work to develop an inclusive, tolerant and positive culture in the Academy that underpins good standards of behaviour and attendance throughout, leading to the best possible outcomes for all students. Developing an ethos of high expectations for staff and students and leading on ensuring student welfare, personal development, attendance and inclusion is a priority for all staff, you will develop and model our strategy and be relentless in our pursuit of excellence. 

It’s an exciting time to be part of Ormiston Forge Academy. We are a large, oversubscribed 11-18 mainstream school with more than 1,600 students. We are proud to serve our local community and to shape and enhance the futures of our young people. We are equally proud to be part of Ormiston Academies Trust, a family of schools who are all committed to making the biggest difference, both inside and outside the classroom. Judged to be ‘good’ twice by OFSTED and with consistently good examination results, we are the first choice for parents across the area. 

You will be a front-foot person with a clear vision and understanding about what outstanding looks like and you will be able to communicate this vision to all stakeholders. You will need to be a dynamic, inspirational and ambitious leader with the determination and innovative drive to raise standards and ensure all students secure the best possible outcomes to enable them to progress further. 

The Vice Principal we are looking for will:

• Ensure that the achievement gaps between different groups of students decline year on year, including those students in receipt of the Pupil Premium.
• Ensure that the Academy meets its target for students’ attendance and progress - to be reviewed annually as part of the Academy’s appraisal cycle
• Line manage SEND team, student services team (pastoral and inclusion teams), personal development/character education team.
• Be an inspirational, creative and outstanding leader who is able to motivate young people and staff.
• Be a hardworking, imaginative thinker and have excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Be able to go the ‘extra mile’ to make a difference to raise aspirations and transform the lives of our students. 
• Have personal authority, communication, and organisational skills to lead and manage effectively and with impact.
• Have successful experience of visioning, planning and implementing change at department or whole school level.
• Have outstanding knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice and the statutory requirements on schools.

We can offer you:

• Outstanding CPD provision internally and across the Ormiston Academy Trust (OAT) network.
• Dedicated and enthusiastic students who want to learn and succeed.
• A passionate, creative, friendly and supportive staff team.
• A talented and dedicated leadership team who are unrelenting in their commitment to improve outcomes and life chances for all. 

We feel this is a unique opportunity. If you share our passion, drive and determination to improve the life chances of our students and wish to play an integral part in leading our Academy then we look forward to receiving your application.

If you would like to make an informal visit to the school or a conversation before making an application, please email our Principal, Dr Lisa Mason, lisa.mason@oatforge.co.uk or call 01384566598.

How to apply:

Visit us online at www.oatcareers.co.uk where you can find further information and details on how to apply. Please note that CV’s are not accepted.

Ormiston Forge is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. 

Suitability checks will be undertaken including identity, Right To Work, qualifications, Prohibition check, two references and enhanced DBS check including Children’s Barred List.

Compulsory Declaration of any Convictions, Cautions or Reprimands, Warnings or Bind-overs. It is the academy’s policy to require all applicants for employment to disclose any previous ‘unspent’ criminal convictions and any cautions which have not expired, or any pending prosecutions. In addition, the job you are applying for is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (exceptions order 1975) which requires you to disclose all spent convictions and cautions except those which are ‘protected’ under Police Act 1997 – Part V and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013) and are not subject to disclosure to employers on DBS certificates and cannot be taken into account. Guidance on the filtering of “protected” cautions and convictions which do not need to be disclosed by a job applicant can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website. 

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