Executive Principal

From the advert

Executive Principals, Secondary (Trustwide)

Are you a values driven school leader?

As a Trust, we believe in growing together as a family. Underpinned by our values of Kindness, Respect and Teamwork, our schools are places where young people can grow and excel, and where colleagues work together to build a culture of excellence.

We are looking for Executive Principals to join our Trust and become associate members of our Executive Team.

Heartwood Learning Trust is a close-knit family of fourteen schools in Hull, York and across North Yorkshire. Our six secondary schools and two alternative provision academies could hardly be more varied: Church schools and community schools, large and small, serving very different communities in and around York, Hull, Scarborough and Selby.

You will lead improvement across our secondary schools and alternative provision academies, working closely with their Principals: supporting them, challenging them and helping them to lead their schools well. Your work could focus on one school or a cluster, such as our schools in Scarborough/York or our alternative provision academies. You will start where improvement is most needed and, in time, help our stronger schools become even better. As an associate member of the Executive Team, your priorities will be to:

• Raise standards of education and outcomes, starting with the schools that need it most

• Develop the leadership capacity of Principals and their senior teams, so that improvement lasts

• Help shape and deliver the Trust’s strategy for the next five to ten years, including its approach to inclusion and SEND

You will be an experienced headteacher or principal, with a successful track record of school improvement, ready to take the next step. This role is a chance to bring everything you have learned to a wide and varied group of schools, and to make a difference for many more young people. It will suit a flexible and committed team player who relishes new challenges and wants to keep learning. We are looking for a resilient leader and a great people person, who believes, as we do, that kindness and constructive challenge go hand in hand. The role involves working in York, Hull, Scarborough and Selby, and travelling between them.

We warmly welcome applications from Principals already leading schools in our Trust, as well as from leaders elsewhere. If you lead one of our schools now, you already know our schools, our ways of working and our values. If you are joining us from outside, you will bring a fresh perspective, and we will help you get to know our schools quickly. All applications will be considered on the same basis.

• A commitment to continuing professional development

• Teachers’ Pension Scheme

• Occupational health support

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Cycle to Work scheme

• A relocation package may be applicable for candidates moving into the regions we serve from other areas of England.

Download the candidate information pack for the full description of the role, our schools and the person specification. We strongly encourage a visit or an informal conversation before you apply, whether you already work in the Trust or not. To arrange this, please contact [email protected].

How to apply

To apply, please complete the online application form. Before you start, read the job description and person specification carefully, and use your application to give specific examples of your work in these areas. We may assess you against any of the criteria at each stage of the selection process. We do not accept applications through agencies.

The closing date is 30th November. Interviews will take place on 10th and 11th December.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing and other vetting checks.

Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the Trust. On joining you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.