Assistant Principal - Secondary (Maternity Cover)

King Solomon Academy

Assistant Principal - Secondary (Maternity Cover)

Location: Marylebone, London

Salary: Leadership Scale

Contract: Fixed term

Start date: January 2025

Closing date: 11am on Thursday 14 th November 2024

NB: this ad will close on 1 st November and reopen on 4 th November while we transition to a new system. Information about the new system will be available on our website.

A unique opportunity to be part of a ground-breaking school

About the role:

We are excited to offer the role of Assistant Principal (Maternity Cover). This is a fixed term contract due to the maternity leave of a senior colleague and is likely to entail the leadership of a key stage. This role is for a senior leader and as such, the successful participant should be ready to take on responsibility and be developed in all aspects of school leadership.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Experience of leading, coaching and managing staff
• Experience of leading a high achieving team within a complex school environment
• Experience of raising attainment in a challenging classroom environment
• Evidence of continually improving the behaviour and culture of groups of pupils

View the full job description and person specification here .

About our school:

King Solomon Academy is a genuine all-through school, with our pupils staying with us from nursery to sixth form across two sites, ten minutes-walk apart. Because of this, we have a unique opportunity to have a long term and dramatic impact on our pupils' lives. This all starts in our primary school, where our pupils develop, and grow a love of learning.

We have a strong track-record as a school in making a significant impact on our pupils' lives. We adopt a mastery approach in primary, meaning that our pupils have more time and explicit teaching of the skills and concepts that underpin long term success in academics, enriched by a varied and cultural capital enhancing curriculum which inspires and engages our pupils. Our specialist teaching model allows pupils to benefit from expert teaching in PE, music, art, humanities and science and means all staff have time to plan each subject properly.

In September 2019 we merged with Ark Paddington Green Academy and combined to form one all-through King Solomon Academy with Nursery-Year 4 on our Younger Years Site (Crompton Street) and Year 5 - Year 13 on the Older Years Site (Penfold Street). In May 2021, we opened a purpose-built nursery for 2-4 year olds. Our Younger Years Site has generous outdoor space, including a beautiful global food garden and a woodland garden where we run Forest School in EYFS and KS1. UKS2 pupils benefit from all the resources of sharing a site with secondary: a huge MUGA, basketball courts, science labs, specialist music equipment and so on.

Benefits of working for King Solomon Academy:

We believe in aiming high, working together, being kind and leading the way. Through weekly individual coaching, year group intellectual preparation time and whole school PD, we invest in your growth and development as a teacher to ensure you can excel in creating the best possible climate for learning for our pupils to thrive in.

Through our approach to professional development we can promise a successful candidate a positive and rewarding journey of growth. Through shared weekly and long-term planning, a large number of training days and access to the resources and opportunities in the Ark network, we are able to support our teachers to thrive.

How to apply:

Please click the apply button below and submit your application. We are advertising this role mid year, so we understand we may need to be flexible on timings of recruitment and around the start date. As such, we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this advert may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. Early application is advised.

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, we would be delighted to hear from you. To arrange a visit, an informal chat or for any queries, please contact our HR Officer, Salma on or phone .

To see more information about our school and current vacancies, please visit .

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark's safer recruitment process, please click this link .