Job profile

The Priory Lincoln Academy are looking to appoint a dynamic and passionate senior leader to play a leading role in our journey to become an inspirational learning community.  The successful candidate will need to be a visible leader who has a track record of school improvement within a senior leadership team or as a senior middle leader. All members of Priory Lincoln SLT embody the academy motto of Achieving Individual Excellence Together.

The role of leading on Teaching and Learning is one which will have significant impact on the academy. As Assistant Headteacher, you will drive the positive culture and work closely with colleagues with responsibility for teaching and learning and curriculum in order to create the environment in which young people can thrive and achieve individual excellence.  Alongside this will sit other responsibilities within the Curriculum and Standards remit.  Priory Lincoln has outstanding facilities and buildings and is on an ambitious journey of improvement and the role provides the successful candidate with an opportunity which will be career defining. 

The role plays a key part in academy development journey and has the opportunity to work with senior colleagues across the Trust.  The Priory Federation of Academies invests heavily in the development of staff and the opportunity to contribute and develop at a Trust level is significant.  As part of the Priory Sixth Form in Lincoln, our campus is a Technical Centre of Excellence with a focus on Technical education across the sectors of Education, Construction, Digital, Science, Sport, Catering and Auto Motive Engineering.

Priory Lincoln’s curriculum provides a coherent knowledge base which is well structured and sequenced, and has knowledge, literacy and creativity at its’ core.  We are committed to the Great Teaching Model and all staff have access to the Great Teaching Toolkit.  We invest in our teachers and the Assistant Head for Teaching and Learning will have the scope to work with the Deputy Headteacher: Curriculum and Standards in order to develop world class teaching at Priory Lincoln.  Our ambition is nothing less. 

There will be the responsibility in the wider Senior Leadership Team to ensure that all students are supported pastorally and academically to Achieve Individual Excellence and to play a significant role in ensuring that our learning community works Together.  We have a culture which is fiercely ambitious and the successful candidate will need the tenacity and resilience to facilitate whole school cultural change. As a professional you will require the emotional intelligence to manage change sensitively, but also the robust strength of character to challenge those whose fail to meet our high expectations.  We educate the whole child and have the belief that it is our role to open the eyes of students to the opportunities which they had previously not perceived to be possible. 

The Priory Federation of Academies Trust will provide outstanding support, whilst allowing the academy the autonomy to make both operational and strategic decisions for our learning community.  There will be excellent professional development opportunities and the chance to work with colleagues from six secondary academies as well as six primary and one specialist setting. 

Priory Lincoln Academy is a member of The Priory Federation of Academies Trust, an established and supportive MAT. Our scale allows both flexibility and creativity in terms of career development, with permanent and secondment opportunities across our academies allowing progressive career pathways.  We are determined in our mission to improve the life chances of our students and we are equally committed to the wellbeing and development of our staff. All our staff benefit from annual appraisals, access to CPD opportunities, our Trust Employee Benefits Programme and excellent support from our HR team

Keen to find out more? A visit to the academy would be warmly welcomed.  Please feel free to make an appointment by contacting Lisa Hodgson, Academy Commercial Manager by emailing lhodgson@prioryacademies.co.uk

The job description and person specification can be found in the attachments. 

Please select Apply Online to begin your application. Please note CVs are not accepted. 

For expressions of interest, from colleagues within the Trust, please complete the internal application form on the Trust website at The Priory Federation of Academies Trust - Internal applications

The Priory Federation of Academies Trust is committed to maintaining a diverse workforce and an inclusive environment for all. Our aim, embedded in the Trust Values, is to enrich our workforce at every level and we encourage applications from all under-represented groups. 

The Priory Federation of Academies Trust strictly adheres to UK-GDPR regulations. In order to complete your application for this position you will be required to read and agree to the terms of our privacy statement. This will be available for you to read when you commence your application. 

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The position is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure. 

Please note that applicants may be subject to online/social media presence checks. 

We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date if we identify a suitable candidate