Start Date: 1 September 2026
Fixed Term until 31 August 2026
The Academies for Character and Excellence believes in ‘Personal Growth for All’ and our shared outcomes are rooted in excellence, each of our twenty schools across Devon Somerset are committed to a strong ethos and culture. The schools in our trust work together to ensure that we translate our vision of excellence into everyday practice.
We are truly collaborative, and we work together within and across our schools to ensure that all our children and staff members achieve their potential. Together we work to create a full and rich curriculum offer allowing everyone to flourish. We are proud of our outcomes, but we aspire to achieve more than just academic excellence for our children. We also want our children to become healthy thinkers, curious explorers, caring citizens, knowledgeable participants and confident individuals.
We aim to serve our communities, and our schools make every effort to connect with families, local community groups, and organisations to ensure that our children and families are nurtured, supported and provided with opportunities through our schools. Our value of equity leads us to want the very best of every child and every staff member. The Academies for Character and Excellence believes in ‘Personal Growth for All’, and we are committed to tackling inequalities, overcoming disadvantage, and providing bespoke opportunities for professional learning for all.
For Newtown Primary School we are looking to appoint an exceptional candidate who:
1. Will be committed to ensuring that all children achieve the highest possible outcomes
2. Can inspire and motivate children and enable them to be the best that they can be
3. Has a passion to ensure high expectations for all teaching and learning, whilst ensuring outstanding pupil progress which inspires, motivates and challenges pupils
4. Has an understanding of collaborative learning
5. To work in partnership with the headteacher, local governing body and the wider community to ensure that our mission and ethos is translated into action.
We can offer the candidate:
6. An exciting and innovative Trust that will inspire and allow you to reach your full potential
7. Collaborative support within Trust Improvement Groups
8. A Trust which cultivates pupils through character development leading to a stimulating and innovative curriculum
9. Polite, happy and engaged children with a great enthusiasm for learning
10. Working with like-minded professionals across the Trust enabling continuous professional support
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS clearance is required for this post.