Accrington Academy is an 11–16 secondary school at the heart of its community in East Lancashire. With a committed team, a caring ethos, and well-equipped facilities, the school provides students with the chance to flourish through a wide range of experiences that nurture character and creativity. Many pupils work hard and want to do their best, and there is a sense of pride in the school within the community.
At the same time, we know the school is not yet where we want it to be. The appointment of a new Principal provides an exciting opportunity to reshape priorities and deliver rapid, sustained improvement so that every child achieves well. We are looking for a leader who sees challenge as an opportunity to make a lasting impact: someone with the vision, determination, and ability to unite staff, students, and families behind a shared purpose. This is an opportunity to transform a school and change lives. If you believe that young people can achieve extraordinary things and have the drive to build a team that will make this a reality, we would be delighted to hear from you.
United Learning is a big group of schools – with over 75,000 pupils and more than 10,000 staff – so we have the capacity to support you educationally and operationally. At the same time, we are values led and base all that we do on good relationships, so you will be joining a big family. Reporting directly to the Regional Director, you will be supported both personally and professionally, benefitting from the strength of a national group who will support your development and that of your staff and school.
We are committed to fairness, diversity and inclusion. We are currently working hard to improve representation of black, Asian and minority ethnic leaders at headship level and to raise our proportion of women leaders to match their representation in our wider workforce. Whoever you are, if you have a strong track record of improving young people’s education and a drive to do more, we very much look forward to hearing from you.
We fully recommend that you take the opportunity to make an informal visit prior to making your application to see the school for yourself. If you would like to arrange a visit or discuss the role in further detail, please contact Geoff Morris at geoff.morris@unitedlearning.org.uk or by phone on 07811 345 638.