Outwood Academy Redcar

Outwood Academy Redcar - a welcoming and supportive 11-16 academy based in the coastal town of Redcar in the north-east – is looking for a Principal to provide leadership and strategic direction, to ensure that every child receives a high-quality education, which promotes the highest possible standards of achievement.

Key Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for all delegated management and operational activity of the academy.
• Provide enthusiastic, innovative and consistent leadership to the academy and its leadership team.
• Work positively with the community to ensure the best possible outcomes for all students, especially those who are the most vulnerable.
• Implement the Trust’s policies, ensuring they are rigorous and sustainable, and strategies in order to transform the outcome for students at the academy.
• Ensure that students are healthy, stay safe, enjoy and achieve their maximum potential, and achieve economic and personal well-being once they leave the academy.
• Develop the reputation of the academy, locally, regionally and nationally.
• Act as an ex-officio member of the Academy Council.
• Ensure that a modern, up-to-date curriculum is developed and implemented and that curriculum delivery is translated into effective learning and assessment practice.
• Encourage and promote innovation in educational provision through the commissioning and delivery of services, ensuring that the academy can meet changing needs and demands consistent with government guidelines and requirements.
• Ensure that high-quality provision is available to all students regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, disability, economic background or special educational needs.