About the Role
Ark White City Primary Academy is looking to appoint an exceptional Vice Principal. The successful candidate will join our senior leadership team and work closely with the Principal to drive the next phase of school improvement. This is an exciting opportunity for a proven leader who is ambitious about raising standards, developing others and ensuring every child is safe, known, challenged and successful. The Vice Principal will combine strong teaching and learning leadership with relentless attention to culture, routines, safeguarding, staff development and day‑to‑day operational excellence. We are looking for a highly visible leader who knows how to enhance and sustain strong systems, support staff, solve problems and maintain high expectations. The successful candidate will know the school deeply: the children, families, staff, curriculum, quality of work in books and the standards seen across classrooms. The Vice Principal will share collective responsibility for the leadership and management of the academy. They will be expected to step in where needed and, in the Principal’s absence, provide calm, decisive and visible leadership of the school.
Benefits
- Salaries 2.5% higher than main pay scale.
- Generous pension scheme.
- Access to Ark rewards – a scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers
- Interest‑free loans – up to £5,000 available for season ticket or to buy a bicycle.
- Gym discounts – offering up to 40%.
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme – providing free, confidential counselling, legal advice and a range of different support.
About Us
We are a primary school and nursery offering a great education for local children of White City. Our school opened in September 2023, bringing together Ark Swift Primary Academy and Ark Burlington Danes Primary Academy to create one, two‑form entry school. Our new school is a brand‑new purpose‑built and modern building on the new EdCity site in the heart of White City. We have state‑of‑the‑art facilities including a roof terrace with growing gardens for each year group, a space for outside lessons and a high‑quality playground area. It also has a multi‑purpose cooking, DT, science and art room and a sensory room. The school has been designed with extra wide learning corridors which can be used as flexible breakout spaces from the classrooms.
Guided by our values of Excellence, Friendship, Courage and Determination, Ark White City Primary Academy strives to build a community committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Our values are important to us and we will ensure that we promote them and recognise where others ‘live the Ark White City Primary Academy values’.
Diversity and Inclusion
We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click this link.
Safeguarding Statement
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.
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