Principal in Manchester

Location: Abbey Hey Primary Academy

Salary: Competitive salary plus benefits package

As part of the United Learning Trust, Abbey Hey Academy is a larger than average sized primary school in the heart of Gorton, East Manchester. The school serves a vibrant and diverse community of learners. Abbey Hey is incredibly popular with local families and has very few places available along with long waiting lists for some year groups. In 2019, the school secured a ‘Good’ Ofsted judgement, details of which can be found on the school website.

Abbey Hey are committed to delivering a broad and balanced curriculum; children undertake lots of educational visits and take part in a wide range of activities from football, choir, Eco club and dodgeball. Our vision is simple: to ensure children receive the best education that is available to enable them to become the very best that they can be.

Abbey Hey Primary Academy is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life-changing education to children and young people across England. United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All positions are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online check.

We always appoint on merit, and we are open to discussing flexible working options.

Abbey Hey Primary Academy is an exceptional school where leaders have established influential values that are consistently modelled by staff and inspire pupils in their exemplary conduct, interactions and learning. We are now seeking an inspirational leader to guide the school into the next phase of its improvement journey – building on strong foundations and driving it towards excellence in every respect.

Committed to delivering the highest-quality education for local children, this role offers an exciting opportunity for a Principal who is eager to make a meaningful and lasting impact on pupils and the wider community. To support you in achieving further progress, you will benefit from United Learning’s extensive expertise and resources, including dedicated specialists in education, finance, HR and technology.

To lead this next stage of development, we are looking for an inspiring and highly effective school leader who believes exceptional academic achievement is always possible and who can unite a team to deliver this ambition with clarity and pace. As a confident and motivational leader, you will continue to strengthen the school’s positive culture and ethos – underpinned by United Learning’s values – and accelerate its progress towards excellence.

United Learning is deeply committed to the progress, success and safeguarding of all children and young people. We believe in serving local communities by creating excellent schools that deliver outstanding education and support every child. Our principals play a central role not only in leading their own schools but also in contributing to the collective leadership of the group. By working together, we aim to offer more than any single school could achieve alone: we support and develop leaders, provide exceptional professional development for all staff, and broaden the opportunities available to children and young people.

We are committed to fairness, diversity and inclusion. We are actively working to increase the representation of Black, Asian and minority ethnic leaders at headship level and to ensure that the proportion of women in leadership reflects their representation across our wider workforce. Whoever you are, if you have a strong track record of improving young people’s education and the drive to achieve even more, we would be delighted to hear from you.

If you wish to discover more about this exciting opportunity, need any further information or would like to have an informal discussion please contact our Head of Leadership Recruitment, Geoff Morris by email on geoff.morris@unitedlearning.org.uk or by phone on 07811 345638.