Join us on our amazing adventure to make THE difference
“The school provides high quality pastoral care” - Ofsted 2023
Are you driven by a passionate belief that excellent schooling is the right of every child?
Do you believe that we must never accept that personal circumstances, socio-economic background or prior attainment will inevitably limit young people’s potential?
Are you committed to the transformational power of education to shape lives and futures?
If so, we want to hear from you!
We are seeking an inspiring and dedicated Assistant Principal to join our leadership team at Alvaston Moor Academy, with a strategic focus on Behaviour and Alternative Provision. The successful candidate will be passionate about creating a calm, inclusive, and purposeful learning environment where every student feels safe, supported, and able to succeed. You will play a key role in shaping and driving a positive behaviour culture across the academy, ensuring high standards and strong relationships underpin all aspects of school life. With a commitment to inclusion and student wellbeing, you will lead and develop effective alternative provision pathways, enabling students to re-engage with learning and achieve their full potential. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated leader who is dedicated to removing barriers to learning, supporting vulnerable students, and working collaboratively with staff, families, and external partners to secure outstanding outcomes for all.We’re looking for professionals who are ambitious but humble, innovative but research‑led, and warm and compassionate, with unapologetically high standards, to join us on our mission to take Alvaston Moor Academy in Derby from its current position to become one of the very best schools in the country.
In a community where almost 70% of pupils qualify for pupil premium funding, for more than a generation the school has struggled to consistently be the great school it can be, and that its young people, their parents and the community of Alvaston are entitled to.
In the last decade the school has seen periods of real improvement, but progress has often not survived changes in leadership, and positive changes have proved short‑lived.
In 2021 Alvaston Moor began its latest journey of improvement as part of Archway Learning Trust. Once again improvement has come - recently recognised by Ofsted - but this time there is no alternative to ensuring that it is sustainable. And more than this, that the school finally delivers on its potential, demonstrates to its community, the city of Derby and the whole world that our children have as much potential as children anywhere.
Do you want to be:- part of this story?
- part of the team that breaks the cycle of hard‑won improvement followed by debilitating turbulence?
- part of the team that delivers on a promise to a community that has never stopped wanting, but might have stopped expecting, the best for their children?
- part of a team serving a community that, put simply, deserve the very best?
If this sounds right for you. If you have the passion, the grit and the resilience to embark on this journey with us and you’re looking to take the next step in your career - we want to hear from you!
Archway Learning Trust, previously Bluecoat Academies Trust was formed in April 2014 as a result of the very long and successful history of Bluecoat Academy. We welcomed three further secondary schools in Derby to the Trust in 2021 and opened Bluecoat Trent Academy, a secondary Free School in Nottingham in September 2021.
The Trust now comprises of Bluecoat Aspley Academy, Bluecoat Sixth Form, Bluecoat Wollaton Academy,
Bluecoat Beechdale Academy, Bluecoat Primary Academy, The Nottingham Emmanuel School and Sixth Form, Bluecoat Trent Academy, The Long Eaton School, Lees Brook Academy, Alvaston Moor Academy and the Bluecoat SCITT Alliance (School Centred Initial Teacher Training).
The growth and development of our Multi‑Academy Trust makes this an excellent opportunity to join us, as we seek to serve a growing number of young people across the region.
In return we can offer:- Archway benefits to include shopping discounts and competitions
- A free and confidential employee assistance programme offering counselling and advice
- Access to Teachers’ Pensions / Generous pension scheme
- Access to discounted travel schemes
- Cycle to work scheme
- Comprehensive training and support
- Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
- Eye care voucher scheme
- Free flu vaccine
- Access to e-learning and development
