Notley High School & Braintree Sixth Form
Role Profile
Salary
Leadership 10 - 14Contract
Full time, Permanent
Required
22nd April 2025About the role:
- This is a brand new role for our school and an opportunity for you to have real impact.
- Last year’s Progress 8 score demonstrated a significant improvement upon the previous year.
Your application will need to demonstrate that you are/have:
- Substantial senior or middle leadership experience in a secondary school with strong evidence of success and impact.
- Experience of leadership of whole school initiatives.
- An ability to analyse and evaluate data to improve outcomes for students.
- The ability to motivate, inspiring confidence in pupils that they can succeed and achieve their personal best.
- An ability to manage conflict and think creatively to solve problems.
- A deep knowledge and clear understanding of educational legislation, new innovation and developments.
- An ability to use the full range of leadership skills and qualities including emotional intelligence as appropriate to the situation.
- A personal commitment to inclusion and diversity to ensure the maximum benefits for students and staff.
- An enthusiastic leader, committed to ensuring the best possible outcomes for all students.
- Someone who can provide clear direction and shared purpose for all students, staff and stakeholders.
- A strong commitment to personal development for all staff including yourself.
Please note a start date of 1st September 2025 would be acceptable.
Further Information
Closing Date
Interview Date
How to Apply
To apply for the role, please complete the application form, demonstrating how your skills and experience match the criteria in the Job Description and Person Specification and return directly to Notley High School on the email address provided below.
Application guidance notes are also available to assist you with completing your application.
Informal enquiries regarding the role can be made to the school office via email addressed to Mrs C Bird, Headteachers PA on:
Mrs Ceri Bird
Notley High School & Braintree Sixth Form,
Notley Road,
Braintree,
Essex CM7 1WY
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01376 556300 (via the school reception)
This Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments will be subject to DBS clearance and satisfactory references. If successful, an enhanced DBS check would be sought.
Bridge Academy Trust welcomes applications from those of all backgrounds, faiths and ethnic groups.
This Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments will be subject to DBS clearance and satisfactory references. If successful, an enhanced DBS check would be sought.
Bridge Academy Trust welcomes applications from those of all backgrounds, faiths and ethnic groups.

Notley Road
Braintree
Essex
CM7 1WY
About Notley High School & Braintree Sixth Form
At Notley High School & Braintree Sixth Form, we are an ambitious inclusive 11-19 mixed comprehensive school that places the journey of the child at the centre of everything we do. We have a clear aim for our students and staff: “Enjoy, Enrich, Achieve & Aspire”. As a school our ambition is to be “An outstanding school in the heart of the community.” These messages underpin everything we do.
We want to work with colleagues who put the students at the centre of everything we do, but also take the opportunities we can offer them to develop their careers and fulfil their own aspirations.
Notley High & Braintree Sixth Form is part of the Bridge Academy Trust: a collegiate and collaborative Trust, where, first and foremost, each school is a place of high quality learning, where young people ENJOY, ENRICH, ACHIEVE & ASPIRE. The core purpose is to provide high quality continuity of every child’s journey through education from 3 to 19, with a community and school-led school improvement approach and long-term sustainable strategy. Bridge Academy Trust is committed to its people strategy and prioritises staff’s development to ensure they too can enjoy, enrich, achieve and aspire.

Notley Road
Braintree
Essex
CM7 1WY