Community Academies Trust

With a mission to be beacons of outstanding local provision, Community Academies Trust (CAT) is a Multi Academy Trust comprising of 13 primary and 5 secondary schools in Warwickshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire. We work to raise standards and achieve school improvement, responding to the needs and aspirations of the communities we serve. Committed to preserving local school identity and ethos, we are determined to be providers who local families can rely on for excellence for their children’s education.

Located near Tamworth in Staffordshire, The Wilnecote School is a co-educational secondary school with 892 students between the ages of 11 and 16. Having joined CAT in 2016, and with a Good in all areas Ofsted judgement, Wilnecote aspires to be an outstanding school with high expectations and high aspirations for each student, valuing and promoting three main areas of achievement: academic, nurturing individual talent and relationships. The School is committed to improving the opportunity for all students to flourish as global citizens and to develop the skills of leadership, cooperation and personal responsibility.

We are now seeking a dynamic and ambitious Head to build on Wilnecote’s successes to date. The School enjoys a good reputation and facilities, and almost at full capacity, is popular in the local community. With a strong senior leadership team and support from the Trust center, this is a school with significant potential. The new Head must be able to evidence solid experience of working in a school with significant levels of disadvantage as head or deputy head and be a team player who relishes challenge and the opportunity to raise standards and create impact. Crucially, they will be driven by values that align with the Trust’s conviction that all young people have talent and the potential to achieve more than they ever thought possible.

Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as an employment agency advisor to the Community Academies Trust on this appointment. For further information about the role, including details about how to apply, please visit www.saxbam.com/appointments using reference SBIXE. Alternatively telephone +44 (0)20 7227 0880 (during office hours). Applications should be received by noon on Wednesday 22^nd March 2023.