Position: Principal
Location: Lincolnshire
Salary: L40 – L43
Contract: Full Time Permanent
Start Date: September 2025
Posted: Friday 10 January 2025
Closing Date: 9:00 am, Monday 27 January 2025
The Governors of St George’s Academy, Lincolnshire, wish to recruit an outstanding professional to lead this highly successful, popular and friendly school. St George’s Academy is an oversubscribed 11-18 mixed comprehensive school of 2,340 students. Split between the larger Sleaford Campus and the smaller Ruskington Campus, the Academy is also part of the Sleaford Joint Sixth Form, formed in partnership with the Robert Carre Trust, consisting of the two other secondary schools in Sleaford.
The Governors are seeking a Principal who:
- Is inspirational, dynamic and innovative so as to empower students and staff to “aim high to achieve excellence for all”
- Is a visionary, impactful leader with a strong sense of moral purpose, ethical principles and values
- Is an outstanding classroom practitioner, insistent on educational excellence, with a track record of improving academic standards for all
- Is thoroughly committed to promoting exceptional opportunities for every student whatever their background and appreciates the vital impact of a wide range of extracurricular opportunities
- Is resilient and confident
- Is empathetic with excellent interpersonal skills and can develop highly effective relationships across the school community
- Has proven capacity for strategic leadership, and is therefore able to realise the Academy’s vision, demonstrate financial acumen and maximise opportunities for the Academy
In return, we can offer:
- A successful, cohesive and friendly Academy with a strong sense of tradition and the capacity to improve still further
- Motivated, respectful students who are eager to learn and participate fully in the life of the Academy
- Dedicated, talented and enthusiastic staff who value the ethos of the Academy
- A very committed, experienced and strong Senior Leadership Team
- Sound finances
- Ambitious, dynamic and committed Governors
- Supportive parents and carers who value the Academy
The closing date for applications is
9:00 am on Monday 27 January 2025. Details of the application process are included in the Principal’s pack. To find out more and to apply for the role, please visit:
https://www.st-georges-academy.org/information/principal-recruitment
Apply now
Please send completed applications to:
victoria.ullyatt-sands@st-georges-academy.org
Shortlisting: Wednesday 29 January 2025
Interviews: Wednesday 5 and Thursday 6
February 2025
Kate Abbott of
ASCL’s Leadership Appointment Service will be providing professional support to the Governors during the selection and appointment process. Please copy her into any correspondence with the school:
kate.abbott@ascl.org.uk. If you feel inspired to learn more about this exciting opportunity and would like an informal conversation, please message Kate on 07496667385.
St George’s Academy is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are made subject to receipt of a completed application form, satisfactory references and Enhanced DBS Disclosure. Additional employment checks will also be carried out for all roles in accordance with “Keeping Children Safe in Education Statutory Guidance for Schools and Colleges”.