Location: Derby
Contract Type: Full-time/Permanent
Hours: 40 hours per week
Salary: £68,400 - £75,331 (L16-L20), depending on experience
Closing Date: 30th August 2024
Interview Dates: 10th and 11th September 2024 (Second stage on 13th September)
Start Date: 1st January 2025
This school is part of a group of over 15 SEN schools/colleges and supported living across the UK. They are the sixth-largest provider of specialist educational services in the country, supporting over 900 children and young people, and employing over 1,000 staff.
Call/email Alisdair at School Staffing to get an application form to complete and send back and also a full job description with details of this SEN Schools' Group
This brand-new Primary and Secondary Special Education school which will open its doors in early 2025. Based in Derbywith a proposed capacity of 72 students aged between 5-19. It is anticipated that the student cohort will have a primary diagnosis of ASC/ADHD.
The Role
The Role of the Headteacher is to provide vision, strategic leadership, direction and an effective culture for the school to the highest professional standard whist maintaining its success and providing a high quality of education which reflects this Group's vision and values.
In line with all Headteacher roles; you will ultimately be accountable for all areas of operational and educational performance within the School, as well as the financial performance and management of education and support staff.
To achieve in this role, you will be someone who inspires creativity and collaboration, a strong leader and a passionate advocate for your students, finding ways to deliver educational outcomes that make a real difference to them.
As this is a new school in the development stage, you will lead of the design and development of the school curriculum in order to meet the needs of the student cohort. You will also be instrumental in the recruitment and development of an effective team to secure the success of what we anticipate being an outstanding school.
Skills and Qualifications
- Qualified Teacher Status with further professional qualification in a relevant area. Candidates with Headteacher qualification (such as NPQH/SNLP) or a willingness to gain such a qualification preferred.
- Proven experience as a Headteacher within a specialist school environment - essential
- Up to date knowledge of current DfE guidance including Independent Schools Standards (ISS)
- Knowledge and understanding of SLD and ASD issues
- Up to date knowledge of local and national government initiatives and legislation
- Quality assurance experience (such as lesson observations and performance management)
- Strong and effective leadership qualities
- Superb communication and stakeholder management skills.
Benefits:
- Life assurance
- Competitive pension
- Perkbox - offering high street discounts
- Employee assistance programme
- Car lease scheme
- Fully funded training and qualifications
- Bike to work scheme
- Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.
School Staffing Recruitment Ltd is acting as an employment business for this position.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search**.**
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
As a result of the volume of applications, If we have not contacted you within two weeks of your application being received, then regretfully your application will not be taken forward on this occasion.