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Assistant Head of Education
Location: Minehead Somerset Salary: £47,185 - £48,366 (L1-L2)
Hours: 40 Hours per week
This college 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.
This is a specialist college and training hotel for young people with learning disabilities, situated in the seaside town of Minehead. It is a very special place.
The team here believe in changing lives and giving students the skills, knowledge, and confidence to successfully shape their own future. Their aim is to equip young adults with the life and hospitality skills to become work ready, life ready.
The main purpose of the role:
As Assistant Head of Education you will work with the Principal & Head of Education in all aspects of leadership and management and to take responsibility for managing and developing learning and teaching, curriculum and assessment.
You will play a key role in assisting the Principal & Head of Education to develop the college in accordance with its shared values and our college development plans.
Key duties:
Play a key role in the overall smooth running of the college.
- Spend up to 0.2 of post (to be directed by the Head of Education) of working time classroom based demonstrating and modelling good practice, and ensuring 'quality teaching first'.
- Lead by example of your practice, and by positively encouraging, coaching and mentoring and supporting training and development for all members of the team.
- Take lead responsibility for ensuring the best possible curriculum offer, provision, well-being, progress and achievement for all student especially through enrichment, creative learning, extended services, partnerships and collaboration.
- Work with the Principal and Head of Education to ensure that the college offers a high quality, exciting, engaging, well resourced, differentiated and well matched curriculum for all students.
- Develop positive relationships within the college, wider Team and externally which support the running and developing of the college towards and sustaining outstanding.
Duties may vary and you will be expected to carry out any other reasonable duties that the Principal and Head of Education may request in support of the running of the college from time to time.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Qualifications:
- Recognised teacher training qualification - Cert Ed. / PGCE / QTS or QTLS / Diploma in Teaching
- SENCO qualification (desirable)
- Management/leadership qualification (desirable)
Experience:
- Proven track record with and experience of assessment processes
- Proven track record of excellent creative and structured teaching within a special needs environment.
- Experience of holding responsibility for and turning policy into effective and successful practice.
- Leadership of a significant area or phase or inclusion, including responsibility for raising standards across the whole college.
- Effective team management and working collaboratively and effectively with others.
- Communicating effectively to a wide range of different audiences though a range of different mediums.
- Successful management of complex scenarios and conflict resolution
- Effective relationships working successfully with a range of external agencies
Benefits:
- Full training and continued support
- Opportunity to gain qualifications, which will be funded by us!
- 10% off accommodation, hot drinks and food at the Hotel attached to the school
- Life assurance and pension
- Health cash back plan
- Car lease scheme
- Bike to work scheme
- Perk box
- Free parking
Integritas Education 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.