Job Description
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Salary: £57,809 - £63,642 (Academy Leadership Scale 7 - 11)
Position Available: September 2024
Closing Date: Friday 28thMarch 2024
We are seeking to appoint a talented, enthusiastic, and highly motivated Assistant Headteacher to leadLearning Support as the named SENCO and Designated Teacher. We are looking for someone who shares our vision of providing the best education for all studentsin our school, enabling them to become independent and effective lifelong learners.
The successful candidate will display a passion for learning and a commitment to working collaboratively to ensure students' progress, regardless of their needs, ability, or background.
You will join an ambitious, bold and collegiate team who work hard and enjoyleading the school community. 'Staff are well supported and proud to work here'. (Ofsted 2023)
The role requires strategic planning, matching the needs of the student body with the most effective support and ensuring policy is implemented in line with best practice.You will demonstrate an ability to effectively lead the team, work closely with stakeholders and ensure that statutory requirements are met when working with families, students and external agencies.You will also be expected to take on an additional school-wide leadership responsibility in an area to be determined by your strengths and interests.
To be considered for this position you must have:
- Qualified Teacher Status.
- SENCO qualification or be willing to complete the training.
- Experience of working effectively with secondary school SEND students.
- Experience as a successful team leader.
- Ability to foster effective relationships with stakeholders and external agencies.
- Excellent knowledge of current educational thinking and developments, including school responsibilities under the SEN code of Practice, The Equality Act (2010) and the Children and Families Act (2014).
- Experience in the development, delivery and evaluation of evidence-based SEND provision.
- A personal commitment to high quality teaching and inclusion for all.
- Excellent ICT, organisational and communication skills.
- This is an outstanding career opportunity for the right person. You will have the chance to make a significant contribution to a school and student body that is going from strength to strength, whilst gaining skills and experience which will prove invaluable to anyone with aspirations of senior leadership.
If you would like to be considered for this opportunity, please download and complete our application form and, on a separate document please demonstrate how your knowledge, skills and experience meet the Key Responsibilities criteria on the job description (1500 words maximum). Please return both documents to our Recruitment Coordinator, Dani Silk-recruitment@basildonacademies.org.uk
The Basildon Academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to DBS and health checks.
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications or are able to fill the position faster than originally anticipated.
The Basildon Academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to DBS and health checks.
Information about the School
The Basildon Academies is focused upon developing the whole child; our curriculum has been developed to enable our students to develop their knowledge, understanding and skills so that they will become lifelong learners. This includes opportunities for linguistic, mathematical, scientific, technical, human, social, physical and artistic learning so that students make progress in a wide range of subjects.
We set high expectations of all our students and this, in turn, ensures we create a positive climate for learning in which every student can reach their full potential. Our Academy is a calm, orderly and purposeful environment where students enjoy their learning, make good progress and feel safe.
Our Sixth Form is a major part of the academy with the structure modelling itself on developing independent learning skills like those seen in universities which allows students to continue their studies in their specialist subject areas. Students are very much encouraged to become mature adults being engaged in many aspects of the life of the academy which further develops those much needed skills to go on into university or the world of work.