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Keys Co-operative academy Trust are looking to increase our leadership team at Heybridge Co-operative Academy on fixed term basis until the end of the 18/19 academic year.
Heybridge Co-operative Academy is a mixed 11-16 Pupil Referral Unit. In our most recent Ofsted (July 2015) the school was awarded Outstanding. We have strong partnership links to our referring Secondary Schools and our students outperform the national average achieved in other APS and PRUS. We have high expectations and aspirations for our young people.
If you are a strong senior leader committed to making a difference to the lives of young people whose mainstream education has been disrupted, we welcome your application.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and this appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
Please do not send your CV, an application form must be completed and sent to hr@kcat.co.uk.
Information about the School
Mid Essex Co-operative Academy is an 4 – 16 school for 135 young people most of whom have found it difficult to be successful in a mainstream school.
We are very proud of the provision we offer. Students are taught in small groups and they study the core curriculum at both Key Stage 3 and 4. In addition to the core curriculum, we provide rich and varied extended curriculum opportunities ranging from music therapy, targeted literacy intervention, horse riding to vocational courses and work experience placements. Small classes benefit students and enable them to make good progress as staff can ensure that learning is tailored to individual student needs.
At Key Stage 3, in partnership with local schools, we focus on supporting young people to return to a mainstream school. At Key Stage 4, we focus on providing the opportunity for students to gain 5 GCSEs to ensure a successful transition to post 16 education or training. Many of the young people who attend Mid Essex Co-operative Academy arrive here at a point of crisis or conflict in their lives. It is our aim to ensure that we help them to regain a sense of confidence and self-esteem which allows them to compete on equal terms with their peers, despite the disruption to their education caused by leaving mainstream school. We have an ongoing target that none of our Year 11 leavers are NEET (Not in education, employment or training) and we regularly maintain this excellent target.
The Primary unit for Key Stage 1 and 2 students is located in Witham. The school opened in January 2021. As with the secondary unit, this serves young people, most of whom have found it difficult to be successful in a mainstream school. We are very proud of the provision we offer. Students are taught in small groups and they study the core curriculum. In addition to the core curriculum, we provide rich and varied extended curriculum opportunities ranging from music therapy, targeted literacy intervention, horse riding to vocational courses and work experience placements. Small classes benefit students and enable them to make good progress as staff can ensure that learning is tailored to individual student needs.