Assistant Headteacher - Behaviour and Attitudes

Hillingdon Manor School; Newbury; On-site; GBP 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading independent school in Newbury seeks an Assistant Headteacher - Behaviour and Attitudes to drive student conduct and well-being. This permanent role involves leading behaviour management strategies, overseeing pastoral care, and fostering a positive school environment. Competitive salary and an exceptional reward package available.

Benefits

Life Assurance

Pension scheme with options to increase contributions

Mental health support services

Flexible Benefits Platform

Cycle to Work Scheme

Electric Car Purchase Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in leading behaviour management strategies.
• Ability to collaborate with staff to improve student welfare.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding protocols.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement effective behaviour management systems.
• Lead initiatives that promote resilience and social-emotional learning.
• Oversee Family Support and SENCO teams to ensure student well-being.

Skills

Leadership

Behaviour Management

Data-Driven Decision Making

Safeguarding

Education

Qualified Teacher Status

Job description

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Assistant Headteacher - Behaviour and Attitudes

New Barn School

• Newbury
• Permanent

Salary: Up to £53,000 per annum

Hours: 40 hours per week; Monday to Friday

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Job Title: Assistant Headteacher - Behaviour and Attitudes

Salary: Up to £53,000.00 per annum

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Contract: Permanent, Term Time Only

UK applicants only.

As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for an Assistant Headteacher - Behaviour and Attitudes to join our close-knit team at New Barn School, part of Acorn Education.

About the role

As Assistant Headteacher - Behaviour and Attitudes, you will play a pivotal role in driving high standards of student conduct and well-being. Your leadership will be instrumental in creating an environment where students feel safe, engaged, and ready to learn. Working closely with the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), you will lead the development of effective behaviour management strategies and support staff in fostering positive relationships with students. You will also oversee the welfare, family support, and SENCO teams, ensuring a comprehensive pastoral care system is in place.

Areas of Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead on Behaviour Management: Develop and implement effective behaviour management systems that promote positive student behaviour, engagement, and a respectful school environment.
• Oversee Attendance and Well-being: Collaborate with the Family Support Team to monitor and improve attendance, ensuring timely interventions for students at risk of disengagement.
• Line Management Responsibilities: Directly manage the Welfare, Family Support, and SENCO Teams, ensuring they provide high-quality support aligned with students' pastoral and educational needs.
• Safeguarding Leadership: Act as a Designated Deputy Safeguarding Lead (DDSL), ensuring all safeguarding protocols are adhered to across the school.
• Collaboration with Clinical Team: Serve as the key point of contact for the Clinical Team, ensuring students with complex needs receive appropriate interventions and support.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Use behavioural, attendance, and well-being data to identify trends and implement targeted strategies for improvement.
• Visible Leadership: Maintain a strong, visible presence around the school, modelling and promoting high standards for behaviour and attitudes.
• Policy Development and Review: Contribute to the development, review, and implementation of behaviour and pastoral policies, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements.
• Promote Positive Student Outcomes: Lead whole-school initiatives that promote resilience, positive attitudes, and social-emotional learning, ensuring all students can thrive both academically and personally.

About The School

New Barn School offers a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum to boys and girls, aged 6 – 19 years who have Social, Emotional and Mental Health complexities.

New Barn School takes full advantage of its beautiful settings and fosters a love for using the outdoor curriculum including forest school, farm experiences and horse riding. The School is within a commutable distance of Swindon, Oxford, Andover, Basingstoke and Reading and other surrounding towns and villages.

Our services offer a stable, secure and supportive environment, in which the pupils and young people we care for can develop the skills and confidence necessary to help them fulfil their potential.

Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education for vulnerable pupils. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Wherever you work – whether in a city location or one of our more rural settings – you’ll be part of one dynamic family, aiming high and dreaming big, and helping the people we work with achieve their own personal goals.

Hours: 30 hours per week; Monday to Friday

Hours: 40 hours per week; Monday to Friday

With amazing teams working across our family of brands – Acorn Education, Options Autism, Momenta Connect and Blenheim Schools– we offer a huge range of exciting career opportunities.Take a closer look and discover how fulfilling your career could be.

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