Assistant Headteacher for Inclusion, SEND & Safeguarding

Teaching Vacancies; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local educational institution is seeking a non-class-based leader for the Senior Leadership Team to ensure high pupil achievement and well-being, particularly for vulnerable groups. Applicants should possess Qualified Teacher Status and a commitment to safeguarding. The role offers a supportive environment with various employee benefits, including health support and pension schemes.

Benefits

Membership to pension scheme

Physical and mental health support

Free annual flu jab

Paid Wellbeing Day

Qualifications

• Ability to be flexible and versatile within this role.
• Must have Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
• Must have DSL training or willingness to undertake.
• Proven track record of raising achievement for all pupils.

Responsibilities

• Join the Senior Leadership Team with a focus on pupil achievement.
• Ensure well-being for pupils, especially those in vulnerable groups.

Skills

Flexibility and versatility

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)

Outstanding practitioner skills

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

This is a predominantly non-class-based leadership role, forming a key part of the Senior Leadership Team, with a strategic focus on ensuring high achievement and well-being for all pupils, particularly those in vulnerable groups, including pupils with SEND.

The job description provides a general outline of the typical duties and responsibilities to be carried out whilst accepting that these may change at the discretion of the Headteacher.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has the ability and willingness to be flexible and versatile within this role.
• Has Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
• Is a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) training (or willingness to undertake)
• Can be an outstanding practitioner with a proven track record of raising achievement for all pupils, including those with SEND.

For a discussion regarding this post, or a visit to the school, please contact Yvette Sullivan, Headteacher on 01924 207340

What the school offers its staff

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a successful and forward-looking academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.

As a Trust we have developed a range of employee benefits. Here are just a few examples:

• Membership to either the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Physical and mental health support from a team of experienced nurses, counsellors, therapists, physiotherapists, consultants plus NHS GPs and private medical services.
• GP consultations with experienced NHS doctors are available for our employees and members of their household, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and prescriptions (which have to paid for) can be delivered to local chemists.
• Free annual flujab
• Trained Mental Health First Aiders in all our settings
• A paid annual Wellbeing Day – a time for you to use the day for an activity which promotes your own individual health and wellbeing.
• Wherever possible, PPA at home for teachers.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people. We expect all staff, volunteers and governors to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. Offers of employment will be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), medical, online and social media check for shortlisted candidates, prohibition from teaching, right to work, two satisfactory references. You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.