Assistant Headteacher - Inclusion and SEND

Sun Spray Salon; Chichester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution is seeking an Assistant Headteacher for Inclusion and SEND to join their team. This role involves leading initiatives to support pupils with complex needs, ensuring high educational standards, and fostering an inclusive environment. The successful candidate will be passionate about making a positive impact on students' lives and have the expertise to drive personal development across the school.

Benefits

Life Assurance

Pension scheme

Mental health support services

Flexible Benefits Platform

Cycle to Work Schemes

Electric Car Purchase Scheme

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Qualifications

• Experience working with young people with complex learning needs.
• Understanding of curriculum design and quality assurance processes.
• Ability to create a culture that enables all learners to excel.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Headteacher in achieving high educational standards.
• Lead on Inclusion and SEND initiatives.
• Model outstanding practice in the classroom.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Creativity

Education

Qualified Teacher Status

Job description

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Job Title: Assistant Headteacher - Inclusion and SEND

Location: New Barn School, Newbury, RG20 8HZ

Salary: Up to £53,000 per annum

Hours: 40 our per week; Monday - Friday

Contract: Permanent, Term Time only

UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

As part of our continued growth in service, we are recruiting for a Assistant Headteacher - Inclusion and SEND for New Barn School in Newbury. Our well-established schools support pupils ages6 to 19 who have social, emotional and mental health needs (SEMH), as well as other complex needs.

Who we are looking for

We are looking to appoint an Assistant Headteacher to lead on Inclusion.

The successful candidate will have experience of working with young people with a range of complex learning needs. You will be able to demonstrate a working understanding of how these needs impact upon learning and behaviour in the classroom. You may have specialist knowledge and experience of working with pupils with special educational needs such as Social, Emotional, Mental Health (SEMH). You will be expected to create a culture that enables all learners and staff to excel. You will understand principles of curriculum design and quality assurance processes and will be a driving force in further moulding our curriculum at New Barn School.

Key Responsibilities:

• To assist the Headteacher in ensuring the achievement of the highest possible educational standards and attainment, through design and delivery of an outstanding, comprehensive and engaging personal development programme across the school.
• This will be achieved through the strategic and operational leadership of the core areas of:
• Careers and Work Experience
• Enrichment, Trips and Visits
• PSHE
• Pupil Voice
• Staff training on personal development
• As a senior leader, modelling outstanding practice in the classroom is paramount to the role.
• Visible leadership through school duties, behaviours support, stakeholder engagement

We are looking for a colleague who:

• Is positive and passionate about changing lives for the better
• Has a passion for delivering an excellent personal development provision to students
• Can motivate and coach staff to support them in pursuing outstanding practice
• Thinks creatively and looks for ways to engage learners of all levels

About the School

New BarnSchool 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.

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.

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

We are part of Acorn Education and can promise you plenty of challenges, and a rich variety of opportunities to develop your career. Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education for vulnerable pupils and young people.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.

Why join Acorn Education?

Benefits

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 and vulnerable young adults 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 the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. 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.

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