Assistant Headteacher - Inclusion/SENDCO

Sir Thomas Fremantle School; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Sir Thomas Fremantle School invites a driven leader to join our leadership team, guiding a dedicated SEND cohort and engaging with external agencies to raise student achievement.

You will foster an inclusive culture, analyse provision, and drive research-informed practice to help every pupil rise to the challenge. Training and development are central to our approach.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team to ensure high standards of teaching and learning.
• Collaborate with SEND team and leadership to raise student achievement.
• Analyse and review provision for students and implement improvements.

Job description

Can you RISE to the challenge?

We are looking for a special individual to join our leadership team as we continue to grow and develop our school. Our school values articulate what we hold dear as a community.

Resilience - the inner strength to keep going and adapting to new situations and circumstances.

Integrity - leading your team holding on to your core values; professionalism throughout.

Success - ensuring all students and professionals can succeed at Sir Thomas Fremantle.

Empathy - responding to colleagues, students and families with a considered insight

Sir Thomas Fremantle is set in North Buckinghamshire for 11-16 year olds serving the local community. The school is in easy reach of Milton Keynes and Aylesbury. We benefit from great facilities - the school building was only opened in 2017.

We are driven to ensure all our students have an incredible education that inspires and prepares them for the next step in their journey. With 730 students we are able to really get to know each of them and our sense of community is a real strength of our school.

Your professional development is really important to us. We want you to have the skills and training so you can flourish in your role. We care about your wellbeing and we want to work with you to ensure we do all we can to support you.

About you:

You’ll care about students, and you will want the best for them regardless of their circumstances or backgrounds. You’ll have an excellent inclusive ethos and advocate and you’ll support the team in breaking barriers to their success. You will use your analytical and evaluative skills to review our provision for students. You will reflect on research and maintain an understanding of how we can support our students to succeed. You will work with external agencies to find solutions to enable students to rise to the challenge. You’ll be ambitious, highly organised and an outstanding teacher.

You will lead the team to support to ensure our school puts everything in place to enable all to succeed. You will be supported by an amazing SEND team along with a supportive leadership team.

We will support you via training programmes, such as NPQs, Leadership Training, Peer Reviews.

Now is an exciting time to join us - help us lead Sir Thomas Fremantle to rise to the challenge!

We’d love to show you around and visit the school. To arrange a tour and meeting with the Headteacher, please contact, Kate Duckmanton, PA to the Head Teacher on 01296 711853 or [e-mail]

STFS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS check will be undertaken for the successful applicant.