Assistant Principal with responsibility for Inclusion and SEND (shared teaching in KS1)

Willow Primary School; Doncaster; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing package

Professional development

Career progression opportunities

Teacher Pension Scheme

Job summary

Willow Primary School, part of Exceed Learning Partnership, seeks an inspirational Assistant Principal with responsibility for Inclusion and SEND and a teaching commitment in Key Stage 1. You will join the Leadership Team to shape curriculum, mentor staff and ensure outstanding pupil outcomes.

This hybrid role combines high-quality classroom teaching with significant leadership responsibilities, working closely with the Executive Principal and Head of School within a successful Multi Academy

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent qualification required.
• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) essential.
• Relevant CPD to role required.

Responsibilities

• Lead inclusion and SEND strategies across the school.
• Provide strategic leadership and daily management as part of the Leadership Team.
• Mentor and develop teaching staff to ensure outstanding pupil outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Motivational skills

Inspire staff

Coaching & mentoring

Education

Degree or equivalent

QTS

CPD relevant to role

Job description

Your Role

The Directors of Exceed Learning Partnership and Governors of Willow Primary School are looking to appoint an inspirational Assistant Principal with responsibility for Inclusion and SEND with a teaching commitment in Key Stage 1 to join our Leadership Team.

As Assistant Principal, you will play a pivotal role in the strategic leadership and daily management of our school. This is an exciting "hybrid" role that combines high-quality classroom teaching with significant leadership responsibilities. You will work closely with the Executive Principal and Head of School to shape our curriculum, mentor teaching staff, and ensure outstanding outcomes for all pupils.

Willow Primary School is part of Exceed Learning Partnership, a Multi Academy Trust that currently comprises of 10 Academies, Bentley High Street Primary School, Carr Lodge Academy, Edlington Victoria Academy, Hall Cross Academy, Hill Top Academy, Rosedale Primary School, Sandringham Primary School, Sheep Dip Lane Academy, The Mallard Academy and Willow Primary School

We are seeking an outstanding primary practitioner who is ready to take the next step in their leadership career, or an experienced leader looking for a fresh challenge. This is a great opportunity for an exceptional individual to join a highly successful and rapidly- expanding Trust. There will be scope to have significant impact and develop your career with the organisation

Why work for Exceed Learning Partnership and at Willow Primary School?

We are a friendly, vibrant two form entry primary academy in Bessacarr with 420 children aged 4 to 11. At Willow Primary School, our aim is to foster a love of learning and develop enquiring minds, enabling all our children to overcome barriers and reach their full potential. We strive to ensure that our children value themselves as unique individuals, celebrating diversity and respecting differences. We work together as a community to enable all our children to grow to be responsible citizens and successful learners with high aspirations who know how to make a positive contribution to their community and the wider society.

Our ASPIRE Values permeate through everything we do and we expect our pupils to be ambitious to achieve their very best through being positive, self-motivated, engaged in their learning and independent in their decisions. There is a high focus on developing children's moral, spiritual, social and cultural understanding

At Willow we expect our children to ASPIRE to be:

• Ambitious to achieve
• Self-motivated
• Positive
• Independent
• Respectful
• Engaged

Education is a partnership between home and school and we place a great deal of emphasis on our partnership with parents and the community. We believe that children learn best when home and school work together and in our most recent Ofsted inspection, we were GOOD in all areas.

Working in Exceed Learning Partnership will offer:

• Excellent career development working alongside a National Leader of Education
• Talented and hard-working professional colleagues who are committed to children's success across the curriculum
• The support of being part of a successful Multi Academy Trust
• The most up-to-date research and opportunities to influence national policy
• Wonderful pupils and parents who support the school in all its aspirations
• A highly committed and supportive Governing Body
• An inclusive ethos in which everyone is valued and respected
• An ethos where we promote and support the importance of physical, emotional and mental wellbeing
• Access to our exclusive employee support package in partnership with Schools Advisory Service which includes access to GP appointments for you and your family and a wide range of other employee health and wellbeing services
• Free annual flu jabs

Informal Communication and visits to the school are strongly advised. To arrange a visit to the school, please contact Diane Morley Academy Business Manager on 01302 539249 or [e-mail]

Exceed Learning Partnership is an inclusive, diverse, supportive organisation. We care deeply about inclusive working practice and diverse teams. We aim at all times to recruit the person who is most suitable to the job and welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, sexuality, belief and disability.

The Directors and Governors of Exceed Learning Partnership are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants will undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers. The role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS certificate, the role is engaged in regulated activity and will therefore require a children's barred list check. Shortlisted Applicants will be required to complete a self-disclosure

If you have not heard from us within five days of the closing date, then unfortunately on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

Benefits

• Access to a comprehensive health and wellbeing support package that gives employees 24 hour access to GP appointments, weight management and a range of wellbeing activities
• Access to the most up to date training and support
• Extensive career opportunities giving you the opportunity to grow and develop in your role with us
• Auto enrollment into Teacher Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent qualification
  essential
• Qualified Teacher Status
  essential
• Relevant CPD to role or education setting
  essential

Skills

Experience

• Experience of implementing the principles and practices in behaviour management and strategies that support learning
  essential
• Experience leading SEND, Safeguarding or pastoral strategies
  essential
• Experience of SEND

Leadership

• Effective leadership and motivational skills
  essential
• Strong leader in the delivery of excellence in teaching and learning
  essential
• Ability to inspire, set clear direction and motivate staff
  essential
• Evidence of coaching, mentoring and developing staff capability
  essential

Personal Attributes

• Integrity
  essential
• Inspire trust and confidence and motivate all pupils to the best ability
  essential
• Ability to work collaboratively and lead a team
  essential
• Exceptional organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
  essential
• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate vision into impact
  essential
• Focused

Safeguarding Information

Exceed Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices, outlined in our policy, and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.