Job Description
Headteacher
Location: Knutsford area
Salary: £45,000.00 - £70,000.00
We are excited to announce this new opportunity within a large provider of SEN and SEMH education. Seeking a Headteacher, you will take strategic and operational responsibility for a fantastic school in the Knutsford area.
The provisions are Independent SEMH Specialist Schools (11-16) offering an alternative curriculum to young people with a range of SEMH special educational needs.
The vast majority of their students have an EHCP and may have a diagnosis of ADHD or ASD. They also take a small number of students from the local authority inclusion service who have been, or are at risk of, being permanently excluded from mainstream settings.
Benefits:
* Fully funded CPD training
* Extensive senior management support from Regional Managers and Regional Directors.
* Weekly Executive Headteacher wellbeing drop-in sessions.
* Enhanced company maternity & paternity pay.
* Access to a blue light discount card for all employees.
* NEST enhanced Pension Scheme.
* Life assurance.
The successful candidate will:
* Under the overall direction, the Headteacher plays a lead role in formulating the aims and objectives of the schools and establishing the policies through which they are to be achieved
* Lead by example, holding and articulating clear values and moral purpose, and focusing on providing excellent education for all pupils
* Provide direction and line management of the senior leadership team
* Be responsible for the standards and curriculum of all pupils including monitoring of progress towards achievement
* Have a central responsibility for raising the quality of teaching and learning and for pupils' achievement, setting high expectations and monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of learning outcomes
* Manage safeguarding across the school and act according to Keeping Children Safe in Education
* Provide curriculum leadership across the school
* Lead regular reviews of all school systems to ensure statutory requirements are being met and improved on where appropriate
* Lead on Ofsted inspections including the independent schools standards
* Manage staff development programmes and school resources
* Lead on formulating and reviewing the School Development Plan
Our ideal candidate will have:
* A committed and passionate view of students with SEND
* At least two years' experience minimum of working in a SEND environment or similar unit/provision
* QTS/QTLS is a requirement of this post
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