Wilds Lodge School – Rutland
Assistant Head of Education - 14-19 (Post 16)
Salary: Up to L9
Permanent and Full Time
To start from Easter 2025
Your new role
We are excited to offer the opportunity for an experienced leader to join our wonderful school and
work with our exceptional students who experience a range of needs including SEMH and ASD. The
appointed person will lead our 14-19 provision as an inspiring and dedicated Assistant Head of
Education 14-19.
Responsibilities will include:
* Providing all teachers with an example of the commitment required to achieve excellence and continuous school improvement.
* Overview of learners’ progress, achievement, and behaviour.
* Identifying any risks and barriers to learning.
* Managing staffing within their Key Stage, including any performance issues.
* Overseeing curriculum and timetabling.
* Facilitating parental liaison.
* Maintaining learner documentation.
We are seeking someone who thrives on working in a challenging but immensely rewarding
environment, who is passionate about the development of our pupils and who truly wants to make
a difference to the lives of young people. Previous experience working within SEN is not essential,
however you will need to have the ability to motivate and effectively communicate with children who
have SEMH.
The successful candidate will have:
* Experience as a successful Middle Leader.
* A proven track record of providing direction, inspiration, and strong leadership to staff.
* Demonstrated outstanding, sustained, and successful experience as a teacher (preferably in a SEN environment).
* Demonstrated the ability to work strategically and successfully at a middle or senior leadership team level (desirable).
* An in-depth knowledge of the secondary curriculum and the range of qualifications that meet the needs of individual learners.
* An in-depth knowledge and understanding of students with SEMH needs.
* A sense of humour.
About Wilds Lodge
Wilds Lodge School is an independent 38-week specialist boarding and day provision for boys and
girls (girls are accepted as day students only) for students aged between 5 and 19 with social,
emotional and mental health difficulties, set in Empingham, Rutland. We have consistently been
assessed as outstanding by Ofsted in our education provision and have received the TES’ ‘Boarding
School of the Year’ award in recent years. We are an aspirational, exciting, and innovative school, with
a strong record of developing both students and staff.
We are a friendly school where staff are supportive of each other inside and outside of the
classroom. We pride ourselves in ensuring all members of staff including our support staff have
access to regular training. All our members of staff attend regular training on child protection;
mental health and multi-agency working. All staff access a wide range of training on areas of SEN
such as Autism, attachment and ADHD.
Benefits Include:
* Access to free car parking.
* Access to free lunch/refreshments on site.
* Access to a pension scheme.
* Access to an Employment Assistance Programme.
* Excellent CPD opportunities and access to a wide range of training on areas of SEN such as Autism, attachment, and ADHD.
* Working in our beautiful buildings and surrounding grounds.
* Collaborative work environment with a focus on sharing ideas and supporting each other to achieve great things.
Our students are incredibly important to us; if you have the energy and enthusiasm to make a real
difference to the lives of our students, we would love to hear from you. Visits to the school are
welcome and encouraged.
How to apply:
If you're interested in making a real difference and impacting positively on the lives of our students,
we would love to hear from you. For more information on how to apply and for a full application
pack, please contact Mike Sherwin on the below details:
E: wildslodge@hays.com
T: 07525 889925
Closing date for applications: ASAP and by Monday 3rd February 2025.
Strong applications may be considered upon receipt.
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and
expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The following is expected of all staff: All
post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.
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