#### Job description
**_At OFG, we work smarter so you can spend more time doing what makes you
happy!_**
**_How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four*?_**
**_Our colleagues’ wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so
we’re always looking for new ways to improve everyone’s worklife balance.
We’re taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could
be working one day less a week (or equivalent)._**
**_If the trial is a success, we’ll be rolling the 4DWW out across the Group –
so there’s never been a more exciting time to join #teamOFG!_**
**Job Title: Assistant Headteacher**
**Location: Castle Garden School, Pewley Hill, Guildford**
**Salary: Up to £45,000.00 per annum**
**Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday**
**Contract: Permanent, Term Time only**
**Start date: April 2025 or sooner if available**
As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for an
Assistant Headteacher to join our close-knit team at Castle Garden School,
part of Options Autism.
**About the role:**
As Assistant Headteacher, you will support our Headteacher in school
management, delivering our pupils educational needs, maximising student
achievement, and their ability to develop.
This is a great opportunity for an Assistant Headteacher who is looking for
the chance to bring innovation and creativity to inspire learning in an SEN
environment for pupils with varied and complex needs. Your work will be
challenging and rewarding in equal measure and you will be the custodian of
our strong safeguarding culture, where pupils are listened to, respected, and
involved in as many decisions as possible.
In partnership with our Headteacher, you will deliver clear, authentic
leadership to our multidisciplinary team, establishing school aims and
objectives, ensuring high levels of quality and compliance and working
collaboratively to develop appropriate, individualised programmes of learning
for our students.
When it comes to looking after our pupils, we never settle for second best. We
are looking for an Assistant Headteacher, with the experience, leadership
skills and vision to build incredible futures by empowering vulnerable
students in the UK, to be happy and to make their way in the world.
Educated to degree level or equivalent with Qualified Teacher Status, you will
be experienced in an SEN environment, enjoy leading a team, and be genuinely
motivated by helping every student to reach their potential.
**About us**
Castle Garden School is a brand-new independent specialist school for pupils
with autism between 5 - 11 years of age.
Castle Garden School strives to provide effective, specialist education and
support to autistic pupils and their families, which will allow pupils to
achieve their full potential in education and life. Located in the town centre
of Guildford, the school provides primary education and offers a unique mix of
education and support to pupils within a wide spectrum of needs and abilities.
Personalised teaching and learning in an autism specific environment allows
pupils’ individual needs to be addressed completely and their capabilities
fully realised.
Castle Garden School is part of Outcomes First Group. The group is a leading
national provider of outcomes-led learning, life skills and therapeutic care
for pupils and adults with autism, complex needs and social, emotional and
mental health difficulties.
For over 16 years Options Autism have provided care and education to pupils
and adults with autism, complex needs and learning difficulties. 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.
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.
**Why join Options Autism?**
**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 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 safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils. All
applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to
a fully enhanced DBS.**
**_*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you
more time to do the things that make you happy. 4DWW is subject to successful
completion of probation and is not a contractual benefit_**
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