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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 work/life 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).
4DWW will be rolled out within our school, when we have a full complement of staff, and within the next year – so there’s never been a more exciting time to join us #teamOFG!
Job Title: Assistant Headteacher – Personal Development
Salary: Up to £48,000.00 per annum
Location: Park School, Chipping Norton, OX7 5QH
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Contract: Permanent, Term Time Only
UK Applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.
As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for an Assistant Headteacher – Personal Development to join our close-knit team at Park School, part of Acorn Education
About the role
The Assistant Headteacher Personal Development has strategic leadership and implementation oversight of Personal Development. The post holder has the responsibility to drive, lead, and quality assure the impact of staff work on Enrichment and PSHE. The post holder works in collaboration with the wider senior leadership team, to ensure an excellent provision across all subjects and year groups, where every pupil enjoys learning and is supported to be highly successful
Key Responsibilities:
* To assist the Headteacher in ensuring the achievement of the highest possible educational standards and attainment, through design and delivery of an outstanding, comprehensive and engaging personal development programme across the school.
* Enrichment, PDP, Trips and Visits
* PSHE
* Staff training on personal development
* As a senior leader, modelling outstanding practice in the classroom is paramount to the role.
* Visible leadership through school duties, behaviours support, stakeholder engagement
This will be achieved through the strategic and operational leadership of the core areas of:
We are looking for a colleague who:
* Is positive and passionate about changing lives for the better
* Has a passion for delivering an excellent personal development provision to students
* Can motivate and coach staff to support them in pursuing outstanding practice
* Thinks creatively and looks for ways to engage learners of all levels
About us
Park School is an independent specialist day school for boys and girls aged from 7 to 18, catering for pupils with a wide range of social, emotional and mental health needs. Our dedicated team work together to ensure successful outcomes for pupils who often arrive at the school with a troubled view of education and life.
We pride ourselves in steering pupils in the right direction, nurturing aspiration to progress them both academically and socially to encourage them to take pride in their achievements. Socially, we build confidence in our students, so they are able to have a greater understanding of the wider community in which they live.
Our services offer a stable, secure and supportive environment, in which the pupils and young people we care for can develop the skills and confidence necessary to help them fulfil their potential.
Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education. 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 Acorn Education?
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 and vulnerable young adults 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 the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. 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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