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  • Job start date

    1 January 2023

  • Closing date

    4 October 2022 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    16 September 2022

Job details

Job role

  • Headteacher
  • Deputy headteacher
  • Assistant headteacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subject

Science

Working pattern

Full time: 32.5 hours per week

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Leadership Range – Point 12-16

Assistant Head Teacher (Inclusion and SENDCo) job summary

We seek an Assistant Headteacher to join us from January 2023. Sanders Draper is a hardworking school which is driven to support all of our students and ensure that the whole child is developed through our approach. I have proudly been Head at Sanders Draper since September 2018 during which time we have made considerable progress on many fronts. I consider the appointment of a new SENCo very important in our continual push for excellence in all matters at Sanders Draper.

This exceptional opportunity provides an opportunity to join our leadership team. It will offer the successful applicant opportunities to shape a successful, growing school.

At Sanders Draper, we have a passionately holistic approach to providing the children we serve the best possible education to give them what they need for successful and happy futures. We are committed to providing an excellent education that develops ambition, raises expectations and delivers excellent results. Our students are helped to become the best versions of themselves as people who know they must work hard and who have responsibilities. At Sanders Draper we value academic success however believe that it must be matched by the development of character and conscience through our wider curriculum drive. We also believe that a happy child is a child who is better equipped to study and fulfil their potential.

We have very strong relationships with parents and carers, who play an active role in the school's vision and values. We genuinely believe in the importance of working in partnership with our staff, parents/carers, students and all stakeholders as we know this approach is vital as we all work together to support the progress of every child.

We are looking for someone who can work effectively within a strong Senior Leadership Team and lead our Inclusion Faculty. This would include someone who has the experience of leading whole school initiatives. The candidate must possess a genuine commitment to making a positive contribution to the school. We are looking to appoint an ambitious and inspirational senior leader to take on this exciting Inclusion role. This is a vital role in a school with an outstanding reputation for its work with SEND and vulnerable students and will require an exceptional individual.

The successful candidate should be inspiring, extremely motivated, hardworking leader with a fine track record of developing others as well as themselves and who is still an excellent teacher themselves. We want someone who is caring, forward thinking and able to work with everyone in a community that is hardworking, totally committed and loyal.

The successful candidate will be committed to our vision, our values and ethos, and have the interpersonal skills and ability to lead staff and students to achieve all they can. The successful person will join an experienced and hardworking team of professionals who will continue to do all they can to drive the school forward.

Visitors to our school are always impressed by the atmosphere at Sander Draper and the real passion and pride students have for the school. I would welcome you to visit us to see this for yourself, meet some of our amazing students and staff and get a true taste of Sanders Draper. To arrange a visit please telephone Mrs Vicky Murphy on 01708 443068

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. We require the successful candidate to undertake an enhanced criminal records check via the Disclosure and Barring Service. We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. Applications are welcome from all sections of the community regardless of gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, age or sexual orientation.

References from 3 previous employers will be sought prior to interview.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
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Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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About Sanders Draper

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
705 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Email address
hr@sfaet.co.uk
Phone number
01708443068

Sanders is part of the Success for All Educational Trust along with Redden Court School and The Royal Liberty School for boys.

Arranging a visit to Sanders Draper

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@sfaet.co.uk.

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