Assistant Head Teacher

Oscott Manor School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B23 6DE

18 days remaining to apply

Job start date
6 January 2025
Closing date
14 October 2024 at 3pm
Date listed
19 September 2024

Job details

Job role: Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship: Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern: Full time
Contract type: Permanent
Pay scale: L11-15

What skills and experience we're looking for

Oscott Manor School is looking to appoint an exceptional Assistant Headteacher to join a developing leadership team comprising of a recently appointed headteacher, deputy headteacher, strategic business manager, inclusion leaders and learning leaders. Our school is a vibrant and welcoming community special school for pupils aged between 11 and 19 with autism as their primary diagnosis. We are proud to be a Unicef Rights Respecting School holding the gold award.

We are looking for someone who is keen to take the next steps in their career and who is aspiring to be a headteacher in the future. There will be rich opportunities for supported professional growth and development. We are looking for someone who is relentless in their pursuit of positive outcomes for young people and willing to lead by example to effectively role model what they expect of others.

This is post carries a teaching responsibility and the teaching load will be approximately 5 hours per week. You must have high expectations in relation to individual progress and an uncompromising ambition for all pupils to succeed.

Partnership working is a crucial element of this role and you must have proven experience of building and maintaining successful stakeholder relationships. This role is unsuitable for people who lack experience of working with young people with autism spectrum conditions.

What the school offers its staff

All our pupils have an education, health and care plan and may have persistent difficulties with social interaction, social communication or understanding emotions. Such differences can significantly impact their access to the curriculum. Our ambitious curriculum intends to develop knowledge and skills and prepare pupils for adulthood, teaching them to be ready, respectful and safe and become independent.

At Oscott Manor School, the experience of the child or young person is paramount and we expect all actions and decisions to reflect this.

Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged and can be scheduled by emailing recruitment@oscottmanor.bham.sch.uk

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.