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Assistant Headteacher for Inclusion (SENDCo and DSL)

Sprites Primary Academy, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 0SA

This job expired on 10 October 2022

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  10 October 2022 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  5 September 2022

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
  • Deputy headteacher
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time, part time: Full time 5 days per week but will consider 4 days per week. Part time 0.8 - 4 days per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: L1 - L5

Assistant Headteacher for Inclusion (SENDCo and DSL) job summary

Sprites serves a challenging part of Ipswich and that is exactly why we need a dedicated leader to join our excellent staff team, someone who will give everything for these remarkable children. This is not a simple day job - we are transforming a community and creating an enduring legacy. We are here to make a difference, break down barriers and raise aspirations…these are the values and moral purpose of the candidate we need. This role is for an Assistant Headteacher for Inclusion. You will be the SENDCo and DSL trained and be leading the pastoral team. Preferably, we are after someone with a SEND and DSL background, however, will consider candidates with a passion and working knowledge of these areas even if you don’t have the necessary qualifications yet. For us, it is important that you are a ‘champion’ for pupils with SEND, combining excellent classroom practice with a thorough understanding of inclusive and pastoral support. You will model this yourself as well as training staff to improve their knowledge, understanding and practice. If this sounds like a project for you then let’s have a chat on the phone or come and visit our delightful school. Thank you, Mo Headteacher

Commitment to safeguarding

At REAch2 we recognise that those who work in an academy are in a unique position in their care of children. The responsibility for all staff to safeguard pupils and promote their welfare, as stated in Section 175 of the Education Act (2002) is one that is central to our ethos, our policies and our actions. All children are deserving of the highest levels of care and safeguarding, regardless of their individual characteristics or circumstances, and we are committed to applying our policies to ensure effective levels of safeguarding and care are afforded to all our pupils.

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About Sprites Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 377 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sprites Primary Academy website
• Email address: headteacher@spritesacademy.org
• Phone number: 01473 685040
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sprites-primary-academy

Our Vision:
A fun and exciting centre of excellence that nurtures and inspires young minds to be fearless…
…and change the world!

Our Aims:
• Provide an environment that is safe, joyful, fair and full of hope
• Nurture our children to become kind, caring, polite citizens of the world
• Break down barriers, smash ceilings, ignite belief so that our pupils become highly aspirational learners
• Deliver a relevant curriculum that tackles the big issues of our times, fearless and filled with controversy and debate so that we motivate our pupils to become passionate, lifelong learners with a truly global outlook
• Place our children at the centre of our world – all of our thinking revolves around their needs
• Create a culture of high expectations, high enjoyment and high challenge
• Become a beacon school where others come to learn; a school that transcends its perceived barriers

We are a caring employer who invests in the future of our employees, as only through their excellence can we deliver excellence for the children and families whom we serve.

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