Assistant Headteacher (Inclusion and SENCO)
This job expired on 21 September 2021 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 January 2022
Closing date
21 September 2021 at 9am
Date listed
13 September 2021
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- To be agreed
Assistant Headteacher (Inclusion and SENCO) job summary
Main purpose
The role exists to lead our approach to inclusion, ensuring the needs of all students are met, they have full access to our curriculum and are able to achieve their full potential. It is a whole school responsibility as a member of the Senior Leadership Team, developing the quality of our inclusion provision to enable all students to make excellent progress.
The role of the Assistant Headteacher/SENCO is important both to the strategic development of the school as well as the effective management of the school’s operational functions. The Assistant Headteacher/SENCO is expected to operate within the agreed management system of the school, subject to the direction of the Headteacher.
The Assistant Headteacher/SENCO is expected to make a significant contribution to the core purpose of our school which is to ensure that all our students achieve their best academic potential. The Assistant Headteacher/SENCO, as part of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), is expected to take a leading role in promoting high standards for all students and a positive ethos within the school.
A large part of the role is leading the SEND department in ensuring an exceptional climate for learning in which staff are developed and vulnerable learners are supported to be able to flourish, both academically and in terms of their own personal development. The holder of this role will ensure that the day to day running of the SEND, Safeguarding and Inclusion provision function efficiently and effectively and that all relevant policies and procedures are fit for purpose and are applied robustly and fully.
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 Queen Elizabeth School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1054 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Queen Elizabeth School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- cwoodcock@qesluton.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01582436100
You will be joining us at a very exciting time of development for our school, as in September 2021 we opened as Queen Elizabeth School, and this role is an integral part of the leadership team.
Benefits include:
Excellent CPD
Teachers’ Pension
Benenden Health Care
Accommodation if required
A free on-site fitness suite
Closing date is 21st September 9:00am however we reserve the right to withdraw the advert early should a suitable candidate be found.
Arranging a visit to Queen Elizabeth School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email cwoodcock@qesluton.co.uk.
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