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Assistant Headteacher (Inclusion and SENCO)

Queen Elizabeth School, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 9AG

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: Full time
• 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.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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: Secondary
• School size: 1264 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Queen Elizabeth School website
• Email address: cwoodcock@qesluton.co.uk
• Phone number: 01582436100
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/queen-elizabeth-school-luton

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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