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  • 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
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School size
1054 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
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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