Assistant Headteacher - SENCo
Cranbury College, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 2TSThis job expired on 22 May 2022 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2022
Closing date
22 May 2022 at 9am
Date listed
9 May 2022
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- View all Full timejobs
- 1.0FTE
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Leadership Scale L6 – L9 (£47,735 - £51,402)
Assistant Headteacher - SENCo job summary
Would you like to come and work with us, as part of a pioneering Alternative Provision rated most recently as GOOD by Ofsted?
Would you like to join the Cranbury College team and make your contribution towards our journey to OUTSTANDING?
Do you want to work in an optimistic and motivating environment, supported by effective leadership at all levels?
Do you have the resilience to work in a dynamic, trauma-informed environment, with pupils that have social, emotional, academic and mental health needs?
If so, we would be delighted to hear from you.
We are looking for an Assistant Headteacher - SENCo, to provide leadership and management of support to students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and to advise the leaders of the school and the Trust on the implementation of the Code of Practice, the Equality Act and other related legal frameworks and guidance.
The successful candidate will have:
• Qualified Teacher Status
• SENCO Qualification (or a commitment to work towards it)
• Evidence of high impact middle and/or senior leadership in a similar context (or mainstream context with vulnerable and SEMH learners).
• Experience of working with students with special needs, including but not exclusive to Autism and social, emotional and mental health difficulties
• Uncompromisingly high expectations of and for children and young people and those who work with them.
We are a multi-site organisation which includes our College Road Site – Primary and Cranbury Road Site – Secondary and Post 16. We have an Outreach Behaviour Support Team, offer medical tuition and have a Hospital Teaching Service based at Royal Berkshire Hospital.
Staff responses when asked ‘What are the school’s greatest strengths?’
· ‘Safeguarding and welfare of students’
· ‘Compassion, empathy and enthusiasm’
· ‘Teamwork’
· ‘Flexible, creative and personalised approaches for all’
· ‘Outstanding outcomes for young people’
Being part of the Maiden Erlegh Trust also offers a range of career opportunities in its vibrant and successful schools. We are very happy to discuss flexible working arrangements including part-time working and job-sharing.
The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint before the closing date.
Maiden Erlegh Trust is an Ethical Leadership Pathfinder organisation and we are committed to safeguarding, equality and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We are also committed to having the highest expectations of pupil/students and staff, and supporting everyone to reach their full potential. All employees of the school and Trust are expected to share these commitments. All posts require satisfactory employment checks and references and a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. All Leadership roles will require a Section 128 check.
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 Cranbury College
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 16
- School size
- 74 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Cranbury College website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@maidenerleghtrust.com
Cranbury College has recently joined the Maiden Erlegh Trust family of schools, whose motto is “schools for the community, schools as a community”. The aim for every school in the Trust, whilst espousing their values and ethos, and having a core of common policies and procedures, will serve its own community’s needs in a bespoke way and also create a feeling of community within its own school. In that way all the potential and talents of every child and every member of staff will be nurtured.
Click on the link for more information on Cranbury College https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNMOo-Kp7Ec&feature=emb_logo
Arranging a visit to Cranbury College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@maidenerleghtrust.com.
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