Assistant Headteacher - SEND
Sharples School, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 8SNThis job expired on 15 May 2023 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2023
Closing date
15 May 2023 at 9am
Date listed
31 March 2023
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: .
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L13 - L17
What skills and experience we're looking for
This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic and dynamic leader to join an experienced and successful leadership team. Our motto is ‘Learn. Dream. Achieve.’; we have high expectations and a strong commitment to enabling every child, regardless of background, to go on to further or Higher Education or the career of their choice. The governors are seeking to recruit an outstanding and motivated practitioner with a passion for raising standards who can, along with the Headteacher and SLT, provide strategic leadership for our ‘good’ and improving school.
We are seeking an exceptional colleague to join our school SLT, as Assistant Headteacher - SEND. The successful candidate will hold, currently be enrolled in, or willing to embark on the National Award for SENCo (or equivalent) and will be able to demonstrate a working understanding of the SEND Code of Practice.The successful candidate will be an experienced teacher with demonstrable expertise and passion for ensuring that the needs of all students are met. In particular, they will be able to further develop all staff in the effective delivery of adaptive teaching to support SEND students. The successful candidate will be supported by the Assistant SENCo, and the wider team, to further enhance practice across the school.
We require a professional who:-
- has a track record of success as a middle/senior leader;
- is an excellent and ambitious classroom teacher;
- has a proven and demonstrable track record of success at Key Stage 4;
- has a good understanding of current educational developments;
- is a strategic thinker with the ability to motivate and inspire colleagues and students;
- is an excellent communicator;
- has the energy, commitment and enthusiasm to help us to realise our vision to become outstanding;
What the school offers its staff
Our Ofsted report in 2019 truly reflects our school achievements and ethos and I urge you to read it for an even fuller picture of what we have to offer. We are a vibrant learning community with a committed and aspirational staff and we endeavour to bring out the very best in each one of our young people. Ofsted noted that Sharples is “an inclusive, caring community where students achieve well.”
This post will offer the successful candidate the opportunity to build or extend their leadership profile, in a school that has shown continuous improvement and one which means to be an outstanding school in the near future.
We can offer you:-
- the chance to play a significant role in shaping the school’s future;
- a school with an established reputation for success with supportive governors and parents;
- an extensive staff CPD programme;
- the full support of a talented and professional team of staff;
- a school that is totally committed to school improvement.
Further details about the role
If you feel you have the relevant skills and experience for this post please complete a school application form and send it, via e-mail, to recruitment@sharplesschool.co.uk no later than 9.00 am on Monday 15 May 2023. Your application should be accompanied by a letter which should be no longer than two sides of A4 paper addressing the criteria laid down in the job description and person specification. A school application form and job description can be downloaded from the school web-site at www.sharplesschool.co.uk. Interviews will take place on Monday 22 May and Tuesday 23 May 2023. Please contact recruitment@sharplesschool.co.uk if you wish to visit the school before submitting an application.
Sharples School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure from the disclosure and barring service.
The school operates the local authority no smoking policy and is a no smoking site
Sharples School Multi-Academy Trust
Hill Cot Road, Bolton, BL1 8SN01204 333253
Commitment to safeguarding
Sharples School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure from the disclosure and barring service.
Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Sharples School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1209 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Sharples School website
- Email address
- recruitment@sharplesschool.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01204 333253
‘The pupils embody their school motto of Learn Dream Achieve’
(Ofsted January 2025)
Gold Winner Pearson Teaching Awards – ‘Secondary School of the Year 2023-24’
2024 Progress 8 score + 0.86
Sharples School Multi-Academy Trust is an over-subscribed mixed comprehensive with over 1,200 pupils on roll, situated in the North of Bolton in pleasant surroundings. The school provides stimulating and innovative opportunities for learning, transforming the aspirations and educational outcomes for all students and the local community. After previously being graded Good in 2019, Sharples was judged as ‘significantly improved in all areas’ at its last inspection in January 2025.
Arranging a visit to Sharples School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@sharplesschool.co.uk.
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