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Assistant Headteacher with responsibility for specialist COIN centre

Bell Farm Primary School, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, KT12 5NB

This job expired on 10 January 2020

• Job start date

  20 April 2020

• Closing date

  10 January 2020 at 8am

• Date listed

  5 December 2019

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: Lead Practitioners range 7 to Lead Practitioners range 11, £48,846 to £53,775
• Additional allowances:

  We can offer you: ; ● Individually-tailored CPD; Bell Farm is committed to the development of inspired, confident and passionate staff. ; ● A supportive and strong Senior Leadership Team that leads the school with clear goals. ; ● Free places at Breakfast Club for any children that attend Bell Farm during working hours. ; ● An Employee Assistance Programme, offering confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. ; ● MyBenefits: a reward scheme for employees of Surrey County Council. ; ● A weekly Business Manager award, to recognise a member of staff who has made an outstanding contribution to the team. ; ● A termly reward to a member of staff drawn at random from those with 100% attendance. ; ● An annual award to all members of staff with 100% attendance for the year. ; ● Free teas and coffees during breaks.

Assistant Headteacher with responsibility for specialist COIN centre job summary

This is a very exciting development for our school and we are looking forward to opening our specialist centre in September 2020. We have a clear vision at Bell Farm and we believe that to prepare children for the future they are entitled to the best standards in education and we endeavour to achieve academic excellence. The specialist centre will build on one of our main strengths of being an inclusive school.

We have a hard working, committed and supportive staff team and we would like our new assistant headteacher to join our dedicated and dynamic SLT. We are looking for someone who is passionate about inclusive education and who has experience of teaching children with communication and interaction needs. You will be an inspirational teacher and have a proven track record of strong outcomes for all children.

This is a great opportunity to set up and open our new provision at Bell Farm and develop a bespoke curriculum that meets the needs of all children.

Accountable for the strategic direction and development of agreed areas, under the direction of the headteacher

• Provide senior leadership with overall responsibility for the specialist centre and ensuring excellent integration into and working with the mainstream school in the inclusion strand of the school.
• Support strategic development of the school ensuring the best outcomes for all children.
• Support the creation and implementation of the school strategic plan.
• Have line management responsibility for all centre staff.
• Inspire, challenge and motivate others.
• Promote effective communication between the centre and the mainstream school including all staff, the leadership team and governors.
• Participate in, and influence, school decision making.
• Be responsible for providing appropriate CPD for centre and mainstream staff that not only ensures excellent integration for the centre children but upskills all staff in supporting SEND children in the mainstream school.
• In conjunction with the inclusion manager of the mainstream school exploit opportunities for the mainstream children to work with the centre children.

Commitment to safeguarding

Bell Farm Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure with a children's barred list check and will need to complete, satisfactorily, a childcare (disqualification) regulation, staff declaration form.

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About Bell Farm Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 686 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Bell Farm Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: sbm@bell-farm.surrey.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bell-farm-primary-school (opens in new tab)

Bell Farm received a 'Good' rating from Ofsted in March 2019, with the inspection praising a "strongly inclusive culture" that "helps this large school to feel like a family where everyone is known, listened to and cared for." Our beautiful grounds are enjoyed by friendly and polite pupils who are eager to learn, supported by a welcoming community of staff, parents and governors all working together.

We're situated less than a mile from both Hersham and Walton-on-Thames train stations, with fast trains into Waterloo taking just 26 minutes. Often featured on lists of the best places to live and raise a family, Walton-on-Thames is renowned for its pretty towpath, open spaces and friendly pubs, shops and cafes.

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