Assistant Principal – SENCo

Queen Katharine Academy, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE4 6HX

Deadline is tomorrow

• Start date details

  April 2025

• Closing date

  24 February 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  7 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: L12 - L16 (£65,286 - £72,162)

Assistant Principal – SENCo job summary

Assistant Principal – SENCo

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: L12-L16

Site: Queen Katharine Academy
Closing date: Mon 24th February 9am

Start Date: April 2025
Please note the trust may decide to withdraw the advert before the closing date or interview suitable candidates prior to the advert closing.

Are you an ambitious leader looking for an exciting challenge to shape the future of Queen Katharine Academy?

Are you ready to lead and inspire a team dedicated to transforming the lives of students with SEND?

If so, this is the school for you!

Your Role

Queen Katherine Academy have an exciting opportunity to appoint an outstanding dynamic, driven leader to join their Senior Leadership Team as Assistant Principal - SEND Lead. You will play a key role in ensuring that any individual with a Special Educational Need and/or Disabilityacquires the necessary knowledge, skills and character to make a positive contribution to society and reach their full potential.

About You

You are a strong and confident leader who has demonstrable experience in raising achievements of learners with complex needs and who can work strategically across KS3 to KS5 to deliver key priorities. You are an ambitious Assistant Principal who is looking for a new and exciting challenge to develop the SEND Team and the systems and processes, to drive the continued improvement at Queen Katharine Academy.

This is an excellent opportunity for you to join a school within one of the well-regarded Trusts in the eastern region. The school has a great history of success and a bright and exciting future and we are looking for an ambitious and dynamic teacher to steer it through the next stage of its development.

Collaboration, educational research and professional development are at the core of how the schools within Thomas Deacon Education Trust work together. With a clear focus on teaching at all levels, the Trust is well placed to provide great opportunities to promote Queen Katharine Academy as a leading school.

Why work for us?

Join Thomas Deacon Education Trust and be part of a dedicated team committed to "working together to transform lives through education.” To learn more about the benefits we have on offer, check out our video here: Employee Benefits

Join TDET, where 95% of our new employees highly rate our induction programs. Benefit from the unwavering support of our dedicated staff, ensuring you feel welcomed and well-prepared from day one.

If you have the skills we are looking for, we can’t wait to meet you!

TDET - Working together to transform lives through education

Thomas Deacon Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Academy will require the successful candidate to provide satisfactory references and undertake an Enhanced Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

At Thomas Deacon Education Trust, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Join us in fostering an inclusive and supportive environment where all contributions are valued.

If you have any questions regarding this post or would like to arrange a visit please contact the HR Team on e-mail hrteam@tdet.education.

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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

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About Queen Katharine Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1675 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Queen Katharine Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/queen-katharine-academy (opens in new tab)

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