Associate Lead - Oakfield

EOTAS Swindon, Swindon, SN2 1HL

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2025

• Closing date

  28 April 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  4 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £52,301.00 - £57,831.00 Annually (FTE)

Associate Lead - Oakfield job summary

Associate Lead Oakfield

Scale - Leadership L3-L7

Closing date: 28th April 9am

Interview Date: 1st May 2025

We are looking to appoint a highly effective, passionate and inspiring leader to join the senior leadership team. The successful candidate will understand the challenges in keeping young people safe. They will be an outstanding teacher and excellent behaviour manager; organised, with clear attention to detail and a proven track record of driving school improvement through developing staff and systems.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with the Headteacher and Leadership Team to develop our Oakfield provision. Their leadership will develop staff to be the best they can be, engage parents, external agencies and raise students’ aspirations in order to provide them with the best opportunities and outcomes.

The right candidate will:

Have a successful track record of leadership and management at a senior level.

Demonstrate a passion for learning and teaching, understanding the needs of vulnerable young people with social, emotional and behavioural needs

Demonstrate the ability to build on success and effectively manage change

Show commitment to a culture of continuous improvement that promotes excellence for staff and students alike and builds on our current Ofsted rating

Be a skilled communicator who can work effectively with all stakeholders.

Have the personal and professional qualities required to develop the vision and ethos of the service.

Show commitment to safeguarding, be an experienced designated safeguarding lead

Why choose us?

EOTAS is made up of 3 unique Colleges with sites across Swindon. Each College has a unique client group but all have the common goal – supporting young people and their families through challenging circumstances in order for them to achieve and move on to positive destinations

“Better Choices, Better lives”

EOTAS is at a crucial stage in terms of its growth and development and we are looking to build a strong leadership team in order to move EOTAS to the next level.

Visits to the school are welcomed please contact Emma Preedy to arrange a visit

We also offer an excellent staff benefit package which include discounts on high street stores, restaurants, and gyms. We have a wide range of benefits for employees which include:

Health & Wellbeing

Discounted Gym Memberships

24-hour access to free counselling helpline for family, debt advice

Generous holiday allowance

Financial

Excellent Pension Schemes

Career Progression

Developmental performance management conversations

Investment in your career, internal and external talent solutions.

Recognition and Reward –including service awards

Please note if we receive sufficient applications, we may close this job role earlier.

At Eotas we believe in the power of diversity to drive innovation, foster creativity, and create a workplace that truly reflects the richness of the world around us. We are excited to welcome applicants from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to join our dynamic team.

Reasonable adjustments are modifications or accommodations made to ensure that individuals with disabilities or specific needs can perform their job duties effectively. We embrace the idea that everyone should have equal opportunities to succeed, and our aim is to make this a reality.

SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT

Eotas is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.

Please note that this role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, which means that you are required to disclose any criminal convictions, cautions, warnings, or reprimands, even if they would normally be considered "spent” and a DBS check will be carried out before any employment commences.

In line with KCSIE 2024 and safer recruitment practices, the school will conduct an online search for all shortlisted candidates. The online search is part of our safeguarding checks and will seek publicly available information on candidates’ suitability to work with children. Shortlisted candidates will be provided with further guidance and will be asked to clarify their online presence.

References will be obtained before interview at shortlisting stage and may be used in the interview process. If previous employment has included working with children, then at least one referee must be from this employment regardless of whether this is the current or most recent employment Any gaps in employment must be detailed and an explanation provided in the relevant section.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About EOTAS Swindon

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 16
• School size: 62 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: EOTAS Swindon website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/eotas-swindon

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