Deputy Head Teacher
St Ann's School, London, W7 3JP2 days remaining to apply
Job start date
2 September 2024
Closing date
21 May 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
1 May 2024
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L18-L23
What skills and experience we're looking for
Join us at St. Ann’s School for an exciting new chapter! With the retirement of our esteemed Deputy Head Teacher, we are eagerly seeking a Deputy Headteacher to embark on this dynamic journey with us.
Situated in the heart of Ealing Borough, St. Ann's School is a beacon of excellence, catering to 125 students with a diverse range of complex disabilities. From profound and multiple learning and physical disabilities to severe learning difficulties, behavioural challenges, and complex autism, our commitment to inclusivity and excellence shines through. Recognised as an Equal’s Exemplar School and honoured with the prestigious title of a Unicef Rights Respecting Gold School, we are dedicated to nurturing an environment where every student thrives and reaches their fullest potential.
We are in search of an innovative leader who wants to work in a team dedicated to improving the lives of our students through a joyful and playful pedagogical approach, coupled with compassion and a non-punitive ethos toward behaviour support.
Above all, we value an unwavering commitment to providing the utmost care and support for each and every one of our students. This role presents a unique opportunity to lead St Ann’s in the next stage of its development with a major expansion.
The successful candidate will:
- Lead the staff through a collaborative and supportive approach
- Lead through example
- Have excellent interpersonal skills
- Put the interests of the students at the heart of every decision
- Embrace and champion the school's ethos and mission wholeheartedly.
- Have excellent teaching skills
- Through enthusiasm, passion and project management skills, deliver development and improvement.
We strongly encourage prospective
candidates to arrange visits to our school, providing an invaluable opportunity
to experience our vibrant learning environment first-hand. Please call the
school office to arrange a visit.
Closing date for applications: Midday Tuesday 21st May 2024
Interview date: Thursday 23rd May 2024
What the school offers its staff
In return, we offer:
- Fantastic, happy students.
- A nurturing and supportive school ethos.
- A successful and supportive leadership team
- A cohesive and welcoming staff community.
- Opportunities for remote working.
- Participation in a cycle-to-work scheme.
- Inner London Pay
- Proximity to the Elizabeth Line and excellent transport connections.
- Support for ongoing career development and progression.
Further details about the role
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to ssandhu@st-anns.ealing.sch.uk
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Ann's School
- School type
- Special school, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- 109 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- St Ann's School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- ssandhu@st-anns.ealing.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02085676291
St Ann’s School is an outstanding secondary special school in Ealing with students with the most complex disabilities including profound and multiple learning and physical disabilities, severe learning difficulties and complex autism. The school works with a wide variety of young people. One of the cohorts are students with behaviours that challenge, working to develop their regulation skills to be able to participate in their communities. Another cohort are students with complex physical and learning disabilities and our focus is to enable them to be as independent, as possible. Our school is a forward-thinking, vibrant, caring, inclusive and diverse school. Our aim is to provide our students with a happy, joyful, creative environment where they can thrive and achieve their full potential.
Arranging a visit to St Ann's School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ssandhu@st-anns.ealing.sch.uk.
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