Deputy Headteacher
This job expired on 12 October 2022
Job start date
1 January 2023
Closing date
12 October 2022 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
29 September 2022
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- View all Full timejobs
- 1.0fte
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Leadership Scale, point range 14 to 18 (£58,135 to £64,143)
Deputy Headteacher job summary
The role will entail supporting the Headteacher in all aspects of the school’s leadership particularly around quality of supporting students with complex learning difficulties.
You will be required to support the curriculum, raise aspirations and set high standards for staff, pupils and parents/carers alike.
Castle School, part of the Northumberland Church of England Academy Trust, is an all-age specialist school for pupils with severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties.
Applicants should have:
- A proven track record of excellent classroom practice within a special school. Ideally this would include teaching pupils who have severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties.
- Experience of leadership within a special school context.
- A passion for supporting all children to achieve their potential.
- A commitment to promote and maintain the ethos of the School and Trust.
- An understanding of assessment within a special school context.
- The drive to secure even better outcomes and further continued improvement in the academic and personal wellbeing of our pupils.
- An excellent staff team who are committed to raising standards.
- An outward facing school which works well within the community.
- Pupils who are enthusiastic to succeed.
- A welcoming environment with a commitment to the development of staff and pupils.
If you feel like you would like to be part of the success of Castle School we look forward to receiving your application.
The Northumberland Church of England Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment; therefore this post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
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.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About NCEA Castle School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 118 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- NCEA Castle School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@ncea.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01670 816111
Castle School is a specialist provision for children and young people with severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties.
At Castle School, we aim to:
Be a happy, safe, caring environment for all our pupils and staff.
Be a friendly and stimulating environment where learning is fun and interesting.
Provide a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum appropriate to the needs of each child or young person, taught and assessed through individual learning programmes.
Provide relevant opportunities and experiences out of the Academy to help our young people understand being part of a wider community.
Develop the self esteem, self awareness and confidence of each of our pupils.
Work in partnership with parents, carers and other professionals.
Arranging a visit to NCEA Castle School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@ncea.org.uk.
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