Deputy Headteacher – Quality of Education
Island Learning Centre, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5HZ16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Summer Term 2025 or earlier
Closing date
31 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
13 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership Range L12 – L16
What skills and experience we're looking for
Reporting To: Headteacher
The Island Learning Centre (ILC) is a pupil referral unit that supports some of the most vulnerable young people on the island. An exciting opportunity now exists for a Deputy Headteacher to be responsible for driving teaching and learning excellence including:
- Innovative curriculum development.
- Monitoring, evaluating and inspiring teaching and learning.
- Applying Quality First Teaching.
- Digital Literacy Development
The ILC provides a stimulating and nurturing environment for a range of students who for a variety of reasons are unable to attend mainstream schools. This could be due to medical needs, being emotionally vulnerable or having social and emotional difficulties.
The Centre aims to be a Trauma Informed and Therapeutic centre of excellence working with children their parents and home schools.
The successful candidate will be a highly motivated, creative individual who has high expectations of all children and what they can achieve. If you want to make a difference to children’s lives, are enthusiastic and emotionally resilient then we want to hear from you. We can offer you a dedicated staff team and opportunities for excellent personal and career development.
What the school offers its staff
In return we offer:
- The opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking school that supports and empowers some of the most vulnerable children on the Isle of Wight.
- Be part of a friendly, supportive, and talented staff team, committed to providing an excellent education for every child.
The Island Learning Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check before appointment is confirmed.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
About Island Learning Centre
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- School size
- 36 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Island Learning Centre website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- Andrew.Hatherley@islandlearning.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01983 300333
Pupil Referral Unit
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