9 days remaining to apply
Expected start date
1 September 2021
Application deadline
23 April 2021 at 5:00 pm
Date listed
1 April 2021
Job details
- Job role
- Leadership, SEN specialist
- Working pattern
- Full-time only
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Salary
- L11 – L16
Job summary
As Deputy Head Teacher at the Brookfield School, you will have the chance to teach in a creative and inspiring way, lead a team of committed teachers and to help us shape the vision of the school as we continue to move forwards to being an outstanding provision.
Working as part of the senior leadership team, you will help to set the vision for the future of the school, ensuring our young people leave our school as confident, resilient, emotionally literate, ambitious and tolerant young people who are effective communicators in wider society. We want them to be proud of what they have achieved and have high expectations of themselves and for their futures.
You will be an outstanding teacher who can continue to model this to colleagues and who has a genuine passion for working with children with additional needs. You will be dedicated to working with families, championing vulnerable children and will have a working knowledge of SEN in terms of practice and legislative frameworks. As Deputy Head you will take on the role of SENDCo and be responsible for allocating significant resource for vulnerable pupils, including measuring their progress and reporting on impact.
We want to interview candidates who can evidence that they have experience of closing the gaps in learning for pupils who are experiencing challenge, particularly in regulating their behaviours. As importantly, you’re someone who is resilient, innovative and has the type of enthusiasm that’s infectious, so that you bring about change in a positive way. You’re also sensitive, respectfully challenging, patient and kind: just the type of leader our students, pupils and community can relate to.
Applying for the job
Please contact Wendy Roberts, School Office for an application pack.
School overview
- School type
- Academy
- Education phase
- School size
- 88 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Brookfield School website (opens in a new window)
- Contact email
- wroberts@brookfield.hereford.sch.uk
- Contact phone number
- 01432 265153
About The Brookfield School
Brookfield School is a specialist school for children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs, associated learning needs and challenging behaviours in Hereford. We cater for 90 girls and boys between the ages of 6 and 16, and also have a primary intervention programme supporting children aged 5 – 11 to remain in mainstream settings or to assess children without an EHCP.
Arranging a visit to The Brookfield School
Visits to the school are welcomed 19th to the 23rd April. Please contact Wendy Roberts on 01432 265153 or by email wroberts@brookfield.hereford.sch.uk to make an appointment. There will also be an opportunity for shortlisted candidates to visit prior to interview.
School location
Grandstand Road, Hereford, HR4 9NGSimilar jobs
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