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Head of School

Mabel Prichard School, Oxford, OX4 6SB

This job expired on 1 March 2020 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2020

• Closing date

  1 March 2020 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  4 February 2020

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: £52,643 to £56,579
• Additional allowances:

  In turn, we offer: ; ● Imminent joining of The Gallery Trust, a strong community of special schools in Oxfordshire. ; ● Excellent CPD opportunities, including a fully funded Masters of Educational Leadership. ; ● Encouragement to develop the skill and practice to apply to become a specialist Leader in Education (SLE), demonstrating knowledge, expertise and excellent practice in the specialist area of SEND, e.g. Cognition and Learning, C&I, etc. ; ● A supportive team of dedicated professionals focusing on developing the very best evidence-based practice to achieve the best outcomes for our learners. ; ● Wonderful students, families and professionals, working as a strong team. ; ● A staff wellbeing group, supporting individual wellbeing targets and organising social events. ; ● An opportunity to use the fully equipped gym in one of our co-located schools.

Head of School job summary

Are you seeking an exciting opportunity to develop your career? Are you a dynamic, creative, motivational team player ready to take on the operational leadership of either our primary or secondary site, with a strategic responsibility across both sites?

Due to the promotion of our current Deputy Head Teacher to Headship, Mabel Prichard school is able to offer this exciting new role. The school has grown considerably in recent years and has the potential for further growth; therefore, governors have decided to introduce Heads of School to the structure to ensure our learners benefit from the best teaching and learning opportunities possible as the school moves forward.

Mabel Prichard School is a community special school for students with severe learning difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties. We believe in enabling every student to discover who they are and to realise their full potential. Our curriculum offers a broad range of opportunities to face challenge; develop independence; prepare for adulthood; discover the world; be safe and develop the skills and knowledge to lead a happy, positive and fulfilled life.
Through our strong caring ethos, we support students to respect their whole community, regardless of background, race, gender, faith and disability and to celebrate diversity, so they are able to develop skills of empathy and tolerance in their life ahead.
If you have two or more years of SEND senior leadership experience, a proven track record of building and leading teams and are committed to ensuring the very best for all learners, we would love to hear from you.

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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About Mabel Prichard School

• School type: Special school, ages 2 to 19
• School size: 104 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@mabelprichard.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/mabel-prichard-school (opens in new tab)

Mabel Prichard is a community special school for children with profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and complex needs. We are located in Blackbird Leys and Littlemore in Oxford and are split across two sites. Students range from 2 to 19 years.

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