Head of School
The Meadows School, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 6EU9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
16 May 2024 at 6pm
Date listed
26 April 2024
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £68,400.00 - £75,331.00 Annually (Actual)
Head of School job summary
Manor Hall Academy Trust
The Meadows School
Required for 1st September 2024
Head of School
Pay Range: L16 - 20
The Meadows School is part of the Manor Hall Academy Trust, a Specialist School Trust. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with many other Special School leaders across the West Midlands and North west. Our Local Academy Board and Trustees offer strong leadership to the academy and are committed to honest self-evaluation and continual improvement.
The Meadows School is a Generic Special School providing education to young people with a range of needs. We serve over 130 young young people from the age of 11 to 19. The School has expertise in working with students who have profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and those with more moderate learning difficulties. A significant proportion of students have speech, language and communication needs, ASC, SEMH and a variety of other complex needs.
The successful applicant will need to be able to work both strategically and operationally, have a proven record of being creative and solution focused and have the emotional intelligence and resilience to lead staff by example in what is a rewarding but challenging and dynamic environment.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to visit the school before applying. There will be an open day for potential applicants on Thursday 9th May 2024. If you would like to book a place, please contact the school office on 01538 225060 or office@themeadows.manorhall.academy
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
Please apply with a letter of expression of interest and a completed application form via mynewterm.com
CLOSING DATE: 5pm Wednesday 16th May 2024
Interviews will be held on: Thursday 23rd May & Friday 24th May 2024
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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This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
About The Meadows School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- 127 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
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