Job details
- Job role
- Leadership
- Working pattern
- Full-time only
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £76141 to £87313
Job summary
Do you have:
Vision, clarity, creativity, energy and determination to provide professional and strategic leadership?
The leadership skills to inspire a dedicated, skilled and caring team of staff?
An understanding of the necessity to work with all stakeholders, especially parents?
Governors are looking for a visionary Headteacher to steer the school through this period of positive change and above all to bring genuine enrichment to the lives of all of our pupils.
As the new Leader of Grove Park Special School, you will have:
Proven experience as a successful leader in at least two special schools.
A comprehensive knowledge and understanding of a wide range of special educational needs and how different children with SEND may best learn.
Experience of managing and leading change, motivating and empowering all stakeholders.
An ardent commitment to achieving the very best outcomes for pupils
Responsibility for management of all aspects of the school budget, systems, organisations and processes upholding the principles of transparency, integrity and probity.
Employee benefits
Leadership L25 - L31
Applying for the job
For a recruitment pack please contact: leadership.recruitment@eastsussex.gov.uk
The interview process will take place on 30th and 31st March and will consist of a range of activities and exercises, a formal presentation and interview. The process will be planned to fully judge candidates against the person specification for the role of Headteacher.
School overview
- School type
- Special school
- Education phase
- School size
- 118 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Grove Park School website (opens in a new window)
- Contact email
- leadership.recruitment@eastsussex.gov.uk
- Contact phone number
- 01892 603095
About Grove Park School
Grove Park is a maintained special school which is graded Good with Outstanding features supporting over 120 pupils with a diverse range of complex needs and is rapidly growing not only in terms of pupil numbers but also in terms of its excellent reputation and successful partnerships.
The evolution of the school is at a critical point and the early retirement of our much-respected Headteacher offers a school Leader with energy, tenacity and vision the opportunity to join us in leading the school through a period of exciting and significant development
Arranging a visit to Grove Park School
To arrange for an informal visit to the school, please contact: Alison Norman 01892 603095 or email alisonn@grove-park.e-sussex.sch.uk. We can offer a Covid secure informal visit including a lateral flow test on arrival. (The school staff are regularly tested). The school staff are currently being vaccinated through an arrangement agreed between East Sussex and neighbouring Local Authorities and the NHS.
For an informal discussion, please contact Bob Wall, Consultant to the Recruitment Panel on 07713 624 026 or email bob@wall.co.uk
School location
Church Road, Crowborough, East Sussex, TN6 1BNGet a job alert for when similar jobs are listed
