5 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    January 2025

  • Closing date

    1 October 2024 at 9am

  • Date listed

    12 September 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Headteacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Leadership Scale L19 – L25

What skills and experience we're looking for

  • The vision and skills to lead and manage the school on a journey of continued excellence, focused on creating opportunities for all
  • Commitment to working in partnership with the CEO, the Trust’s executive team, Board of Trustees, Local Academy Board, staff, parents and carers and key stakeholders to improve outcomes for students, and to ensure all students reach their potential
  • Excellent abilities in operational management and strategic thinking
  • Substantial leadership experience and recent SEND experience
  • A proven track record of restorative practice
  • Dedication to the inclusion of students with SEND in education and society as a whole
  • Experience of having led, at a senior level, significant changes or improvements in a school
  • Extensive knowledge of safeguarding procedures
  • Understand the principles of effective teaching and learning for children with a range of special needs
  • Secure knowledge of statutory requirements relating to curriculum and assessment
  • Experience of leading curriculum innovation

What the school offers its staff

• Perkbox membership

• Contribution towards glasses and eye tests for DSE use

• Salary sacrifice schemes, including cycle to work

• 24/7 access to a free Employee Assistance Programme to provide confidential advice and guidance

• A culture which is open to employee ideas and encourages open dialogue

• Regular staff surveys to gain feedback on wellbeing and to drive improvements

Commitment to safeguarding

The Gallery Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any offer of employment with The Gallery Trust is subject to verification of ID and qualifications, satisfactory evidence of the right to work in the UK, health clearance, NCTL and Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check. The Gallery Trust is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from candidates from all ethnic and community backgrounds.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to application@thegallerytrust.co.uk

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About Mabel Prichard School

School type
Academy, ages 2 to 19
School size
118 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 19
Phone number
07535018939

At Mabel Prichard School, we believe in:
Motivating our pupils to learn throughout their lives.
Preparing them for a meaningful adulthood.
Encouraging success as individuals and as part of the community.
Our curriculum offers a broad range of opportunities to face challenges; 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 our students are able to develop skills of empathy and tolerance in their life ahead.
We believe education plays a pivotal role in developing as individuals, alongside the vital input from families and other professionals whom we enjoy working closely with. The purpose of the school is to create opportunities through education for each student to value themselves and each other; develop confidence; communicate their thoughts and ideas and to enjoy discovering their strengths to take forward in their life ahead.

Arranging a visit to Mabel Prichard School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email e.mckenzie@thegallerytrust.co.uk.

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