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Headteacher

Chiltern Wood School, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP12 3NE

This job expired on 23 September 2021 – see similar jobs

• Closing date

  23 September 2021 at 9am

• Date listed

  13 September 2021

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
  • Deputy headteacher
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Leadership

Headteacher job summary

We are looking to appoint a new headteacher who is a strong leader and role model for staff and students, who is able to provide a clear vision and direction for the school. The ideal candidate will share our passion and vision for all pupils; their learning and ability to reach their full potential must be at the heart of all school decisions.
To be successful in this role you will have the ability and commitment to continue developing our unique curriculum and high standards of teaching, you will have the dedication to providing a safe, calm, and well-ordered environment for all pupils and staff, and possess strong financial management skills as well as business acumen.

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 Chiltern Wood School

• School type: Special school, ages 3 to 19
• School size: 199 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Chiltern Wood School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: vgreen@chilternwood.bucks.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01494532621
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chiltern-wood-school (opens in new tab)

We are a special school for just over 200 children and young adults, aged 3 to 19, with a broad

diversity of complex needs, including complex autism spectrum disorder (ASD), profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD), severe (SLD), and moderate learning difficulties (MLD). We support children with a range of needs including emotional behaviour, communication, medical, physical, sensory, and social needs.

We seek to develop our children as courageous, confident learners. We do this through an innovative approach to the curriculum, assessment, and partnerships with other schools, including via our Side by Side programme. We pride ourselves on the strong relationships that have been developed over the years between staff, pupils, parents, and the broader community.

Chiltern Wood is a maintained local authority school. In 2019 Ofsted judged the school as “good”.

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