Headteacher
Hillside Special School, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1NNThis job expired on 9 September 2019 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 January 2020
Closing date
9 September 2019 at 1am
Date listed
4 July 2019
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Full-time equivalent salary
- Lead Practitioners range 21 to Lead Practitioners range 27, £65,384,.00 to £75,736,.00
Headteacher job summary
Hillside School is a small special school with great ambitions for its pupils with severe, profound and complex learning difficulties. The school serves a wide catchment area covering the whole of South West Suffolk and is well embedded in the local community. We are committed to providing a stimulating, happy and supportive environment in which every child can flourish as an individual and be encouraged to fulfil their potential.
Following the current Headteacher's decision to work with disadvantaged children around the world, the Governors are looking for applications from candidates with:
* proven leadership and management skills
* a commitment to delivering continuous improvement in all aspects of school life
* dedication and imagination
to build on the many outstanding strengths of the school and to engage with future educational opportunities.
In turn, we can offer you:
* a dedicated Governing Body
* supportive, excellently trained staff
* engaged parents
* a strong commitment to your professional development.
In March 2018, Hillside School was described by Ofsted, for the fourth consecutive time, as 'Outstanding', stating that "staff do a fabulous job at fulfilling every child's individual needs", that "the culture of safeguarding pupils' well-being is very strong" and "the school is a vibrant, happy place where all pupils are interested in their learning".
Please visit our website: www.hillsidespecial.org.uk
If you have these qualities and would welcome the challenge, we would like to hear from you.
Visits to the school are actively encouraged, we look forward to welcoming you. Please contact Emma Thake, Business Manager on (01787) 372808 to arrange.
Interview dates: 19 / 20 September 2019.
For further information or an application pack, please contact Headteacher Recruitment at: headships@suffolk.gov.uk or (01473) 263943.
Commitment to safeguarding
Hillside is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. It is also subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and children’s barred list check. Our commitment to safeguarding is underpinned by robust processes and checks which are in place across the school.
We expect all candidates to have read the following two documents:
- Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy
- Safer Recruitment Policy
About Hillside Special School
- School type
- Special school, ages 4 to 19
- School size
- 85 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Hillside Special School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- headships@suffolk.gov.uk
Hillside Special School is an all-age special school for pupils with Severe or Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (SLD and PMLD).
Planned Pupil Place Numbers: 86
School location
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