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Headteacher

Hillside Special School, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1NN

This job expired on 20 January 2020 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  20 April 2020

• Closing date

  20 January 2020 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  5 December 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

Required for Summer term 2020.

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.

To build on the many outstanding strengths of the school and to engage with future educational opportunities, the governors are looking for applications from candidates with:

proven leadership and management skills
commitment to delivering continuous improvement in all aspects of school life
dedication and imagination.
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'.

If you have the qualities required and would welcome the challenge, we would like to hear from you.

Please visit our website: www.hillsidespecial.org.uk

Visits to the school are actively encouraged, we look forward to welcoming you. Please contact Emma Thake, Business Manager on (01787) 372808 to arrange.

For an application pack, please contact Headteacher Recruitment at: headships@suffolk.gov.uk or (01473) 263943.

Interview dates: 28/29 January 2020.

For further information or an application pack, please contact Headteacher Recruitment at: headships@suffolk.gov.uk or (01473) 263943.

This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts. Suffolk County Council - welcoming diversity.

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

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About Hillside Special School

• School type: Special school, ages 4 to 19
• School size: 85 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Hillside Special School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: headships@suffolk.gov.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hillside-special-school-sudbury (opens in new tab)

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

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