10 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    1st January 2025, or as soon as possible

  • Closing date

    25 September 2024 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    5 September 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Headteacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£94067 - £107541

Pay scale

L2-L31

What skills and experience we're looking for

You will demonstrate the ability to plan strategically in the changing AP and SEND landscape and respond to external changes at national, regional and local levels.

You will be a graduate with a degree and qualified teacher status (QTS). An NPQH or similar qualification is desirable, and you will have a proven experience in senior leadership and management within a school or pupil referral unit. You will have the ability to plan strategically and allocate resources effectively in collaboration with the senior leadership team.

The Role

You will also be expected to:

• Lead members of the senior team to deliver the schools vision and achieve good outcomes for all students

• Be committed to working in partnership with parents, mainstream schools, professionals and members of the management committee

• Be proficient in data analysis and able to strategize and identify areas of improvement

• Be able to influence, inspire and enthuse students and staff

What the school offers its staff

SILS is a pupil referral unit for secondary aged learners that are out of mainstream education due to exclusion or other complex reasons. SILS is a ‘Good School’, and ‘Pupils thrive at this school’ (Ofsted 2024) SILS offers a supportive staff environment and commitment to high quality professional development.

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.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to poladitan@sils.southwark.sch.uk

CVs are not accepted.

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Job Advert - Headteacher.pdf - 161 KB (opens in new tab)
Application Pack - Headteacher.pdf - 8.4 MB (opens in new tab)

About Southwark Inclusive Learning Service (Sils)

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
School size
45 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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School website
Southwark Inclusive Learning Service (Sils) website (opens in new tab)
Email address
poladitan@sils.southwark.sch.uk
Phone number
020 7525 1150
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Arranging a visit to Southwark Inclusive Learning Service (Sils)

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email poladitan@sils.southwark.sch.uk.

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