Headteacher
The Fountains High School, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 0HBThis job expired on 30 March 2023 – see similar jobs
Earliest start date
1 September 2023
Latest start date
1 January 2024
Closing date
30 March 2023 at 4:14pm
Date listed
29 March 2023
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £78,010 - £90,365
Pay scale
- Leadership Points 24-30
What skills and experience we're looking for
Job Title: Headteacher
Locations: Fountains High School, Bitham Lane, Stretton, Burton upon Trent, DE13 0HB
Grade/Scale: Leadership Points 24 - 30 Actual Salary £78,010 - £90,365
Start date: September 2023/January 2024
Contract: Full time Teacher
The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate exceptional leadership and managerial skills, as well as having significant experience and knowledge of working with children and young people with a range of complex needs in a special school setting. As a skilled SEND practitioner, you will have proven success in leading a team in delivering a personalised curriculum to students with a broad range of needs including challenging behaviour and communication difficulties.
If you are a highly motivated and forward-thinking individual, with the energy and passion to change lives, coupled with proven experience of impacting on whole school development and improvement, this could be the opportunity for you.
We welcome applications from experienced senior leaders with:
- A demonstrable record of success of leadership in special schools to deliver outstanding learning outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.
- The ability to build excellent relationships with students, staff, parents, governors, other schools and officers in the multi-academy trust and the local community
- The vision and skill to embrace, lead and manage change and improvement
The pupils at the school have a wide range of needs and abilities. However, we focus mostly on the abilities of our pupils and how we can nurture and develop their skills and knowledge to prepare our pupils for life beyond school.
What the school offers its staff
Benefits include: Teachers’ Pension Scheme, Westfield Health membership and free parking.
For further information, please contact Maxine Day, Head of HR & Communications, on 01623 859886, via email to HR@esteemmat.co.uk or visit our website at https://www.esteemmat.co.uk/vacancies. Please use the relevant application form on the MAT website; CVs alone will not be accepted.
Closing date for applications: 18 April 2023 (23:59)
Interview dates: 27/28 April 2023
Esteem Multi-Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its students. We expect all staff, volunteers and agency staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.
Commitment to safeguarding
Esteem Multi-Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its students. We expect all staff, volunteers and agency staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.
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About The Fountains High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- School size
- 223 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Fountains High School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@esteemmat.co.uk
The Fountains High School is a 11 to 19 special school within the Esteem Multi Academy Trust situated in Stretton, Burton Upon Trent. The school is presently oversubscribed with 222 pupils on roll including 36 Post 16 students based at Burton and South Derbyshire College (BSDC) campus.
The South Derbyshire Support Centre situated in Newhall – Swadlincote and caters for 26 pupils aged 7-16 with a variety of educational needs with a large number of the pupils having been permanently excluded or at risk of permanent exclusion from local mainstream academies. Both schools share a senior leadership team and local governing body.
At Fountains we pride ourselves on creating rich and exciting learning experiences for all children. All learning in school is highly differentiated and is rooted within four different curriculums' which is underpinned by our school values which are centred on Personal Learning and Thinking Skills which develop each child's character, providing the foundations that we try and live by every day.
Coupled with our school motto, ‘Always achieving out Potential' we ensure that children become empowered learners, who flourish and thrive, preparing them to meet their future aspirations so that they will succeed in life.
Further information about our academy can be found on the website at
https://www.fountains-high.staffs.sch.uk/
Arranging a visit to The Fountains High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@esteemmat.co.uk.
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