Vice Principal
The Link School, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 4PG18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
To be Confirmed
Closing date
14 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
17 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: Full-time, Permanent
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Outer London Leadership Pay Scale (L20 – L24, £83,425 - £91,602)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Vice Principal to join our leadership team and play a pivotal role in driving excellence across the school. As Vice Principal, you will work closely with the Principal to shape the strategic direction of the school, ensuring the highest standards of teaching, learning, and student well-being. Your responsibilities will include:
Responsibilities:
- Providing inspirational leadership, management and direction across The Link School
- Driving academic excellence and fostering a culture of high expectations
- Overseeing curriculum development, assessment, and teaching quality
- Supporting staff development and performance management
- Championing safeguarding, inclusion, and student welfare
- Strengthening partnerships with parents, stakeholders, and the wider community
Requirements:
- Qualified Teacher Status
- Degree or equivalent
-Be a person-centred practitioner
-Have a commitment to all SEN pathways, including younger pre-verbal learners who require a sensory interactive curriculum, older learners following an adapted National Curriculum
and the willingness to find out about and support school leaders managing the pathway for children and young people with pathological demand avoidance
-Be able to lead a large team of staff who work across different sites
-Be outward looking and prepared to lead the school in its vision to be a flagship provision to support the needs of SEN children both locally and nationally
What the school offers its staff
Rewards & Benefits:
-Enhanced parental leave schemes
-Cycle to work scheme
-Season ticket loans
-Employee referral scheme
-Membership to Discounts for Teachers
-Discounted gym membership subscription including digital fitness
-Comprehensive training and development
-Access to counselling advice and support via Health Assured
-Commitment to wellbeing supported by our occupational health service and mental-health first aiders
-Scope for career progression across eight college centres, 14 academy schools and shared services team
-Pension scheme - the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS) both of which have life cover and financial protection for your family.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details on the role and the skills, experience and knowledge we are looking for.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Link School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 19
- School size
- 152 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Link School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- MollyKing@orchardhill.ac.uk
The Link School specialises in meeting the needs of 148 students from 4-18 with Speech, Language and Communication difficulties including autistic spectrum conditions and Pathological Demand Avoidance. Situated in the London Borough of Sutton all three sites are easily accessible by public transport and well placed to draw upon a wide range of leisure, recreational and educational facilities having easy access to Surrey and London.
The school provides a warm, safe, friendly and nurturing environment, which helps pupils to learn, express their ideas, communicate, develop friendships and grow in confidence and self- esteem.
Staff provide pupils with an outstanding education based on strong practitioner research and the holistic curriculum offer that promotes strong personal and social education as well as cognitive development. It is a rewarding and inspirational place to work. To find out more about us visit www.thelinkschool.co.uk
Arranging a visit to The Link School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email MollyKing@orchardhill.ac.uk.
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