Vice Principal
Wishmore Cross Academy, Woking, Surrey, GU24 8NE19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April 2025 or sooner
Closing date
21 November 2024 at 10:19am
Date listed
31 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £68634 - £73901 per annum
Vice Principal job summary
Salary: L13 - L16 (fringe weighting) + well-being cash plan + pension scheme (TPS) + additional Lift Schools benefits
Hours: Full Time
Contract type: Permanent
Start date: April 2025 or sooner if possible
Shape the Future of SEND at Wishmore Cross Academy
We are looking for an inspiring, emotionally intelligent, and approachable leader to join our team at Wishmore Cross Academy as Vice Principal in charge of SEND.
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, committed and student-focused leader who will join the leadership team to be the advocate and whole school driving force supporting children with identified SEND needs. You will be responsible for leading and coordinating innovative and evidence-based provision for children who have identified special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
You're someone who'll be able to:
* Showcase commitment to inclusion with high expectations for all learners.
* Demonstrate experience as a senior leader in education, with a track record of initiating and delivering whole-school improvement initiatives.
* Give everyone here the kind of support, dedication, and positivity we foster at Lift Schools.
You're someone who has:
Proven Leadership: You'll possess a demonstrable track record of success as a senior leader within a school setting, ideally as part of a Senior Management Team or as a Middle Leader.
SEND Expertise: You'll have a deep understanding of SEND and a wealth of experience in working with children with diverse needs.
Collaboration and Advocacy: You'll be adept at working collaboratively with parents, external agencies, and colleagues to ensure the best possible outcomes for our pupils.
Statutory Knowledge: You'll possess a thorough understanding of the statutory regulations relating to SEND and equality.
Continuous Development: You'll be eager to engage in ongoing professional development, particularly in SEND-related CPD and qualifications.
This is an opportunity to make a tangible impact on the lives of young people.
About the School:
Wishmore Cross Academy, part of Lift Schools, is a special school in Chobham, Surrey for boys aged 7 to 16 years who have social, emotional and mental health difficulties. We can admit up to 82 pupils which means that class sizes are small and we work very closely with our students to ensure they get the most out of each day with us. Set in beautiful grounds, we provide high quality CPD to all staff routed through the instructional excellence model.
We invite all interested candidates to visit Wishmore Academy! We'd love for you to experience our wonderful learning environment. You can also arrange an informal discussion about the role with our Executive Principal, Andrea George Samuels. Feel free to reach out to Andrea at to schedule a time.
Closing date: Friday 29th November 2024
Interview date: Thursday 5th December 2024
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Commitment to safeguarding
Prior to employment all staff (paid or voluntary) are DBS checked for their suitability to work with children and young people. For more information on the Disclosure Barring Service, please click the link below.
Once the member of staff joins our school, they complete online Safeguarding training provided by Educare and sign an online AET Code of Conduct. Refresher training is provided every academic year by either one of the safeguarding team or an outside provider.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Wishmore Cross Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 16
- School size
- 65 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Wishmore Cross Academy website (opens in new tab)
Wishmore Cross is a school for boys aged 7 - 16, and all of our pupils have EHCPs (Educational Health and Care Plans) which detail their Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs (SEMH).
We work as a school to understand our pupils, their diagnosed and hidden needs, educate ourselves and them around these needs; and support our pupils to find their best, stable selves so that they can function independently and achieve in the world.
Our pupils may have histories of a difficult engagement with education, and our staff team works tirelessly to build secure, key worker relationships, so that we can change our pupils’ ideas of what their schooling can and should be like.
We are a school undergoing transformation and change, and are looking forward to a site that has been completely redecorated, a site that provides for our pupils sensory, occupational therapy and mental health needs, and a site that stimulates them to engage and learn in various ways.
We also work with our Local Authority to support the speech, language and communication needs that are associated with our pupils’ SEMH needs - hoping that we will teach our children to be able to tell us how they feel, understand others’ perspectives and relearn how to manage themselves and their actions when their emotions feel overwhelming.
A fair proportion of our school body joins us at Year 6 and stays with us till Year 11, but we also take in-year admissions in partnership with our Local Authority (Surrey County Council), working to make these transitions as smooth as can be.
We look forward to building more partnerships with our parents and families, within our local community and with borough and county educational services, so that our pupils can make the most of their school years.
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