Assistant Head of School (with responsibility for SENDCO)
Aurora Beeches School
Dorset
- £47,185 - £50,807 per year
- New
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 27 September 2024
Job overview
Overview and Responsibilities
Assistant Head of School (with responsibility for SENDCO)– Aurora Beeches School
Location: Cranborne, Dorset
Salary: £47,185.00 - £50,807.00 (Teacher PayScale L1 – L4)
Hours: 40 hours per week.
At Aurora Beeches, we believe in giving young people the tools and opportunities to create the lives they want for themselves. With high-quality teaching, an excellent level of individual support and a range of expert-led, integrated therapy, we support students with a range of additional learning needs to create and meet their own goals.
The main purpose of the role:
As our Assistant Head of School (with responsibility for SENDCO) You will work with the Head of School, Principal and wider Senior Leadership Team in all aspects of leadership and management, taking personal responsibility providing professional leadership and management within SEND to secure high-quality teaching, improved standards of learning and support all staff to develop their teaching to support all learners.
You will take a central role in assisting the Principal & Head of School, to develop our school in accordance with its shared values and our school development plans
Key duties:
- Work in very close partnership with and support the Principal and Head of School in the effective day to day management of the school and school community including (but not limited to); recruitment, developing school specific policies and implementing all relevant Aurora policies, leading staff meetings, arranging cover for absent staff or those on PPA /training, hosting and support organising whole school events such as open days and parents evening, and responding to the views, needs and requests of pupil, staff, parents, governors and visitors.
- Support CPD for classroom-based staff ensuring their needs are identified and met through quality training opportunities within available resources. This includes managing the inset program and providing / sourcing training opportunities for whole, groups of and individual staff.
- To be responsible for collating evidence for specific sections of the school’s self-assessment report, especially those relating to standards and attainment.
- To work with the Principal and Head of School to report to governance on learning and progress and the development, implementation and review of school improvement plans including regular monitoring and evaluation of attendance, standards and quality of provision.
- Determine, organise and implement a diverse, flexible curriculum and implement an effective assessment framework throughout the school.
- To be responsible for raising standards in Teaching and Learning for a team of pupils, teachers and teaching assistants across relevant Key Stages.
- To ensure that all provision for pupils within designated key stages is appropriate, differentiated and effective.
- In liaison with the Head of School, to ensure the curriculum entitlement and school timetable meets the statutory requirements and reflects the needs of the pupils.
- Ensure that learning is at the centre of strategic planning and resource management.
- Monitor the progress of pupils throughout the year, identifying gaps and any underachievement (through classroom learning visits, book scrutiny, discussion with pupils, teachers and leaders)
- Evaluate analysis of data to identify barriers to learning and suggest ways to address these.
- Promote and model good relationships with parents and carers, which are based on partnerships to support and improve pupils’ learning and achievement.
- Contribute to the development of the school as a community within the community; strengthening partnerships with families, neighbours, our local and wider community, other schools, services and the local authority
Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.
For the full job description and break down of duties, please contact Kirsty from the recruitment team kirsty.wilkinson@the-aurora-group.com
Skills and Qualifications
Successful candidate qualities:
Qualifications:
- Recognised teacher training qualification – Cert Ed. / PGCE / QTS or QTLS / Diploma in Teaching (essential)
- National award for special educational needs co-ordinator (NASENCO) or within 18 months of starting the post (desirable)
- Accredited training in specific areas of special education, e.g. Autism, Dyslexia etc. (desirable)
- Management/leadership qualification (desirable)
Experience:
- Proven track record of excellent creative and structured teaching within special needs environment.
- Experience of holding responsibility for and turning policy into effective and successful practice.
- Leadership of a significant area or phase or inclusion, including responsibility for raising standards across the whole college.
- Effective team management and working collaboratively and effectively with others.
- Communicating effectively to a wide range of different audiences though a range of different mediums.
- Successful management of complex scenarios and conflict resolution
- Effective relationships working successfully with a range of external agencies
Benefits and Additional Information
What’s on offer?
Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:
- Life assurance
- Enhanced pension scheme (from October)
- Perkbox - offering high street discounts
- Employee assistance programme
- Car lease scheme
- Fully funded training and qualifications
- Bike to work scheme
- Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.
If you are interested in this role then please apply online and complete our application form. For more information on this position please contact kirsty.wilkinson@the-aurora-group.com
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.
This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.
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About Aurora Beeches School
Welcome to our Special Needs Secondary School in Cranborne, Dorset
At Aurora Beeches, we believe in giving young people the tools and opportunities to create the lives they want for themselves. With high-quality teaching, an excellent level of individual support and a range of expert-led, integrated therapy, we support students with a range of additional learning needs to create and meet their own goals.
All our students are fully involved in choices around their own programmes, so that whatever their plans are – whether they want to pursue further education, training or employment – they are empowered and supported to create their own futures.
Our School
At Aurora Beeches, we support young people to make choices about their own futures.
We provide high levels of personalised support to help our students to make positive life decisions, work towards gaining qualifications and employability skills for their chosen careers and learn independent ‘preparation for life’ skills.
Our academic and vocational study programmes are designed to help every student access employment or further education, including at Aurora Boveridge College – the further education provider with whom we share our beautiful campus.
Our Facilities
Aurora Beeches is situated within the Aurora Boveridge College campus, a beautiful 50-acre site near the village of Cranborne in the Dorset countryside.
Our students enjoy access to modern, well-equipped classrooms, as well as vocational areas including a digital studio, science lab and art and design base.
Our extensive grounds include horticulture learning areas with large glasshouses, as well as motor vehicle workshops, an animal care unit and excellent sports facilities.
Our Curriculum
We offer a varied curriculum, including academic subjects such as English, maths, science, humanities, and art up to GCSE level, as well as vocational subjects including horticulture, animal care, motor vehicle engineering and digital IT.
We also offer a Forest School programme, delivered on-site in our extensive grounds.
During their time at Aurora Beeches, students have regular appointments with an independent careers advisor and plenty of opportunities to try different work options through our work-based learning programme.
Alongside working on the skills needed for employment or further study, our students also engage with our therapy team to support their long-term success and to develop essential independent living skills.
Our Outcomes
We are proud to list evidence of the progress and performance of our students (for the previous academic year) below -
· 100% of students who took A-level Chemistry achieved A*
· 100% of students who took A-level Mathematics achieved A*
· 100% of students who took GCSE Geography achieved grade 6
· 100% of students who took GCSE History achieved grade 5
· 67% of students who took GCSE English Language achieved grade 5 or higher
· 100% of students achieved Level 3 Practical Horticultural Skills
· 100% of students achieved Entry Level Science
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