Assistant Head of Education: Key Stage 3 and Maths
Wilds Lodge School
Rutland
- New
- Salary:
- Up to L9
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- October 2024
- Apply by:
- 20 August 2024
Job overview
Assistant Head of Education - Key Stage 3 and Maths
One Year Maternity Cover from October 2024
Your new role
We are excited to offer the opportunity for an experienced leader to join our wonderful school and work with our exceptional students who experience a range of needs including SEMH and ASD. The appointed person will lead our KS3 provision as an inspiring and dedicated Assistant Head of Education and cover a period of maternity leave for one full year from October 2024. The appointed candidate will also have the ability to deliver maths to a maximum 40% timetable.
Responsibilities will include providing all teachers with an example of the commitment required to achieve excellence and continuous school improvement. For example you will have an overview of:
• learners’ progress, achievement and behaviour
• any risks and barriers to learning
• staffing within their Key Stage, including any performance issues
• curriculum and timetabling
• parental liaison
• learner documentation
We are seeking someone who thrives on working in a challenging but immensely rewarding environment, who are passionate about the development of our pupils and who truly want to make a difference to the lives of young people. Previous experience working within SEN is not essential, however you will need to have the ability to motivate and effectively communicate with children who have SEMH.
The successful candidate will have;
• experience as a successful Middle Leader
• proven track record of providing direction, inspiration and strong leadership to staff
• demonstrated outstanding, sustained and successful experience as a teacher (preferably in a SEN environment)
• demonstrated the ability to work strategically and successfully at a middle or senior leadership team level (desirable)
• be able to deliver mathematics to KS3 (up to 40% timetable)
• an in depth knowledge of the KS3 curriculum and the range of qualifications that meet the needs of individual learners
• an in depth knowledge and understanding of students with SEMH needs
• a sense of humour!
About Wilds Lodge School
Wilds Lodge School is an independent 38 week specialist boarding and day provision for boys and girls (girls are accepted as day students only) for students aged between 5 and 19 with social, emotional and mental health difficulties, set in Empingham, Rutland. We have consistently been assessed as outstanding by Ofsted in our education provision and have received the TES’ ‘Boarding School of the Year’ award in recent years. We are an aspirational, exciting and innovative school, with a strong record of developing both students and staff.
We are a friendly school where staff are supportive of each other inside and outside of the classroom. We pride ourselves in ensuring all members of staff including our support staff have access to regular training. All our members of staff attend regular training on child protection; mental health and multi-agency working. All staff access a wide range of training on areas of SEN such as Autism, attachment and ADHD.
Benefits Include:
● Access to free car parking;
● Access to free lunch/refreshments on site;
● Access to a pension scheme;
● Access to Employment Assistance Programme
● Excellent CPD opportunities and access a wide range of training on areas of SEN such as Autism, attachment and ADHD;
● Working in our beautiful buildings and surrounding grounds;
● You will also work within an environment with people who believe in working collaboratively, sharing ideas and supporting each other to achieve great things
Our students are incredibly important to us; if you have the energy and enthusiasm to make a real difference to the lives of our students, we would love to hear from you. Visits to the school are welcome and encouraged.
How to apply:
For more information, to arrange a visit and a full application pack, please contact Mike Sherwin on the below details:
T: 07525 889925
Closing date for applications: ASAP and by Tuesday 20th August 2024
Strong applications may be considered upon receipt
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The following is expected of all staff: All post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory enhanced DBS check
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About Wilds Lodge School
Wilds Lodge School is an independent specialist boarding and day provision for boys and girls (girls are accepted as day students only) with social, emotional and mental health difficulties aged between 5 and 19. All the students at the school have an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP). It was established in 2007 and aims to place an equal emphasis on the educational, social and psychological development of our students. The key to the success of the school is a strong ethos, developed by a highly experienced and capable staff, and the strength of the relationships between the staff and the students.
The school draws nationally from Local Education Authorities and currently has under 90 students on role of which a small percentage are day students. It offers fortnightly boarding provision although in practice, most return to their families weekly. The students are grouped into five residential houses with close regard to their chronological age, their social needs and their personal maturity. The main needs of pupils with SEN at the school are social, emotional and mental health difficulties and Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
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