Executive Headteacher - Bowden House School
Bowden House School
East Sussex
- £91,526 - £102,185 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- L18-L24
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Sept 2023
- Apply by:
- 14 March 2023
Job overview
EXECUTIVE HEADTEACHER
OF A SPECIAL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL
Start date: September 2023
Salary range: L18 – L24 (plus allowances)
Total range £91,526 – £102,185 pa includes a non-residential allowance of £14,175 and
includes an Executive Headship allowance of £10,000
No of Students on Role: 33 (Capacity 40) – 27 residential and 6-day students
Closing date for applications: 14th March 2023
Interview dates: 23rd & 24th March 2023
(Candidates to be notified of attendance by 17th March 2023)
A visit is essential and can be booked by contacting:
The Executive Head’s PA Suzy Rourke via email at srourke@bowdenhouse.towerhamlets.sch.uk or by calling 01323 893138.
The Executive Headteacher Job Description and Person Specification can be found at the back of this pack.
To apply for this role please complete the Tower Hamlets application form (attached to advert).
In addition to the application form you are required to respond to the Person Specification requirements for this role with evidence and examples of your experience. You are not at this stage expected to respond to all points as many can only be established at interview. Your response to this should be no longer than 2 A4 sheets in Arial 11 font.
You are also required to provide a Personal Statement explaining what you think you would bring to the role of Headteacher of this school. Your Personal Statement should be no longer than one A4 sheet in Arial 11 font.
When you have completed your application and the additional information please send them to admin@bowdenhouse.towerhamlets.sch.uk.
We are committed to ensuring equality and diversity is central to the operation of our school through the staff we employ and the provision that we make.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.
Attached documents
About Bowden House School
BOWDEN HOUSE SCHOOL Firle Road, Seaford, East Sussex BN25 2JB
Maintained by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
OFSTED WELFARE INSPECTION JANUARY 2018 — OUTSTANDING
OFSTED SCHOOL INSPECTION JANUARY 2018—GOOD
Bowden House School in Seaford, East Sussex provides specialist, weekly, residential education and care for boys between the ages of 9—16+. There is an option for students to attend on a daily basis if they live within an easy travelling distance from the school. All students are subjects of EHC Plans which identify their social, emotional and mental health difficulties and how these have impacted upon their education within mainstream or specialist day provision.
Bowden House School provides teaching within small, structured classes where there is access to additional support to aid all curriculum areas including an Emotional Well-being Team to aid the learning process. The Care Staff work closely with the teaching staff to ensure that there is a ‘whole school’ approach to learning with a joint structure, involving the students, to devise alternative strategies to assist them in managing their behaviour and therefore improve their chances of successful educational attainment.
The school provides an Independence Unit for post-16 students who attend local colleges and support from the staff in the school to aid a successful transition into further education, training or employment.
Bowden House School recognises effort and performance both within and outside the school. A ‘Privilege’ system operates throughout the school and is based upon improvement in academic and social areas of the curriculum with students earning additional activities and agreed rewards. A daily points system also encourages students to earn points throughout education and care time towards a reward of their choice. The school has established positive and supportive links with parents/carers; local authorities and a range of external agencies to provide support within the school and at home, when appropriate.
Bowden House School offers: a flexible ‘stage and age’ grouping Admissions Policy with:
•Specialist support to establish and maintain links between home and school
•Access to the full National Curriculum and a parallel curriculum offering a range of vocational options
•Access to AQA Unit Awards, Entry Level and GCSE qualifications, Functional English, DIDA (ICT) and BTEC courses
•External Leadership course and Annual Camps to develop learning ‘outside the classroom’
•College links for Year 11 students and full-time attendance for Years 12 & 13including Independence training
•Outstanding 24 hour care and support with a range of after school activities
•On-site Therapeutic Counsellor : on-site CAMHS Clinical Psychologist
•On-site Speech and Language Therapist •Visiting Educational Psychologist
•Home/school transport for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets students
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