Head of School

How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four*?

Our colleagues’ wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we’re always looking for new ways to improve everyone’s work/life balance. We’re taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent).

If the trial is a success, we’ll be rolling the 4DWW out across the Group – so there’s never been a more exciting time to join #teamOFG!

Job Title:        Head of School

Location:       Meadowcroft School, Wakefield, West Yorkshire 

Salary:           Up to £70,000 per annum dependent on experience

Hours:            Monday to Friday

Contract:        Permanent; Term Time only

Due to growth in service, we are recruiting for a Head of School to join our amazing team at Meadowcroft School. The Head of School will work collaboratively with our Headteacher and current Head of School. 

About the role

To support the Headteacher and SLT to secure success and improvement, ensuring high quality education and improved standards of learning and achievement for all students.

To lead school improvement through the championing of outstanding teaching, learning, and assessment.

To contribute to and provide leadership and management of the leadership team, staff, and students.

To ensure a high-quality school experience for all students, securing desired outcomes.

To implement as positively and fully as possible the vision and key objectives.

Essential

• Qualified Teacher Status
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• A track record of leading and improving outcomes for pupils
• Skilled in monitoring and evaluating standards of attainment, teaching, and learning and be able to create clear action plans to ensure that all pupils reach their highest potential
• Demonstrates a deep understanding of pupil protection and safeguarding and show evidence of successfully managing concerns and allegations
• Experience of implementing strategies for re-motivating disengaged learners in schools, improving attendance, behaviour and pupil performance
• Experience of leading innovation and change management, a successful innovator of school improvement that has impacted positively upon pupil outcomes
• Understanding of pupil motivation, engagement, behaviour and attitudes towards learning

About us

Meadowcroft is an independent specialist day school for pupils aged from 5 to 19, catering for pupils with a wide range of needs across 4 sites in Wakefield. Our dedicated team work together to ensure successful outcomes for pupils.

We are part of Acorn Education and Care and can promise you plenty of challenges, and a rich variety of opportunities to develop your career.

Acorn Education & Care is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education and residential care for vulnerable pupils and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

Why join Acorn Education & Care? 

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy.

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