Head Teacher - Full-time

Vocational Training Centre Independent School, Sittingbourne

• Ref:KCC886-6156-15T
• Posted:17/04/2024
• Pay:L9 - L16
• Start Date:Sept 2024 or ASAP
• App Close Date:17/05/2024 at 12:00
• Interviews:Week of 27th May 2024

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Join Our Journey Toward Excellence

VTC Independent School is seeking a dynamic and visionary Headteacher. This is a pivotal role for an experienced leader or an ambitious middle leader ready to steer our institution as we embark on an exciting phase of growth and enhancement.

About VTC Independent School:

We are a nurturing independent school offering a tailored educational experience to pupils from Year 9 to Year 13. Our students benefit from small class sizes, typically 4-6 pupils, ensuring a highly personalized learning environment. Each student is guided towards achieving a range of qualifications tailored to their individual abilities and aspirations.

The Role:

As the Headteacher, you will:

• Provide transformative leadership to the School and its associated Post 16 college.
• Collaborate with a supportive Advisory Board and a dedicated Senior Leadership Team to drive the next development stage.
• Lead with a commitment to excellence, setting and achieving ambitious targets within a community-focused framework.

Desired Qualifications and Experience:

• Proven experience in senior educational leadership, preferably with experience in SEN settings.
• Demonstrated capability in strategic planning and excellent financial management.
• Strong track record in enhancing educational outcomes and leading effective teams.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to navigate cultural nuances and foster a supportive and inclusive environment for students, parents, and staff.
• Experience collaborating with advisory bodies and external stakeholders to achieve educational objectives.

Why VTC?

At VTC, you will impact children and vulnerable young adults profoundly and positively every day. We are deeply committed to the welfare and success of our students, with rigorous safeguarding measures in place. All successful candidates will undergo comprehensive DBS checks.

This role is more than a job; it's an opportunity to make a lasting difference in a community that values education and individual potential. If you are ready to lead with passion and purpose, we welcome your application to join us at VTC Independent School.

Information about the school

VTC Independent School aims to ensure that all pupils have access to an appropriate curriculum to ensure they achieve their potential and are not disadvantaged in comparison to their peers who access education in mainstream settings.

We provide for children with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs who may have been permanently excluded or at risk of being permanently excluded from school. Currently this school caters for up to 32 pupils from the ages 14 to 18.

It is common for our pupils to have been out of education for long periods of time before placement here, due to not being able to access or engage in their mainstream provision, or lack of any appropriate provision being available. As a result, they usually have complex co-morbid needs alongside low self-esteem and confidence due to continued failure to engage or progress their learning, this predominantly manifests itself in very challenging behaviour and even more barriers to overcome.

We therefore offer learning pathways that are multifaceted, personalised and motivating in order to engage in new learning opportunities including highly specialised vocational offers, work experience, community project work and outdoor wellbeing interventions supported by a core of academic studies in a nurturing environment.

Previous poor attendance levels, allied to long periods out of school will be tackled with personalised programmes which will increase their attendance over time. The ethos of the school is to provide a positive learning environment that will ensure this is monitored and informed over time.

The biggest influence in changing these behaviours is impacted by the amount of time given to meeting the pupils social and emotional needs are met through high staffing levels and personalised interventions and strategies. Liaison with parents, carers, LA, and other agencies is hugely important in the success of the placement. Pupils will leave with a range of qualifications that match their requirements for their onward transition including core functional skills and vocational courses at level 1 +.

VTC Independent School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Anna Daly
• Address:Century 200, St Michaels Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 3DZ
• Telephone: 01795899240
• Email: anna@vtcindependentschool.co.uk

Documents

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• VTC Headteacher JD and PS