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Assistant Headteacher - Teaching and Learning - Term Time

Medway Green , Wouldham

  • Ref:MED886-6157-68L
  • Posted:22/05/2024
  • Pay:up to £50,000 per annum
  • Start Date:Immediate
  • App Close Date:29/05/2024 at 23:45
  • Interviews:TBC

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Job Title:    Assistant Headteacher - Teaching and Learning  

Location:    Medway Green School, Wouldham, Rochester, Kent 

Salary:        Up to £50,000 per annum

Hours:        37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 08.30-16.00

Contract:    Permanent, Term Time only

UK applicants only.

As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for an Assistant Headteacher to join our close-knit team at Medway Green School located in Rochester.

The Assistant Head of School will:

  • Assist the Head of School in leading and managing the school, and work alongside the Deputy Headteacher Quality of education to ensure the quality of teaching and learning is of a high standard.
  • Undertake the normal responsibilities of a classroom teacher with a 50% teaching timetable.
  • Play a major role, under the overall direction of the Headteacher, in growing the school to its full capacity as well as formulating and reviewing the School Improvement Plan and the aims and objectives of the school by: 
    • Establishing the policies through which they shall be achieved
    • Leading and managing staff and resources to that end
    • Monitoring progress towards their achievement
    • Playing a key role in the school self-review process

Leadership of Curriculum (in partnership with the Deputy Headteacher, Quality of Education)

  • To lead on the continual development, organisation and implementation of the school’s curriculum.
  • To ensure that assessment is appropriate and informs learning.
  • To monitor and evaluate the provision for all pupils
  • To assist the Deputy Headteacher in providing high quality CPD. 

Qualification: QTS & NPQSL

Why join Acorn Education?

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. 

Information about the school

Medway Green School is a special needs provision that provides for students whose SEMH/SEN needs have resulted in placement breakdown at their mainstream schools. We provide a nurturing and welcoming environment to SEMH students in Key stages 2-4, however within the next 2 years the provision will move to Key stages 3-4 only. Students will experience a personalised curriculum based on previous learning and identified needs. With a keen focus on therapy, education and personal development the school aims to help young pupils grow academically, socially and emotionally to enable them to achieve success as they progress through life.

Opened in 2019, Medway Green School presently provides education to 67 students, with a capacity of 70 students. We have welcomed our first KS4 cohort this year and have been excited to introduce subject specialists to our school, providing a secondary model of learning.

Medway Green is a part of Acorn Education. Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education with accommodations 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.

This opportunity is within commutable distance of Rochester, Maidstone and surrounding areas, with excellent access to the M2 and M20 motorways. There are no regular public transport routes to the school.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.