Head of School - Full-Time - Special Needs Position - Full-time - Special Needs Position

Shenstone School, Crayford

• Ref:KCC303-7001-39L
• Posted:16/03/2021
• Pay:L19-L24
• Start Date:1st September 2021
• App Close Date:30/04/2021 at 09:00
• Interviews:Week commencing 17th May 2021

Advert

An exciting opportunity has arisen with Shenstone School for the role of Head of School. As the Head of School you will work alongside the Executive Head Teacher, Senior Leadership Team, Governing Board, TKAT Trust and staff to develop the shared vision and strategic plan, which serves to inspire and motivate pupils and all other members of the school community. You will lead on teaching and learning and help to ensure that we consistently offer an environment which enables each child to achieve their full potential through the provision of quality teaching and learning at our specialist school setting.

Shenstone School is a special school for pupils who have severe and/or complex learning difficulties within the London Borough of Bexley. Shenstone School is located on two sites, Sidcup (for younger pupils) and Crayford (for older pupils). We work hard to ensure that Shenstone is a safe, happy, welcoming and truly outstanding place for our pupils to thrive. Our school benefits from impressive facilities across the two sites, enabling us to offer a wide range of opportunities and activities for learning both inside and outside the classroom.

For more information about the role please email head@shenstone-tkat.org and request a virtual meeting or COVID risk assessed face to face meeting with the Executive Head Teacher.

Professional qualifications required –

•  Is a qualified teacher with QTS
• Experience of senior leadership in a school (NPQSL/ NPQH)
• Evidence of relevant CPD
• Experience in a special school setting is essential

Shaping the future

• Has a clear philosophy for the education of young people
• Possesses leadership and management skills and the personal qualities to build strong relationships with all stakeholders
• Inspires confidence and trust, is approachable, shows integrity and care for others

 Can demonstrate experience of:

• Thinking strategically
• Leading and bringing about effective School improvement
• Implementing and managing change

Leading teaching and learning

• Committed to achieving aspirational goals and targets
• Celebrates the successes of pupils and staff regularly, both as individuals and as teams
• Experience of teaching and learning strategies appropriate for special school setting

 Can demonstrate experience of:

• Focusing on pupil’s achievement using data and benchmarking to monitor progress for every child
• Monitoring, evaluating and improving teaching and learning

Managing the organisation

• Understands the principles of change and the process of managing it effectively
• Empowers others and creates leadership opportunities
• Can communicate well and explain ideas clearly
• Prepared to ask for advice and support where necessary
• Able to set up an appropriate work/life balance and to model it to staff

 Can demonstrate experience of:

• Staff development and appraisal, including effective coaching
• Recruiting and deploying staff appropriately

Strengthening the community

• Able to articulate core values of the School within the community

 Can demonstrate experience of:

• Working effectively with parents
• Building effective relationships with the community and other schools

Information about the school

Shenstone School is an all-through specialist school for children and young people with severe and/or profound and multiple learning difficulties. Although we currently have a temporary facility for our secondary students, a specially adapted secondary school is currently being built in Halt Robin Road, Belvedere. We opened our doors to our secondary provision in September 2022 when we welcomed our first cohort of pupils and we now currently have one year 8 and two year 7 classes.

Our staff are passionate about providing our students with the best learning opportunities. Working in partnership with parents and carers, we successfully foster and develop a positive attitude in our young people and support them to have opportunities that will allow them to achieve beyond their expectations. The support and guidance students receive from staff give them the confidence to learn independently and strive to achieve their most aspirational outcomes. The school positions itself as a centre of excellence for its students, parents/carers, staff, local authorities and the wider community.

We aim to ensure that all students have the maximum opportunity to participate fully in society to enhance their life chances. We pride ourselves on ensuring that learning remains purposeful but is equally fun. We are committed to supporting the emotional health and well-being of all our students, staff and parents/carers, and we stand by our motto of “Together we engage, thrive and achieve”.

We are very proud of Shenstone School and our achievements, which include autism accreditation through the National Autistic Society, The Wellbeing Award for Schools, Outstandingly Happy School status, Move Centre of Excellence Award, National Online Safety Certified School status, and we are also an accredited Arts Award Centre. We continue to expand with new ideas and initiatives to maintain and improve services for students and staff.

Staff at Shenstone School can access the following benefits: excellent induction and probation processes, comprehensive in-house training, competitive pension scheme, employee counselling services, vaccination programmes, on-site mental health first aid team and various other well-being and social activities.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Georgia Bissett
• Address:94 Old Road, Crayford, Kent, DA1 4DZ
• Telephone: 01322 524145
• Email: hr@shenstone-tkat.org

Documents

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• Job Description and Person Specification