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

Grange Park School, Wrotham

  • Ref:KCC886-7052-158L
  • Posted:07/10/2019
  • Pay:Leadership L6 to L9
  • Start Date:April 2020
  • App Close Date:06/12/2019 at 13:00
  • Interviews:12th December 2019

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HEAD OF SCHOOL – PRIMARY (KS2)

Start Date - April 2020

Grange Park School is an autism specific provision for 8 – 19 year olds and has been accredited for over 9 years by the National Autistic Society (NAS), who highly commended our school.

Currently judged as “Good” by Ofsted, the school is very well placed to becoming Outstanding and is oversubscribed.

We are looking for a committed and dynamic leader to join them us as the Head of School for our primary phase based in Stansted Village, 3 miles from the main school site in Wrotham.

To be considered for this role, you will need to:

  • be able to demonstrate strong leadership qualities and will have had previous experience in school leadership at a senior level
  • have recent and relevant experience of highly effective leadership and a strong track record in raising standards;
  • have a clear sense of vision, strategic thinking and purpose;
  • be an exceptional classroom practitioner, with expertise in SEND, specifically ASC and considerable knowledge and practical experience at Key Stage 2
  • take a lead in maintaining and developing our current outstanding provision to ensure we maintain an original, challenging and child-centred approach to educating and caring for our young people
  • have a full understanding of processes involving children in care, child protection and safeguarding and be committed to working in partnership;
  • be collegiate, responsive, highly approachable and have the ability to inspire colleagues, pupils, students and their families.

If you are excited at the prospect of working in a collaborative and rewarding environment, then we would like to hear from you.

We will be holding an open morning on Wednesday 27th November at 10.00am for prospective candidates. Please contact the school on (01732) 882111 or office@grangepark.kent.sch.uk to add your name to the list.

For further details please visit www.grange-park-school-kent.co.uk/site or email office@grangepark.kent.sch.uk

Closing date:              Friday 6th December 2019 at 1.00 pm

Interviews:                Thursday 12th December 2019

Grange Park School and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.  The post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Criminal Records Bureau and ISA Registration, plus verification of the right to work in the UK.

All references will be taken up before interview.

Grange Park School is committed to the positive promotion of equal opportunities for all.

Information about the school

Our School

Grange Park School is an autism specific provision for children aged 11 to 19 located in a purpose built school in Wrotham and for children aged 8-11 located in Stansted village 3 miles from the main school site. The school also operates a post16 provision in partnership with a local college in Maidstone and Medway. All of our pupils have educational heath care plans.

All of our pupils are expected to sit GCSE’s and transition into adulthood with the skills to be successful. Class sizes at the Stansted and Wrotham sites are between 11-13 pupils with a teacher and 1-2 learning mentors. At the partnership college, learning mentors are supporting individual students or small groups of students aged 16-19 years in the college tutor groups / classrooms and out in the community.

Currently judged as “good” by Ofsted. We are committed to providing our pupils with the best possible learning opportunities and supporting them in their development.

The school has achieved a number of external awards including • Advanced NAS status • UNICEF rights respecting (Gold) • Wellbeing award for schools • IQM Flagship School • IQM Inclusive School • National online Safety • Leading Parent Partnership Award • Kent Messenger Team of the year (2021) • Kent Messenger Headteacher of the year (2022) • Kent Messenger Science Teacher of the year (2023)

Grange Park is part of KSENT a collaboration of 26 special schools in Kent. This creates numerous training and development opportunities, shared working practices and career progression.

The successful candidate will embrace the special ethos of the School, and the role will provide an opportunity to take Grange Park School into this next exciting phase and beyond.

All references will be taken up before interview.

Grange Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service and check against the ISA Barred List for children and other relevant pre-employment checks.

Please note as part of Keeping Children Safe In Education requirements, Grange Park will carry out online searches for all shortlisted candidates

Job Contact Information

Fax: (01732) 882111

Documents

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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.