Assistant Principal - Full-time - Special Needs Position

Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy, Swanley

Ref:KCC207-7164-23T
Posted:15/10/2021
Pay:L6-L10 48,901-53,888 + Non Residential Allowance
Start Date:January or sooner
App Close Date:31/10/2021 at 23:45
Interviews:w/c 08/11/2021

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ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL VACANCY

Leadership Scale (Outer Fringe) L6 to L10 48,901-53,888 (current year 2020-21)

(plus, non-residential allowance)

Parkwood Hall is a residential and day school for pupils aged 8-19 years with moderate to severe learning difficulties and other complex needs including autism and language difficulties. We are passionate about our Co-operative values of self-help, self- responsibility, democracy, equality, equity and solidarity.

We need:

An inspirational and aspirational full time Assistant Principal to lead our Post 16 Provision
Provide excellent leadership
Appropriately challenge
Outstanding class teaching.
Mentor, coach and support colleagues by targeting their professional development
Ensure that the curriculum is vibrant, purposeful and engaging for all our pupils
Emotionally intelligent and experienced
Excellent approach to positive behaviour
Post 16 experience in a specialist setting would be an advantage.

Your gain will be working within a vibrant and change embracing environment that prepares pupils for their adult lives. You will be joining an experienced forward-thinking senior leadership team who are committed to continuous improvement to become a Centre of Excellence for all our pupils.

Please contact contact@parkwoodhall.co.uk for an application form and further details about this vacancy. Once you have completed the application form, this should be submitted via email to contact@parkwoodhall.co.uk The closing date for your application is as stated below.

References will be requested for those shortlisted only and prior to interview. Only those shortlisted for interview will be contacted.

This post is considered to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The school therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the person specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure and other employment checks.

The school is committed to equality and diversity in employment practice and service delivery.

Information about the school

We are a specialist day school for children and young people aged 8-19 who have moderate to severe learning difficulties and autism. Many of our pupils have additional needs including ADHD, Downs Syndrome and language difficulties. All our pupils have Education, Health and Care Plans so all our referrals come via different local authorities across London and the South East, including Kent. We are extremely fortunate in having an amazing site where the children can access our seventy-eight acres of green and woodlands. We have a Forest School on site as well as purpose-built playground areas and sports areas. Our music and performing arts form an important part of our offer: we have a steel band as well as a Makaton Choir. Our Cooperative Values are important to us especially honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others. They underpin the way we do things at Parkwood Hall. We are committed to providing a learning environment and learning pathway that enables all our pupils to achieve the best they can and help prepare them for adult life so they can live as independent a life as possible. We have created our own bespoke curriculum which is differentiated to each pupil’s individual learning needs. We aim to make our curriculum engaging, relevant and exciting. The school is zoned in areas to accommodate Learning Pathway One which provides a pre-formal curriculum and Learning Pathway Two which provides a formal curriculum environment. The school also has a sixth form zone for post 16 students where the curriculum is about preparing for adult life with pupils focusing on core skills and independent living skills as well as work related learning. We have a highly skilled team of professionals including teachers, teaching assistants, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, and school nurse. Our team work together positively to enable the absolute best outcomes for our pupils, who always remain at the heart of all we do.

Job Contact Information

Name:Zoe moore
Address:Parkwood Hall, Beechenlea Lane, Swanley, Kent, BR8 8DR
Telephone: 01322 664441
Email: contact@parkwoodhall.co.uk

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