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SalaryVacancy for Assistant Head Teacher for Inclusion (SENDCo)
To start April 2024
Permanent, Full-time
Leadership pay range L3 – L7 £49,574 - £54,816
We are a Multi Academy Trust comprising of six secondary schools and one primary school with over 750 employees and over 5,500 students, based in Dudley, West Midlands.
Since joining Invictus Education Trust, Rufford Primary School has been on a journey of school improvement. We are now looking to recruit an Assistant Headteacher with high aspirations and standards for all stakeholders to continue with the progress made. Our school is proud to have a new SEND unit commissioned through the local authority; our Assistant Headfor Inclusion will have the opportunity to develop and grow this unit as part of their role.
This will be an exciting opportunity for you to make an impact in a growing Trust. If you are someone who enjoys working at pace and adopts a flexible attitude to work, this could be the opportunity for you. The successful candidate must be able to rise to the operational and strategic challenge, as well as being able to communicate effectively with Trustees, Governors, leaders and colleagues, enabling the best possible outcomes for children.
We are looking for an Assistant Head Teacher who:
- Has a proven track record of raising pupil attainment across the primary phase
- Is supportive of Invictus Education Academies values
- Is committed to working closely with other trust senior leaders and their schools
- Has a passion for Inclusion and ensuring all children reach their potential
- Has experience of leading provision for children with SEND across school
- Will empower and inspire staff, promoting effective teaching and learning, developing the school’s ethos and encouraging innovation
- Will optimise the social and emotional development of children so they can become well rounded, caring individuals
- Will build upon good relationships within the school, across our trust, with parents and in the wider community
- Is committed to excellent safeguarding procedures
Visits to the school are encouraged. For more information and to arrange a visit, please contact Ms Pippa Laight on: 01384 686717
Closing date: Monday 15th January at 12pm
We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Lesson observations will take place in candidates current setting on either 17th, 18th or 19th January 2024 at a mutually convenient time.
Interviews due to take place: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023, as a part of our recruitment process we will carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates to identify any comment, image or other content that could cause reputational damage to the trust and/or give rise to a safeguarding concern. If we discover anything during our searches this will be passed onto the recruitment manager and discussed during interview.
We are deeply committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and expect all Staff and Volunteers to share this commitment. All necessary Safeguarding checks will be undertaken which must have satisfactory outcomes, otherwise the conditional job offer may be withdrawn. Details of the checks that will be undertake can be found at: Keeping Children Safe in Education, 2023 – KCSIE 2023
This role has been assessed as working in regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS plus Children’s Barred List Check.
It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.
Positions at the school are exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to a post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). DBS Filtering guidance can be found on the GOV.UK website.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance/dbs-filtering-guide
As a Trust we are committed to ensuring that throughout our recruitment and selection process, no applicant will be disadvantaged or discriminated against because of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.
