Deputy Headteacher

• Full time

• Permanent

• Salary range GBP47,000 - GBP50,000

A fantastic independent specialist school based in Westburyis seeking to appoint an experienced headteacher to join them permanently. The school provides high-quality, therapeutic and child-centred education to boys and girls from 7 to 17 years of age in Westbury, Wiltshire.

The children come from a wide range of backgrounds, but all have Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs (SEMH). Many will also have other Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) such as Autism, ADHD, and communication difficulties.

The work they do is both varied and challenging and, as a trauma and attachment informed organisation, all staff are provided with extensive therapeutic training and support.

Their closely triangulated approach places the child at the centre of decision making, ensuring that education and therapy professionals, parents/carers, local authority teams and, most importantly, our students can work together to secure outstanding outcomes for all.

The Role:

We are a small and specialist school and the way in which the Deputy Head Teacher goes about their day will, in many ways, define its outcomes, its successes and its character. As such, the school is looking for a practitioner who shares our vision and can embody our ethos in every decision they make and every conversation they have, be that with students, parents or professionals.

The staffing structure around our family of schools means that the Deputy Head Teacher will be well supported, allowing them to focus on what is really important. The Regional Executive Head Teacher and Head Teacher will support decision making and problem solving, admin and compliance teams are available to keep things running smoothly, a dedicated Head of Teaching Learning and Curriculum will help you to drive the quality of education. You will work closely with a team of school leaders in similar settings across the region and the country, alongside a specialist Regional SENCO.

Compass leaders and managers know that our schools do not operate in isolation and they know how important it is to work with professionals from other agencies to influence lasting change.

Managing all of this means that you will have boundless enthusiasm, a commitment to doing the right thing for as long as it takes and the leadership to take your team along for the journey.

There will be a teaching element to this role.

About you:

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

• A proven record of good or outstanding teaching practice.

• An excellent, efficient and emotionally intelligent communicator.

• The ability/willing to teach a subject specialism to GCSE or equivalent vocational level.

• A strong desire to work inclusively within an emotionally literate environment, supporting children who have experienced adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).

• Experience of crisis-management/managing challenging behaviours and working with children with SEMH difficulties.

• Proven experience of implementing a creative and academically engaging curriculum which meets the needs of individual pupils, whilst maintaining high standards of education

• Experience of effective working with hard-to-reach or disengaged families.

Benefits and Rewards

• Staff laptop and mobile phone

• Competitive salary

• Extensive training and professional qualification opportunities

• Small class sizes with specialist TA support

• The chance to be part of an expanding, national organisation that recognises skill, effort and potential and grows its own leadership teams

• Enhanced occupational sickness scheme

• Flexible pension

• Regular therapeutic and supportive supervision

• Employee benefit service with access to wellbeing services, salary sacrifice schemes, high street vouchers, money off eating-out and takeaways

Working with Long-term Teachers:

We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools.

LTT was founded with the aim of creating a genuine, transparent and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering an exceptional service where you will be supported, listened to and valued throughout.

Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill-set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as additional roles which we feel may be of interest to you.

We are proud to have the highest standard of compliance in achieving the REC audited status. Working with us means you will get the very best support and guidance through the clearance process from your own specific point of contact from our in-house compliance team.

In addition to the above we also offer:

Guaranteed Pay Plans

Agency Worker Regulations

Interview preparation advice and support

Support and councelling through a confidential helpline

24/7 access to a UK GP, including consultations and prescription delivery

Discounts and offers worth hundreds of pounds

Childcare voucher scheme

Statutory employment rights, such as; sick pay, holiday pay, maternity and paternity pay.