Headteacher

How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four*?

Our colleagues' wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we're always looking for new ways to improve everyone's work/life balance. We're taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent).

If the trial is a success, we'll be rolling the 4DWW out across the Group - so there's never been a more exciting time to join!

Job Title: Headteacher

Location: Brookthorpe Hall School, Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire

Salary: £65,000 - £75,000 per annum dependent on experience

Hours: Monday to Friday

Contract: Permanent, Full Time

Are you an innovative and strategic Headteacher committed to improving the lives of pupils and young people?

We are looking for an inspiring Headteacher to join our outstanding team at Brookthorpe School. As Headteacher, you will promote a relentless focus on high quality, creative learning and safe and secure care. You will oversee our pupil's educational needs, maximising pupil's achievement, and their ability to develop as well as maintain a safe and secure environment.

This is a great opportunity for a Headteacher who is looking to be an innovative strategic leader. Your work will be challenging and rewarding in equal measure and you will be the custodian of our strong safeguarding culture, where pupils are listened to, respected and involved in as many decisions as possible.

About the role

You will exercise dynamic leadership of the school and ensure the full development of the vision for the service, its promotion and continuous improvement

You will create a shared vision and strategic plan which inspires and motivates pupils, staff and all other members of the school community. This vision should express core educational values and moral purpose and be inclusive of stakeholders' values and beliefs. The strategic planning process is critical to sustaining school improvement and ensuring that the school moves forward for the benefit of its pupils.

Essential

• Relevant experience in the specialist area of the service ie, relevant experience of working with young people/young adults with autistic spectrum disorders and/or challenging behaviour
• Relevant experience as a Head Teacher or Deputy Head Teacher
• Experience of Ofsted procedures/inspections
• Managing budgets effectively and ensuring cost efficiency
• Relevant Teaching Qualification

About the School

Brookthorpe Hall School is a specialist provision providing Full time specialised co-education for young people aged 7 to 16 with a range of complex needs, communication difficulties and associated challenging behaviour. This may include social, emotional and mental health needs and also pupils who have been diagnosed with autism or demonstrate behaviours associated with autism.

For over 16 years Options Autism have provided care and education to pupils, young people and adults with autism, complex needs and learning difficulties. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

Why join Options Autism?

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you'll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• Your Wellbeing Matters - access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that's right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100's of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

And that's not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you'll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

*You'll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy.

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