Assistant Headteacher - Quality of Education

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4DWW will be rolled out within our school, when we have a full complement of staff, and within the next year – so there’s never been a more exciting time to join us #teamOFG!

Job title:           Assistant Headteacher - Quality of Education

Location:          Brookthorpe Hall School, Gloucester, Gloucestershire

Salary:              £40,000 to £45,000 per annum

Hours:              40 hours per week, Monday to Friday 08:30am - 4:30pm

Contract:          Permanent, Term Time only

UK applicants only.

As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Assistant Headteacher - Quality of Education to join our close-knit team. 

About the role

The Assistant Headteacher will undertake the normal responsibilities of a teacher and be a member of the senior leadership team. They will work independently, alongside SLT to define, articulate, and implement the school’s vision and values.

The Assistant Headteacher will work in close partnership with the Senior Leadership Team, SENCo, parents, Governors and external agencies to improve, maintain and monitor high standards of the quality of education across the school.

All members of the Senior Leadership Team are expected to be flexible to ensure the most effective organisation and delivery of learning. Other specific duties and responsibilities as part of the Senior Leadership Team will be allocated once a candidate has been appointed. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Maintain and develop the ethos, values and overall purposes of the school. 
• To be an excellent practitioner in the classroom, delivering great results and continuing to develop own teaching to benefit pupils and colleagues. 
• Exercise a key role in the strategic development of the quality of education and technology, developing a clear strategy and implementation plans. 
• Develop and embed a clear curriculum intent and implementation plan. 
• Support all staff in understanding the importance of quality first teaching and that everyone must work together to ensure that the curriculum is at the core of everything we do. 
• Ensure that all staff, teaching and support staff, have high expectations of what pupils can achieve and always work to ensure pupils are making the most of their learning opportunities.
• Ensure that teacher subject knowledge is secure and is updated in line with new curriculum requirements

Essential

• Bachelors Degree  
• PGCE
• Evidence of continuing professional development relating to school leadership and management, and curriculum/teaching and learning
• Ability to identify own learning needs and to support others in identifying their learning needs
• At least 5 years successful teaching experience in the primary and secondary age range
• Experience of driving whole school initiatives with proven successful outcomes
• Substantial knowledge and understanding of curriculum, teaching and learning

In your application, please provide written examples of the impact of your curriculum leadership in either a middle or senior leadership capacity.

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 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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