Assistant Headteacher (Pastoral)
New Heights High School, Liverpool, Merseyside, L9 7HAThis job expired on 17 May 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
17 May 2024 at 3pm
Date listed
9 May 2024
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term - Secondment Opportunity / Fixed Term (12 Months, in the first instance, subject to funding)
Pay scale
- L5 (£54,157)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Job Purpose:
- New Heights School is a provision for students who are permanently excluded, or who are at risk of. All students have Social, Emotional and Mental Health support needs. The school embraces trauma informed approaches and promotes reflective and restorative practices.
- The Assistant Headteacher will work closely with the Headteacher, the wider senior leadership team, students and families, and the school staff in sustaining a journey of improvement, development and innovation to benefit our students.
- The key objective of the role is to assist the Headteacher in mutually agreed areas of school leadership and management, pastoral support including behaviour for learning, personal development, student attainment and performance management of staff.
Job Description:
As a Lead Practitioner within the Behaviour Intervention Team, you will provide strategic guidance and support to students displaying challenging behaviours. Your responsibilities will include offering immediate advice and support to schools, collaborating on behaviour management policies and support plans, delivering specialised training to school staff, and ensuring effective coordination of resources and services. Through your expertise and dedication, you will contribute to creating positive learning environments and promoting the well-being and success of students.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain a high quality educational environment for students with additional learning needs including Social, Emotional and Mental Health, Moderate Learning Difficulties and Autistic Spectrum Disorder, as well as students who face additional barriers to learning.
- Ensure the continued development of the school and make a significant contribution to high quality organisation, leadership and management
- Play a full and active role in supporting and promoting every aspect of the life of the school
- Attend Governing Body meetings, as appropriate
- Accept the collective responsibility of the SLT and respect its confidentiality when this is agreed to be necessary
- Ensure that the school meets its statutory duties as outlined in the SEND Code of Practice
- Ensure that safeguarding and child protection are key priorities for all staff
- Keep abreast of developments within education and the special sector at local, national and international level
- Management and control of risk
- Participate in cross-provision activity, as appropriate, in order to share good practice and innovation to maximise the benefits to students.
What the school offers its staff
Additional Information:
Roles are fixed term in the first instance depending on outcomes and funding for future years.
If you think you can make a difference to vulnerable young people and are excited by the challenge of building on the already existing good practice and would like to know more, to arrange a visit or a chat with the Head of School, please contact the school by email:
- recruitment@newheights.liverpool.sch.uk
Safer Recruitment
New Heights School and Liverpool City Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks, along with all other Department for Education pre-employment checks.
Commitment to safeguarding
Safer Recruitment
New Heights School and Liverpool City Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks, along with all other Department for Education pre-employment checks.
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About New Heights High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- School size
- 93 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- New Heights High School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@newheights.liverpool.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0151 498 4055
School Website: www.newheightsschool.co.uk
Arranging a visit to New Heights High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@newheights.liverpool.sch.uk.
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