Step-down services for children and young adults

Role: Deputy Head Teacher

School: Edan Court School, Huddersfield
Full Time: 40 Hours per week

Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £42,707.87 – £54,527.39 per annum dependent on qualifications and experience

Requirements:

• Qualified Teacher Status
• Provide outstanding leadership and management.
• A well-grounded and inspirational individual with recent experience of middle management in a secondary school setting.
• Evidence of successful teaching experience with vulnerable children.
• Good interpersonal skills and emotional resilience in working with children.
• Up to date knowledge of Local Authority and National expectations for SEND including 2014 SEND Code of Practice including knowledge of EHCP and their implementation.
• Good awareness of and clear ability to safeguard children by developing appropriate relationships, personal boundaries and maintaining discipline.
• Confidence to review own performance and undertake continuous professional learning.

As a Deputy Head Teacher you will:

• Drive up standards of teaching and learning to ensure excellent outcomes for pupils.
• Develop and successfully implement whole school strategies to raise standards.
• Remain positive and enthusiastic including working under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Be able to promote and safeguard the welfare of all the children within the care of our school.
• Have a passion for children’s learning and development, and a genuine respect of ‘childhood’ with a commitment to securing the best outcomes for children.
• Be a caring, people person who is approachable, empathic and who demonstrates commitment to the well-being of staff, as well as pupils.
• Contribute positively to policy and practice.
• Be a role model for our learning community.
• Make a significant contribution and impact in all aspects of school improvement.

About Edan Court School

Edan Court School is a brand new SEN school which will have capacity for 24 pupils with the school planned to open February 2025.

Benefits of Working for us:

• A rewarding career you can be truly proud of
• A supportive environment that is committed to helping you flourish and deliver excellent care to the people we support
• Competitive pay with pay progression opportunities
• Career development and training
• Internal progression opportunities
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave packages
• Employee assistance programme
• Free eye care vouchers

If this sounds like the role for you, apply now!

Young Foundations are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff to share this commitment. We adopt fair, robust, and consistent recruitment process across the company online with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, satisfactory reference, right to work checks and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

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