Deputy Head/English Teacher (Part Time)

Job Tile:  Part Time Deputy Head/English Teacher

Location: New Perspectives School, Birmingham

Salary range: Dependent on experience and qualifications

Closing Date:  17th February 2023         

Hours of work:  Part time (3 days term-time only, plus training days)

Contract type:  Permanent

Enhanced DBS Check Required: Yes

Are you an experienced Senior Leader looking for a new part time Deputy Head Teacher role which will challenge you and give you new skills?

This is an exciting time to join Care Perspectives Ltd as we look forward to the opening of our new SEN School (New Perspectives School) and continue to expand and grow our provision in the West Midlands.

New Perspectives School is a small independent SMEH specialist day school for key stage 2-5, catering for students with social emotional and mental health difficulties who may have a range of complex needs. New Perspectives School is looking for a number of teachers to join our growing team. We recognise that working with young people with SEND can be challenging and a full programme of training and support is offered. We expect teachers to adopt creative, innovative, and highly personalised approaches to engaging young people in learning and enabling them to make progress and have a new perspective to education.

This is a joyful and rewarding job and one where you can really make a difference to the lives of young people and their families.

Applications are welcomed from experienced leaders who have experience of working directly with children or young people in an educational setting.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
• Have an NPQ qualification (Desirable)
• Be an experienced Leader able to deputise for the Head Teacher in their absence
• Be able to motivate staff
• Experience of preparing and delivering CPD to staff
• Experience of leading Teaching and Learning
• DSL Level 3 Certification (Desirable)
• Have a proven record of good or outstanding English teaching practice (second subject is desirable)
• Experience of managing challenging behaviours and working with children with SEMH and SEND
• Be committed to delivering an excellent standard of teaching for all students every lesson
• Be an inspiring teacher with real passion and enthusiasm for the subject with excellent subject knowledge
• Set themselves and their students high standards and have high expectations
• Be a good communicator and a strong team player
• Have a thorough knowledge of present curriculum developments, particularly those relating to English
• Be responsible for the learning and the achievement of all pupils in class ensuring equality of opportunity for all
• Be responsible for planning and preparing schemes of work and lesson plans
• Create a purposeful learning environment
• Teach engaging and motivating lessons informed by well-grounded expectations of learners and designed to raise levels of attainment
• Know how to make effective personalised provision/effectively provide differentiated tasks for those they teach
• Safeguard all students in our School
• Engage in ongoing CPD

Here are just some of the benefits of working for us:

• Rewarding work helping our Children and young people reach their potential
• Friendly, small passionate school community
• Career development opportunities to help you reach your own personal development
• Competitive salary
• We offer a structured 2-week induction programme including face to face training, online modules
• Free DBS check
• Free school lunch
• Recommend a friend referral scheme with financial rewards
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme
• Company Pension scheme

How to apply: Application forms can be

requested, please email c.dhir@careperspectives.co.uk or call us on 07897

551992.

Safeguarding: This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks in line with Safer Recruitment, including:

Teaching: Enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.

References: All applicants will be required to provide at least two suitable referees

Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

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