Head Teacher
St Elizabeth's School
Hertfordshire
- £71,914 - £83,105 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 1 July 2022
Job overview
HEAD TEACHER
£71,914 - £83,105 per annum
Are you an outstanding senior teaching practitioner, with a passion to support vulnerable children?
About the role
St Elizabeth’s specialist independent School is located within 60 acres of beautiful Hertfordshire countryside that supports 50 children and young people with epilepsy and associated complex needs. We are seeking to appoint a strong, dynamic and highly effective Head Teacher, reporting to the Principal and working closely with the Board of Trustees and School Governing Body, to provide an exceptional educational provision for every child and young person in our care.
We are a happy, inclusive and welcoming School, that constantly strives for excellence in education. The Head Teacher will drive the strategic direction of the School in collaboration with senior leaders, to ensure we are creating an enabling environment in which our young people can flourish.
This is a challenging, rewarding and exciting role within a well-established charitable organisation. The post holder will lead and inspire the School management team and will work collaboratively with other colleagues including the Head of Children’s Nursing and Registered Managers, to ensure we continuously improve and exceed standards of teaching, learning and health and care.
About You
The successful candidate will be an experienced Senior Teacher and an effective leader who is committed to collaborative working. You will have a passion for recognising potential in children with complex needs, helping to develop a nurturing and safe environment for them to live their life to the full. You will have excellent knowledge of the Ofsted Framework, be fully conversant with inspection requirements, along with being fully aware of the legislation around the Special Needs and Disability Act.
You will also have a proven track record of raising expectations and achievement along with a passion for driving aspiration and vision within a School. The post holder will be fully committed to our Catholic School and heritage and able to lead by example in supporting our ethos and values, including equality, diversity and inclusion, compassion and respect. The successful candidate will preferably be a practising Catholic.
St Elizabeth’s
St Elizabeth’s is situated in 60 acres of Hertfordshire countryside between Harlow and Bishop’s Stortford. We support people with Epilepsy and other complex needs in our Children’s Homes, School, College, Residential Homes with Nursing and Day Centre.
Our Benefits
In addition to excellent staff training, our employees are also rewarded with various other benefits offered as part of your employment:
-Competitive salaries
-Generous holiday entitlement (as per the Teaching Standards T&C’s)
-Fully paid for DBS
-Life assurance
-Opportunity to pursue recognised qualifications of your own
-Free on-site parking
-High street retail/leisure discounts
-Discounted gym membership
-Recommend a friend payment of £1000! (T&Cs apply)
-Confidential employee assistance programme
-Teachers’ pension scheme
-Comprehensive development plans designed for you
-On-site accommodation from £200 per month for allocated roles only
How can you find out more?
Thank you for your interest in this role, we look forward to receiving your application. To apply, please submit an application form on our website www.stelizabeths.org.uk, enclosing an up to date CV and cover letter supporting your application.
Closing date for applications: Friday 1st July 2022
Interviews:
First stage interviews to be held on Wednesday 13th July 2022 and shortlisted candidates should plan to be with us all day.
Second stage interviews to be held on Monday 18th July 2022 and shortlisted candidates should plan to be with us all day.
All offers are conditional and subject to receipt of satisfactory pre-employment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check. Please note we are not on a public transport route.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We reserve the right to close this advert if we receive sufficient applications ahead of the deadline.
St Elizabeth’s Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, vulnerable adults and young people. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service. St Elizabeth’s is proud to be recognised as an Investor in People and to hold Disability Confident status. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from across the community.
Some of our positions involve regulated activity relevant to vulnerable children, adults and young people. It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group. Our vacancies are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Registered Charity 1176777
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About St Elizabeth's School
Welcome
St Elizabeth's School is a Specialist School for young people aged 7 - 19 years. We offer a warm, welcoming, safe and secure environment for children from all over the UK.
We are more than just an epilepsy school!
The School is a centre of expertise in supporting and educating young people with moderate or severe learning difficulties (MLD/SLD), profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) or other complex neurological conditions potentially caused or complicated by epilepsy. Our Multi-Disciplinary Teams, in partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital, equip the School to serve a wide range of complex needs such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), language and communication needs or challenging behaviours.
As either a residential or day pupil, every young person we welcome to our School is unique and valued. Our integrated care, therapeutic and academic provision is planned around the individual and delivered through a seamless, coordinated and consistent waking day curriculum, either in the classrooms or in our residential accommodation, available all year round.
Supporting pupils to make progress and develop independence skills is at the heart of everything we do, providing a safe and caring environment in which they can achieve their fullest potential.
St Elizabeth’s maintains as a Roman Catholic School, but we are fully inclusive and welcome children from all faiths or of no religion. Religious Education and our Christian ethos is taught by all teachers, and supported by our Catholic Ethos Advocate. Our Centre chapel is used frequently for Mass and our many prayer rooms give anyone the opportunity for quiet reflection throughout the day. If they choose, children can be prepared to receive their First Holy Communion and the Sacrament of Confirmation.
Ethos, Aims & Values
Weekly assemblies form the focus of our Religious Education, with all children being given the opportunity to organise and participate on a regular basis. All assemblies begin with the whole school sharing our core value statement: ‘To live and learn as friends together. To Share and Give and Love.’
Our Aims for Young People
At St Elizabeth’s each young person will have the opportunity to live and learn in a safe and nurturing environment where differences are acknowledged, respected and valued – where abilities are recognised and achievement is celebrated.
- To know and feel that they are safe.
- To be able to access a full and meaningful education through a curriculum that is adapted to individual learning profiles.
- To promote an understanding of children’s rights and advocacy services, assisting children to make choices and communicate their needs.
- To be able to achieve to their full potential.
- To have access to excellent health and therapy care which enables them to enjoy varied life experiences and retain a good level of general well being.
- To reduce barriers to living ordinary lives as much as possible.
- To live and learn in an emotionally supportive environment which promotes their development as a young person.
- For children receiving residential care to live in youthful and fun houses which offer a sense of security and belonging.
- To be empowered and facilitated to make informed choices about their own lives.
- To become as independent as possible.
- To be able to learn from experience.
- To be provided with the best quality of life possible in relation to their needs.
- To be included in their own and local community as much as they are able.
- To be prepared for a transition into adult provision or alternative learning services as and when appropriate.
Head Teacher: Mrs Lisa Tooley
More information about our School can be found on our website www.stelizabeths.org.uk or by contacting us on 01279 844451
Registered address: St Elizabeth’s Centre, South End, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, SG10 6EW
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