Headteacher

Headteacher

Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 dependent on experience

Welcome bonus of £5,000 paid with successful passing of probation

About our school

What makes Unity College special is our staff's ability to foster excellent working relationships with our students where other schools haven't managed. Our students require specialist support to help them feel supported enough to engage in learning and it is this caring, nurturing, trauma informed environment that we provide.

In addition, we strive to ensure being at our school is a positive experience. While we recognise the importance of, and our students work towards, formal qualifications such as AQA unit awards, Functional Skills and GCSEs, we also ensure our students leave us with a wide range of life skills and qualities by taking part in activities such as music production, hair and beauty, Duke of Edinburgh, motor vehicle technology and many more.

We endeavour to ensure our students get the best. Our curriculum is broad and well planned. We have achieved the Rainbow Flag Award and our students receive careers education that hits all of the Gatsby benchmarks. In addition, our staff embark on regular training to make sure they are always at the forefront of education.

Responsibilities of appointment:

·        Under the overall direction, the Headteacher plays a lead role in formulating the aims, objectives of the schools and establishing the policies through which they are to be achieved.

·        Lead by example, holding and articulating clear values and moral purpose, and focusing on providing excellent education for all pupils.

·        Provide direction and line management of the senior leadership team.

·        Be responsible for the standards and curriculum of all pupils including monitoring of progress towards achievement.

·        To have a central responsibility for raising the quality of teaching and learning and for pupils’ achievement. Setting high expectations and monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of learning outcomes

·        Manage safeguarding across the school and take action according to Keeping Children Safe In Education.

·        Provide curriculum leadership across the school.

·        Lead regular reviews of all school systems to ensure statutory requirements are being met and improved on where appropriate.

·        Lead on Ofsted inspections including the independent schools’ standards.

·        Manage staff development programmes and school resources.

·        Lead on formulating and reviewing the School Development Plan.

What we offer you as a Headteacher:

• Fully funded CPD training for all staff in our schools.
• Enhanced pay scales that recognise both qualifications and experience for all staff.
• Extensive senior management support from Regional Managers and Regional Directors.
• Centralised head office function offering supportive delivery of finance, payroll, HR and recruitment functions.
• Established network of collaborative Headteachers, across our 25 schools, offering regular Headteacher conferences, peer support and sharing school improvement ideas across the group.
• Group wide budgets for a range of critical resources such as estates, job boards and learning and development.
• A dedicated School Administrator to provide an administrative support function to the Headteacher.
• Access to our in-house Principal and Assistant Educational Psychologists and providing support for students and leaders within our schools.
• Support from our Clinical Team which includes Psychologists and Attachment Aware Training.
• Weekly Headteacher wellbeing drop in sessions.
• Enhanced programme of 10 INSET days.
• Enhanced company maternity & paternity pay.
• Access to a blue light discount card for all employees.
• NEST enhanced Pension Scheme.
• Life assurance.

More about you

We are looking for an experienced Senior Leader to join our school as a Headteacher. This is an exciting time to join Keys Group as our schools are expanding. We are increasing our pupil numbers for our existing schools and opening dual-sites where appropriate.

If you are a champion of inclusion, SEND and have a wealth of school leadership experience, then we would love to hear from you.

For an informal discussion about this vacancy, please contact Mitchell in the recruitment team.

Keys Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone in our care. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, suitable employment references and online searches to safeguard our young people. In addition, this post is exempt from the rehabilitation of offenders act 1974.

KGM