Headteacher SEN
Highfield School
Wakefield
- Expired
- Salary:
- L25—L31 (£72,119—£82,701)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2020
- Apply by:
- 18 July 2019
Job overview
Do you have the drive and vision to lead our school?
An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead our school on its continuing journey. The students, teachers and the Governors at Highfield School are keen to appoint an innovative, passionate and inspirational leader who is committed to achieving excellent outcomes for our learners and to build on the established success of our specialist secondary school.
The successful candidate will be:
- An inspirational leader passionate about raising standards and achievements for all students with SLD and complex needs.
- Experienced in leadership roles in specialist settings and a track record of making a difference to student outcomes
- Confident in those leadership and interpersonal skills required to inspire a highly motivated and professional staff team.
- Able to demonstrate a clear strategic vision for the school built upon raising standards and creating opportunities for all students.
- An excellent ambassador, able to promote positive partnerships with parents, Governors, the Local Authority, local schools and all external stakeholders, to ensure we have the required support and resources to enable our students to reach their full potential.
The successful candidate will join:
- A well respected and established successful Special School.
- Fantastic students who are positive, keen to learn and progress.
- A highly motivated and dedicated skilled workforce, committed to making a difference.
- A school with high aspirations and a strong commitment to professional development where every person is valued.
- A dynamic, challenging and supportive Governing Body who are committed to providing an appropriate and effective professional development package for the successful applicant.
Interested applicants should submit a letter of application (in addition to the application form) which should be no more than 3 sides of A4, CVs will not be accepted. The letter should make specific reference to all aspects of the job specification and provide evidence of essential criteria.
Completed application forms should be submitted on-line by 19 July 2019 or returned to Wakefield Council Contact Centre.
Shortlisting - 26 July 19
Interviews - w/c 16 September 19
For further information please visit www.wakefield.gov.uk. Alternatively, you can contact the Recruitment Line on 0345 8506506 (typetalk calls welcome) or email: jobs@wakefield.gov.uk.
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced disclosure application to the Disclosure and Disbarring Service and satisfactory pre-employment checks and references will be required.
Shortlisted candidates will also be required to make a declaration under the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations (if applicable).
Attached documents
About Highfield School
- Highfield School
- Gawthorpe Lane, Ossett
- West Yorkshire
- WF5 9BS
- United Kingdom
The Governors, Staff and Students at Highfield School share the vision to develop an outstanding school to cater for those vulnerable young people with special educational needs who require an environment which nurtures and develops their skills and talents, celebrates their individuality and supports them to become as independent as they can be and prepared for the next stage of their lives.
Our school motto, Maximising Potential for Confident and Independent Futures, really reflects the aspirations of our young people and the staff work tirelessly to ensure that every student has as broad a range of opportunities as possible and is challenged to be the best they can be whilst they are here at Highfield. We accept no barriers to learning, hold the highest aspirations and expectations for all our students and receive great support from our parents who are positive about the school and the progress their young people make over time over time.
Highfield is a school which caters for students with severe and complex learning difficulties and autistic spectrum conditions. In KS3 and KS4 we currently have 129 students. In KS5 (Post16) we have 59 students.
Additionally, a significant number of our learners have associated complex needs relating to visual, hearing and speech impairment, social and emotional difficulties, communication difficulties, a range of chromosomal difficulties and in some cases, physical difficulties. All our learners have an Education Health and Care Plan and are drawn from the whole of the Wakefield district and beyond. The vast majority of the students are provided with transport to and from school.
The development of our fantastic green field site in the past 3 years has seen the inclusion of a purpose built Post 16 facility, a sensory room, a library, a fitness suite and the refurbishment of the main entrance, administration office spaces and our Emotional Health and Well- being area. We also have a wide range of outdoor facilities including a wildlife area which supports our Forest School status, a poly tunnel for horticulture, Animal Unit and well maintained sports facilities that contribute to the positive learning experiences of our students. Visitors to our school comment very positively on the warm welcome they receive and the quality of the provision, as well as the outstanding attitudes and behaviour of our fantastic students, of whom we are very proud.
The goal of our City Future programme is preparation for their next stage, this could be college, work or apprenticeships. The course is designed to help our young people make a successful transition to productive adult life and pupils will be accessing accreditation and work experience.
We have a large, well-qualified and committed staff group who work very effectively in teams. All staff members are well supported through supportive appraisal processes to improve their practice and are encouraged to develop professionally. There are clear progression pathways identifiable within the school.
The school has grown significantly during the past five years and has made substantial changes to its model of leadership and curriculum in order to better meet the needs of our pupils. Our most recent Ofsted, in June 2018, found that the school was Good overall with outstanding personal development, behaviour and welfare.
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