Vice Principal
Farney Close School
West Sussex
- Expired
- Salary:
- L10 – 15 ( £49,500-£56,644) Plus Non-Resident Deputies Allowance Group 2
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
Job overview
This is a great opportunity to work in a forward thinking and well established independent 5-day week residential special school that is committed to achieving the maximum academic, social and personal progress for all pupils.
Farney Close School wishes to appoint an outstanding individual to take on the role of Vice Principal with responsibility for providing high-quality special education and care provision across the school.
The School is a very positive environment where the emphasis is on encouraging all aspects of pupil development, learning and growth. The school supports boys and girls aged 9 to 18 years, who have social, emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties (SEMH). Also, some of the pupils may have their wellbeing affected by Asperger or Tourettes Syndrome, moderate learning difficulties, Dyslexia or speech and language difficulties.
The successful candidate will:
- Support the Principal and Governing Body in providing effective, professional and visionary leadership for the school
- Possess a relevant teaching qualification
- Be a dynamic leader of both the education and residential care teams.
- Display leadership within an environment that meets the needs of children with social, emotional and mental health needs.
- Has a commitment to working collaboratively with all staff to inspire, enable and empower them to achieve high standards within an educational environment.
- Recognises the importance of balancing education, care and therapy to ensure that that our young people achieve the very best of which they are capable of.
We are seeking to appoint to this new position a person who:
- Has the ability to communicate effectively and work with pupils with special educational needs and disabilities and their families.
- Offers excellent knowledge and understanding of measuring the impact of the quality of teaching and learning in respect of attainment and progress.
- Has excellent interpersonal skills and a good sense of humour.
- Demonstrable commitment to collaborative team working
- Has a high degree of empathy with the purpose of Farney Close School
- Can act as lead duty person one evening a week and participate in any additional cover arrangements where necessary
Farney Close is near the village of Bolney, being 36 miles south of London, 11 miles north of Brighton and just 30 miles from Chichester. It is set in 36 acres of beautiful countryside close to an excellent road network.
Farney Close is an equal opportunities employer and is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. It expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be able to provide evidence of having the right to live and work in the UK and will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal background check from the Disclosure & Barring Service.
We look forward to your application.
Please download further details of the position from our website:
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Apply online with a CV and application form addressing the person specification. For an informal confidential discussion call Richard Evans on 07958 984161 or 020 3126 4858.
To find out more: www.farneyclose.co.uk
About Farney Close School
Farney Close is an independent day and 5 day residential special school registered with the DFE for up to 72 boys and girls aged 9 to 18 years.The school is situated in mid- Sussex, between Brighton and Gatwick Airport. Set in 32 acres of mixed woodland, 3 lakes, a range of 10 residential houses and an extensive range of specialist classrooms, including a large sports hall, and a large vocational building used for Mechanics, Construction Studies, and Catering Services.
Farney Close is a company limited by guarantee and registered a charity. It is overseen by a board of Governors who govern the school and a board of Directors who oversee the running of the Company. The schools Senior Leadership Team (SLT) currently includes a Principal, Vice Principal, Head of Education and Head of Care. There are 14 teachers, 2 Instructors, 23 Residential Care Workers, a School Social Worker, Referrals and Inclusion Officer, School Nurse, SEN department and Estate Manager. There is also a range of ancillary workers for administration, catering, laundry, cleaning and maintenance.
The schools last Ofsted Education inspection in October 2022 saw us move from requires improvement to Good. Our most recent Ofsted Social Care Inspection also judged us to be Good with Leadership and Management viewed as Outstanding.
Farney Close is used by Local Authorities across the south, southeast and east of England including Surrey, West Sussex, East Sussex, Kent and Essex as well as by several London boroughs.
Farney Close provides education, care, social development and therapeutic support to young people who have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and experience a range of needs including:
· Social, emotional and mental health needs (SEMH)
· Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
· Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) (a sub-type of ADHD)
· Asperger’s Syndrome (High level functioning)
· Autism (ASC) (where challenging behaviours are the primary need)
· Conduct Disorder (CD)
· Dyslexia
· Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD)
· Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
· Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
· Speech and Language Difficulties including social communication and interaction.
The school aims to develop young peoples’ educational and independence skills at all times and to make them aware of their personal and social responsibilities. Learning, whether it is social or educational, takes place in small groups and is laid out in step by step in order to be effective and clear. All packages put in place to support the young people, be they educational or social, are personalized, and shaped to reflect the identified needs of the individual.
The school is exceptionally well developed in terms of resources and accommodation and this reflects our determination to provide the very best resources for pupils and staff. It also supports our premise that outstanding physical and social environments provide a positive and stable model through which pupils’ have the best advantages to learn. The unusually high level of therapeutic provision also reflects our commitment to meeting individual’s needs at all levels. In addition to the quality of support offered our staff, this includes a range of therapist available for Art, and Speech and Language Therapy, an adolescent counselor and a Dyslexia specialist. Whilst we would not claim to be a therapeutic environment we would say that the whole experience that a young person receives at Farney Close is therapeutic.
The school has a post 16 provision that focuses mainly on three areas: College placement, Work Experience, and Independence Development. Our aim with this group of students is not necessarily to improve a pupil’s examination result, but to secure the next steps for the more vulnerable pupils who find an immediate move away from school at the end of year11 very difficult to sustain.
More information about the school can be found on our website on www.farneyclose.co.uk
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