Assistant Head of School

Location: Cranborne, Dorset

Salary:  £42,195.00 - £44,331.00

Hours: 40 hours per week, Term time only

Closing Date: Sunday 13th February

The main purpose of the role:

As our Assistant Head of School, you will work with the Principal & Head of School in all aspects of leadership and management and to take responsibility for managing and developing learning and teaching, curriculum, careers & work experience, assessment and enrichment throughout the designated phases of the school.

You will take a central role in assisting the Principal & Head of School, to develop our school in accordance with its shared values and our school development plans

Key duties:

Spend up to 0.6 of post (to be directed by the Head of School) of working time classroom based demonstrating and modelling good practice, and ensuring ‘quality teaching first’.

Play a key role in the overall smooth running of the school

Positively encouraging, coaching and mentoring and supporting training and development for all members of the team.

To take lead responsibility for ensuring the best possible curriculum offer, provision, well-being, progress and achievement for all student especially through enrichment, creative learning, extended services, partnerships and collaboration.

work with the Principal and Head of School to ensure that the school offers a high quality, exciting, engaging, well resourced, differentiated and well matched curriculum for all students.

To develop positive relationships within the school, wider Aurora Team and externally which support the running and developing of the school towards and sustaining outstanding.

Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.

For the full job description and break down of duties, please contact Adele from the recruitment team adele.richard@the-aurora-group.com

Skills and Qualifications

Successful candidate qualities:

Qualifications:

Recognised teacher training qualification – Cert Ed. / PGCE / QTS or QTLS / Diploma in Teaching (essential)

Accredited training in specific areas of special education, e.g. Autism, Dyslexia etc. (desirable)

Management/leadership qualification (desirable)

Experience:

Proven track record of excellent creative and structured teaching within special needs environment.

Experience of holding responsibility for and turning policy into effective and successful practice.

Leadership of a significant area or phase or inclusion, including responsibility for raising standards across the whole college.

Effective team management and working collaboratively and effectively with others.

Communicating effectively to a wide range of different audiences though a range of different mediums.

Successful management of complex scenarios and conflict resolution

Effective relationships working successfully with a range of external agencies

Benefits and Additional Information

What’s on offer?

Life assurance and pension

Health cash back plan

Car lease scheme

Bike to work scheme 

Perk box

Free parking

At Aurora we believe in empowerment through learning, all of our staff pull together to work as a team ensuring the best care and support is given to all at Boveridge College at every moment.

For more information on this position please contact 07918 144908 / adele.richard@the-aurora-group.com 

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer