Assistant Headteacher- Inclusion
John Ball Primary School
Blackheath
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- L9 £55,413 to L13 £60,378
- Job type:
- Part Time, Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 22 March 2018
Job overview
We are looking for the next person to lead the inclusion agenda across our school. John Ball has a strong reputation for successfully meeting the needs of a wide range of pupils. We strive to ensure that the curriculum and our approaches to learning and teaching meet the needs of all pupils, alongside a carefully tailored package of additional support.
You will lead an inclusion team consisting of a Support for Learning teacher, Pastoral Care Manager, Learning Mentor & SEND HLTA to support you in your work. You will also lead the Learning Support Assistant team across the school.
Whilst experience as a SENDCo is not essential, it would help you to hit the ground running. We will support a candidate to complete the SENDCo qualification and our current SENDCo, who has been promoted internally, will support and mentor you into the role. Previous experience and success of working with pupils with SEMH and their families would be a great advantage.
You will work with a highly experienced team of Senior Leaders and we will invest heavily in your leadership and career development. As a lead school within the Challenge Partners and PiXL organisations, we have a ready-made set of networks for you to tap into. You will be trained to take part in the review of other schools in the Challenge Partners Network as well join our Hub's Inclusion leaders group and the many opportunities on offer in Lewisham through Lewisham Learning.
You will also be part of our safeguarding team, eventually taking on the role of the Designated Safeguarding Lead in our school. Again we will invest in your training in this area.
We are willing to consider a part time contract on a permanent basis for the right candidate ie 0.8FTE
Location:
John Ball School is situated in Blackheath Village in South East London with excellent transport links to London & Kent.
Further information:
What do you need to know about us?
We were inspected by Ofsted in November 2013 and judged outstanding in all areas. Ofsted said:
“The exceptional Head teacher is aptly supported by an excellent senior and middle leadership team which shares his high ambitions of an inclusive learning environment where all pupils are treated equally and make outstanding progress.”
We have a strong track record with inclusion and all of our pupil groups perform very well. Our provision is strong and the successful candidate will work with a large team of staff and will have access to a wide range of well established links with other agencies and professionals.
We have a current school roll of 610 pupils and are gradually expanding to 3 forms of entry across the school; a fantastic extension and refurbishment of our building is helping us realise this.
We serve a culturally, socially economic diverse community.
Our pupils behave outstandingly well and always give their best.
We provide them with a rich and varied curriculum both in and out of the classroom.
We are a happy staff team!
We support one another. People want to work with us.
We provide very good support for staff, where ever they are on their career path.
Our parents are incredibly supportive and want to help their children to learn.
John Ball School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We implement all elements of the safer recruitment process and all posts are subject to pre-employment checks. References will be sought and successful candidates will need to undertake an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.
John Ball School is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all members of the community, regardless of gender, age, marital status, disability, ethnicity, religion, belief or sexual orientation.
Closing date:
The closing date is Thursday 22nd March at 12 noon. Interviews will take place on Wednesday 28th March.
We welcome visits to the school. If you would like to come along, please contact the school office on 020 8852 1601
Application packs and further details can be obtained from our school website or by emailing vspencer5.209@lgflmail.org
Attached documents
About John Ball Primary School
Our School
Our School John Ball School is sited on the edge of the Blackheath Ward in the London Borough of Lewisham. The school is 3 form entry with 612 pupils on roll with a bulge year group in YR3 for 2018/2019. The school has been through two major building programmes to accommodate the extra classes. The School and LA were granted funding from the DfE’s Basic Need Fund to permanently expand the school to 3 form entry.
The most distinctive characteristic of John Ball Primary School is the exceptionally diverse economic, social and cultural backgrounds of its children and the community it serves. The main aim and overriding ethos of the school is to address this diversity of context and to be a consistently inclusive school under the motto “Achievement, ambition and progress for all…”
John Ball is one of the highest performing schools in Lewisham and England. Additionally, our Early Learning and KS1 outcomes are consistently above the Local Authority and National averages.
John Ball — Our Approach
First and foremost people learn best when they feel safe, secure and happy. Our staff prioritise positive relationships with our pupils as the bedrock of all that we do. From there we focus on learning to learn. We then develop the skills our young people need to be successful learners and confident individuals.
Without the ability to read, to write and to work with numbers, people can never take advantage of what education and the wider world has to offer. At John Ball we make sure that all of our pupils are taught these basic skills rigorously.
Our pupils learn in a variety of ways and we believe in varying the learning experiences we offer them in order to best meet their needs. Our curriculum is rich, engaging and exciting; designed to reflect the world and community our children live in. Our pupils will experience high quality direct teaching where they are expected to interact with the teacher through quality questioning. At times they will learn independently, collaboratively and actively through play, discovery, innovation, design and essentially through talking and listening.
We teach skills and knowledge to children in discrete subject areas and also through the wider curriculum where we group learning together. Our staff are very skilled at taking subject areas and linking them. We also endeavour to ensure that pupils have the chance to appreciate how what they are learning relates to the wider world and their future. We have worked hard to provide our young people with a highly stimulating learning environment.
We are unique and lucky as an inner London school to have the extensive grounds that we do. Our pupils have a wonderfully green, wooded environment to play and learn in. How many schools can boast having a half acre wood in their grounds?
Equal Opportunities
At John Ball, we are committed to developing and maintaining the highest standards of respect and justice for all our pupils and their families. Our pupils come from many cultural and religious backgrounds, reflecting the diversity within our local community. We are constantly striving for this diversity to be reflected by both staff and governors.
We oppose and challenge discrimination on any basis. We work in partnership with parents/carers to ensure awareness and understanding of the different beliefs and traditions which co-exist within the school and community. We endeavour to ensure that our resources, code of conduct, school organisation and recruitment policies reflect our determination to ensure equal opportunity for all.
The School Community
Staff
The Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher and Assistant Headteacher lead the school assisted by a Management Team of senior teachers. In addition to this, most members of the teaching staff hold leadership responsibility for a specialist area of the curriculum. We are also very fortunate to have a highly trained group of support, office and premises staff to aid in the effective and smooth running of the school.
Governors
Our Governors are representatives of the local community, parents/carers and school staff. They bring a range of interests, knowledge and skills to this role. They have responsibility for overseeing the organisation, curriculum and budget of the school. Governors meet four times a year and more regularly in smaller sub-committees.
Friends of John Ball
Friends of John Ball is a registered charity. It is a group made up of parents/carers, friends and staff who co-ordinate social and fundraising events during the year. Meetings are held regularly to plan whole school events and to decide where best to target funds raised. All parents/carers and staff are automatically members and your skills and support would be very much welcomed.
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