Assistant Headteacher - Inclusion
Preston Park Primary School
In the heart of Wembley, Brent
- Expired
- Salary:
- £58787.00 - £63987.00
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 27 March 2019
Job overview
Preston Park is a thriving four form entry, fully inclusive and diverse community school set in the heart of Wembley, Brent. At Preston Park we are proud to educate children from all over the world, bringing ‘one world under one roof’ for truly inspirational learning experiences. Teaching and learning is at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to ensuring that children achieve excellence, enjoy their time at school and develop into confident, resilient and independent learners.
Preston Park’s curriculum is led by our vision of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths. Preston Park’s approach to learning is through a creative curriculum and the school has specialist teachers in Science, Music, Art and Modern Foreign Languages.
We are looking for an innovative, committed and outward facing Assistant Headteacher to join our team. This role encompasses leading inclusion across the school as a maternity cover position.
Although this is a maternity cover, you will have autonomy with the Headteacher to drive real change in this area across the school. This is an exciting new role which has been created, to support the headteacher in managing and leading the school as a member of the Senior Leadership Team. The successful candidate would have the opportunity to develop the role and leave their mark at the school. This is a strategic role which overseas the operation and leadership of inclusion with the aim of raising achievement of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, disadvantaged pupils, children with English as an additional language and gifted and talented pupils.
We guarantee an outstanding work environment, superb resources and an inspirational team to work with. We can offer a programme of bespoke professional development, inner London salary, on-site parking and good transport links.
We offer a supportive team with a distributed leadership model, friendly and supportive colleagues and a dynamic learning climate with a warm friendly feel.
For further details regarding the job role, please see the Job description.
We are looking for an individual who can share the founding vision and ethos for Preston Park, (please visit the school and look on the school’s website). They must be excited by the chance to contribute to Preston Park Primary and driven to do what it takes to succeed. They must be experienced and highly skilled in delivering of inclusion within a primary school, a team player with energy, stamina and lots of creativity and fresh ideas. We are seeking individuals who have 2 years post qualification teaching experience in a primary setting, teaching qualification/QTS and NaSENCO would be desirable.
The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate:
• Successful teaching experience: modelling excellence in teaching and learning
• Successful leadership experience as a middle or senior leader with a proven track record of improving pupil outcomes
• Ability to contribute to the collection, analysis and use of data on pupil progress and performance to raise standards
• Experience of promoting the personal, social, moral, cultural and spiritual development of pupils
• Ability to support the headteacher in creating and maintaining positive behaviour, through emotion coaching and high consistent expectations
• Understanding of the factors which create barriers to learning and the ability to implement appropriate strategies for reducing inequalities and promoting social inclusion
For further information please see the Person Specification.
Visits to the school are welcomed please call Jayashri Varsani on 020 8904 3602 to arrange your visit. Please fill out Brent’s application form (CV’s are not accepted) and forward to the school or email it to hr@prestpk.brent.sch.uk
Closing Date: Wednesday 27th March 2019 at 12:00 noon
Interview Date: week commencing Tuesday 23rd April 2019
Salary: Leadership Scale Points 11-15 £57787.00 - £63987.00
Brent Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check.
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About Preston Park Primary School
Preston Park Primary School in Wembley, north-west London, is a mixed community school for children aged 3-11. The pupil roll is over 600. Preston Park Primary School is well resourced with rich indoor and outdoor learning environments comprising bright classrooms, spacious playgrounds, a school farm and a wildlife nature reserve.
The nursery at Preston Park has 60 part-time children. We also have a 2 year old provision on site.
Headteacher
Georgina Elizabeth Nutton
Values and vision
At Preston Park Primary School the children are placed at the centre of all decision making to help them develop into confident, resilient and independent learners. The aim is for every child to leave Preston Park not only with a love of learning that lasts a lifetime, but academically, socially and emotionally prepared for the future. As well as valuing academic success, the school celebrates children’s achievements in music, sport and the arts.
Preston Park Primary School is one of the first schools to be awarded a Specialist Centre status for Science by the Brent Schools Partnership (BSP). It has successfully embedded the culture of “working scientifically” across the school and in doing so has secured the Primary Science Quality Mark Gold Award for the teaching and learning of science.
Ofsted
“Pupils have positive attitudes to learning and because of this factor and good working relationships with teachers, they make good progress. The vast majority of pupils are absorbed in their learning and work hard in lessons. They get on well together, respecting each other’s points of view.”
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