Assistant Headteacher - SEND

National School Awards ‘Leadership Team of the Year’ 2022-23

2022 Progress 8 score + 0.64

Permanent post required from September 2023

Do you want to be part of the Sharples’ success story?

 This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic and dynamic leader to join an experienced and successful leadership team. Our motto is ‘Learn. Dream. Achieve.’; we have high expectations and a strong commitment to enabling every child, regardless of background, to go on to further or Higher Education or the career of their choice. The governors are seeking to recruit an outstanding and motivated practitioner with a passion for raising standards who can, along with the Headteacher and SLT, provide strategic leadership for our ‘good’ and improving school.

 We are seeking an exceptional colleague to join our school SLT, as Assistant Headteacher - SEND. The successful candidate will hold (or be currently enrolled on) the NASENCO qualification, or equivalent, and will be able to demonstrate a working understanding of the SEND Code of Practice. The successful candidate will be an experienced teacher with demonstrable expertise and passion for ensuring that the needs of all students are met. In particular, they will be able to further develop all staff in the effective delivery of adaptive teaching to support SEND students.

 Our Ofsted report in 2019 truly reflects our school achievements and ethos and I urge you to read it for an even fuller picture of what we have to offer. We are a vibrant learning community with a committed and aspirational staff and we endeavour to bring out the very best in each one of our young people. Ofsted noted that Sharples is “an inclusive, caring community where students achieve well.”

 This post will offer the successful candidate the opportunity to build or extend their leadership profile, in a school that has shown continuous improvement and one which means to be an outstanding school in the near future.

We can offer you:-

●              the chance to play a significant role in shaping the school’s future;

●              a school with an established reputation for success with supportive governors and parents;

●              an extensive staff CPD programme;

●              the full support of a talented and professional team of staff;

●              a school that is totally committed to school improvement.

We require a professional who:-

●              has a track record of success as a middle/senior leader;

●              is an excellent and ambitious classroom teacher;

●              has a proven and demonstrable track record of success at Key Stage 4;

●              has a good understanding of current educational developments;

●              is a strategic thinker with the ability to motivate and inspire colleagues and students;

●              is an excellent communicator;

●              has the energy, commitment and enthusiasm to help us to realise our vision to become outstanding;

If you feel you have the relevant skills and experience for this post please complete a school application form and send it, via e-mail, to recruitment@sharplesschool.co.uk no later than 9.00 am on Monday 24 April 2023. Your application should be accompanied by a letter which should be no longer than two sides of A4 paper addressing the criteria laid down in the job description and person specification. A school application form and job description can be downloaded from the school web-site at www.sharplesschool.co.uk. Interviews will take place on Thursday 4 May and Friday 5 May 2023. Please contact recruitment@sharplesschool.co.uk if you wish to visit the school before submitting an application.

 Sharples School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

Pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure from the disclosure and barring service.

The school operates the local authority no smoking policy and is a no smoking site

 Sharples School Multi-Academy Trust

Hill Cot Road, Bolton, BL1 8SN01204 333253