Deputy Head Teacher - SEN Secondary School
Highshore School
Southwark
- Expired
- Salary:
- Group 5 - Salary Range 16-20
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April 2022
- Apply by:
- 8 November 2021
Job overview
Highshore School, SE5 0TW
Deputy Headteacher
Salary: L16-L20. Starting salary negotiable dependent on experience.
Start date: Ideally April 2022, but our priority is to recruit the best candidate and an alternative start date can be discussed
Highshore School is a happy, ambitious and creative 11-19 SEN school with 148 pupils on roll. The pupils have a variety of needs including ASD, Speech Language and Communication, Complex Medical Needs and Down’s Syndrome. Many have significant learning difficulties and the majority have speech and language difficulties. The school has enjoyed much success in recent years and is ambitious to improve further. It now wants to appoint a Deputy Headteacher who shares its vision, values and aims and who wants to be part of its exciting future.
Highshore is popular and oversubscribed with the demand for places high. The sixth form now has over 50 pupils and continues to grow. The school was graded as Good in 2017 and has built on that since with a commitment to providing opportunities for every pupil to become healthy, happy and confident individuals. At the heart of this sustained success has been a passionate, committed and creative staff. They have embraced the many opportunities to innovate and to lead and there is an absolute commitment to doing the very best for the pupils. As Deputy Headteacher you must be ready to embrace and lead that culture and believe in the school values of equality, fairness and kindness.
This is a fantastic opportunity to be a key part of the future success of Highshore School as it continues to improve in all areas including further developments to curriculum and assessment alongside work to add a new fitness suite and work experience area to further enhance the pupil experience. Your professional development will be a priority with opportunities to ready yourself for further progression.
Candidates must be able to demonstrate recent, significant and successful experience as a teacher working with pupils with complex needs ideally in a special school setting alongside experience of contributing to school improvement, as a member of a leadership team. You must be committed to high quality teaching and learning with a proven track record of raising attainment. You should have the creativity and vision to inspire and lead change but also the focus to ensure successful outcomes are reached and your positive attitude will inspire and engage the pupils, parents/carers, staff and the local community. You must be confident, approachable and have the skills to build effective teams and also to be a team player. Above all, you will share the school’s relentless focus on providing the very best for all its pupils with a vision for the continuing success and future development of the school.
To find out more about this exceptional opportunity please visit: www.hays.co.uk/jobs/highshore-school
Contact Martin Blair at Hays Leadership for a confidential discussion, to arrange a visit to the school or to discuss making an application.
Martin Blair
T: 07736791138
E: martin.blair@hays.com
Closing date – 8am, Monday 8th November
Interviews – 23rd and 24th November
Start date – Ideally April 2022, but our priority is to recruit the best candidate and an alternative start date can be discussed
Highshore School values equality and diversity and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be subject to safer recruitment practices including satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check
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About Highshore School
Highshore is a complex mixed needs special secondary (age range 11 – 19) school situated in Camberwell, in the London Borough of Southwark. We have 156 pupils on roll. Every pupil has an Education Health Care Plan.
Our Vision
You are on a great adventure and we are right here with you.
There are many exciting places you will discover and explore.
When you’re ready, you’ll be able to set out on your own.
Our Values
At Highshore we are all equal
We are fair
We are kind
We treat others as we want to be treated
Our Aims
Our core aims at Highshore are for our pupils to develop their:
Communication
Self-help skills
Independence
At Highshore School we enable our pupils to gain the skills, confidence and opportunities needed to progress to employment, meaningful voluntary opportunities and training. Our pupils tell us that they want to make a contribution to society. We are a central London school and expect our pupils to be active citizens.
All of our pupils have severe or moderate learning disabilities (SLD/MLD) and come from a mix of Southwark Primary and Special schools. Our school is oversubscribed. In addition to our teaching staff one full time and one part-time Speech and Language therapist, one day a week Occupational therapy, Family worker and a Full-time work experience coordinator. We also have strong links with CAMHS, the School Nursing Service and with the Early Help team.
Our pupils have a range of needs, including: Complex medical needs, Downs Syndrome, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Speech, Language and Communication difficulties, ADHD and Physical disabilities
Key Stages 3 and 4:
In Key Stage 3 our pupils start the day with Literacy and Numeracy, usually taught by their form teacher. We teach subjects such as Social Communication and Lego therapy, which your child might not have encountered in primary school, as well as the full range of National curriculum subjects. All our Key stage 3 pupils have regular swimming in addition to their PE lessons. In Key Stage 4 pupils work towards a variety of accreditation including Entry Level and Functional Skills.
Key Stage 5
Our Sixth form programme includes one day a week college link and for many pupils one day a week work experience placement. The focus of the sixth form is allowing our pupils to gain as much independence skills as possible. Travel training forms part of our programme for those pupils who are not independent travellers. Highshore has a Specialist dyslexia team who support pupils both in and out of class.
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