Deputy Headteacher

Job Title:             Deputy Headteacher

Salary:                 Up to £45,000 per annum 

Location:            Belmont Secondary School, Rawtenstall

Contract:             Permanent, Term Time Only

Hours:                 Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours

Due to the recent promotion of our Deputy Head to Head of School, we are looking for a new Deputy Headteacher to join Belmont Secondary School situated in Rawtenstall, in the Rossendale Valley. We are well placed for easy access from the motorway network, particularly the M66, the M60 and the M65.

Our vibrant school caters for boys aged 11+ with Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs. We are closely linked to Belmont Primary school and so a continuous, aspirational learning journey is forefront to our purpose.

We follow the national curriculum and ensure all of our pupils are entered for accredited examinations by Year 11. We also offer our pupils a wide range of creative, indoor and outdoor learning opportunities and extra-curricular activities.

We are a small school dedicated to working closely with parents / carers and local authorities to provide for the individual needs of our pupils.

About the role

This is your chance to join a high achieving team at Acorn Care and Education – the single largest private sector provider of specialist education and care services to local authorities across England, Scotland and Wales. You will work and to with an ambitious senior leadership team alongside the Assistant Director of Acorn Care and Education, in sustaining the schools excellent reputation, performance and ratings.

As Deputy, you will promote a relentless focus on the quality of education and delivery of a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum that meets the needs of children and young people and produces positive outcomes. A child's place at Belmont will ensure improvements in behaviour, confidence and self-belief, which can then be transferred into appropriate and accelerated learning inside the classroom and beyond. At our school we offer a flexible, personalised, engaging skills based curriculum providing both choice and challenge focussed on developing emotional literacy, core subject knowledge and offering a wide range of accredited outcomes.

Working with the senior leadership team you will ensure the school has effective systems in place and the required team capability to continually improve. You will be joining a high achieving company and executive team, and will work closely with the Executive Head and Head of School in positively impacting the lives of many young people. As part of our team you will focus on developing self-esteem and wellbeing, as well as academic performance and development.

About the School

Belmont Secondary is an independent, specialist day school for boys 11 to 18, catering for children with a wide range of needs. Our dedicated team, work together to ensure successful outcomes for pupils who often arrive at the school with a troubled view of education and life.

We pride ourselves in steering children in the right direction, nurturing aspiration to progress them both academically and socially to encourage them to take pride in their achievements. Socially, we build confidence in our students so they are able to have a greater understanding of the wider community in which they live.

Essential Criteria

• A degree or degree level equivalent qualification
• Qualified Teacher Status
• Experience of working with children with Social and Emotional Mental Health and other special educational needs
• Experience of Leadership and management across a whole school setting
• Extensive experience of curriculum design, implementation and quality assurance processes

Why join us?

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the children and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to a fully enhanced DBS.