Head of School - Primary
Mabel Prichard School
Oxfordshire
- £58,105 - £64,225 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership 12 - 16
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 24 February 2023
Job overview
Are you seeking an exciting opportunity to develop your career? Are you a dynamic, creative, motivational team player ready to take on the operational leadership of our primary site (with the flexibility to move to secondary if necessary), with a strategic responsibility across both sites?
Mabel Prichard school is part of The Gallery Trust, a community of Special Schools in Oxfordshire. The school has grown considerably in recent years and has the potential for further growth. Our curriculum is underpinned by our commitment to preparing our learners for adulthood from the earliest of years and we inform our highly personalised learning journeys through the Equals pre-formal, informal and semi-formal curriculums.
Mabel Prichard School is a school for students with severe learning difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties. We believe in enabling every student to discover who they are and to realise their full potential, regardless of background, race, gender, faith and disability and to celebrate diversity, so they are able to develop skills of respect and tolerance in their life ahead.
Our curriculum offers a broad range of opportunities to face challenge; develop independence; prepare for adulthood; discover the world; be safe and develop the skills and knowledge to lead a happy, positive and fulfilled life. Through our strong caring ethos, we support students to respect their whole community.
If you have two or more years of SEND senior leadership experience, a proven track record of building and leading teams and are committed to ensuring the very best for all learners, we would love to hear from you. In turn, we offer:
● Strong support from The Gallery Trust, the largest special school trust in Oxfordshire.
● Excellent CPD opportunities both in the trust and externally.
● A supportive team of dedicated professionals focusing on developing the very best evidence-based practice to achieve the best outcomes for our learners.
● Wonderful students, families and professionals, working as a strong team.
● A staff wellbeing group, supporting individual wellbeing targets and organising social and sporting events.
For an informal conversation, contact Lucy Wawrzyniak, Executive Head Teacher on 01865 777878.
We strongly encourage anyone considering applying for the role to visit the school first. To arrange a visit and for an application pack, please contact recruitment@mabelprichard.org or go to the school website www.mabelprichard.org.
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About Mabel Prichard School
- Mabel Prichard School
- Cuddesdon Way, Oxford
- Oxfordshire
- OX4 6SB
- United Kingdom
We are a community special school for children and young people with complex needs from the ages of 2 to 19.
At Mabel Prichard School, we believe in enabling every student to discover who they are and to realise their full potential. Our curriculum offers a broad range of opportunities to face challenge; develop independence; prepare for adulthood; discover the world around them; be safe and develop the skills and knowledge to lead a happy, positive and fulfilled life.
At Mabel Prichard we want to provide you with a rewarding and enriching career, which enables you to reach your full potential and achieve job satisfaction through a range of opportunities and benefits in our growing school.
Every staff member at Mabel Prichard is valued for the contribution they make to improving outcomes for our fantastic students, and we place a strong focus on the importance of retaining our talented and versatile staff.
Benefits of working at Mabel Prichard include:
Professional development opportunities
- Regular training and access to a range of internal and external professional development opportunities tailored to your learning needs, your job role and your career aspirations
- Opportunities for career progression, secondments and transfers within The Gallery Trust, the largest special school Academy Trust in Oxfordshire
- Opportunities for collaborative working across the schools in The Trust, offering the chance to liaise with experienced colleagues, building knowledge and professional networks
Financial
- Competitive salaries for teaching and support staff based on School Teacher Pay and Conditions Document and the NJC Green Book
- Excellent terms and conditions
- Access to attractive pension plans (TPS and LGPS), linked to salary life assurance
- Generous public sector occupational sick pay
- Contribution towards glasses and eye tests for DSE use
- Salary sacrifice schemes, including childcare vouchers and cycle to work
Wellbeing
- The opportunity to be a key member of a friendly and supportive staff team, dedicated and committed to improving outcomes for students
- 24/7 access to a free Employee Assistance Programme to provide confidential advice and guidance
- Excellent induction processes, and strong line management structures to promote your wellbeing at work
- Generous annual leave entitlement for support staff which increases to reflect length of service
- A culture which is open to employee ideas and encourages open dialogue
- Complimentary tea and coffee
- Regular staff surveys to gain feedback on wellbeing and to drive improvements
- The opportunity to join colleagues for social events
- Family friendly policies, which promote your wellbeing
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