Head Teacher

Serenity Education Group is expanding its group of schools to Crawley, West Sussex and wish to employ talented, enthusiastic, and committed professionals to deliver a curriculum that is outstanding in all areas. You will help us to support local authorities meet growing demand for specialist education places for pupils with ASD and related 

The school will open for pupils in September 2022 for first admissions for pupils who have an EHC Plan for autism and related SEND. Serenity School Crawley will cater for 180 PAN, 5 – 18 years Co Educational. The school will grow for three years until meeting its capacity on roll.

Serenity School Crawley alongside our other schools in Eltham, Greenwich, and Coulsdon, Surrey will continue to uphold the core values of the Independent Schools Standards and in particular, British Values and the Protected Characteristics to ensure our pupils are ready for life in modern Britain. 

Closing date 13th May 2022

Interviews taking place 17th/18th May 2022

Moral Purpose:

At Serenity Education Group, we are dedicated to meeting the academic, therapeutic, and vocational needs of our students. Our mission is to create, adapt, and implement functional curricula necessary to meet the diverse individual needs of our student population and increase current and future independence. 

Aim: 

To holistically promote Inclusion, Independence, and Self-worth in all areas of school life for every member of our school community.

Vision:

We are intrinsically humanistic in all of our approaches. Serenity School by virtue of its name has been established as an independent schools’ group with the sole purpose to nurture, care and radically eliminate barriers that can prevent academic and childhood development that many experts believe are commonly associated with vulnerable children and their families. These barriers if not addressed holistically, can potentially ruin life chances of young people who are not accessing education or who do not feel included in school and their communities. Through a multi-disciplinary approach, we effectively address the root causes of underachievement, lack of self-worth, and an unmanageable lifestyle using our Socio-Education Model. 

 We offer a unique, life changing education experience by delivering a curriculum that is differentiated to the demands of each student’s educational needs, delivering academic outcomes whilst also supporting them successfully with therapy and through Personal, Social, and Health Education that can be significant limiting factor in their lives. We do this successfully by offering a three-tier curriculum to meet a wide range of ASD and related SEND needs.

Three facets of inclusion within our schools that make us unique - 

Inclusion has many forms but one principle, the right of a person to have the same opportunities and respect as anyone else.  

1. Responding to need for each and every individual pupil  
2. Providing opportunity and support to both the pupil and the family as a unit  
3. A sense of identity for each pupil – Our schools ensure that children who follow their personalised curriculum leave school with a strong identity and a sense of who they are, why they are as they are and the impact that this has on their families and their lives. It also helps them to understand how they see themselves, their families, and the wider world.

Maximising individual achievement is central to the purpose of Serenity School. Inclusion is the common thread woven into this narrative. It shows in the exceptional efforts made by our staff teams to help children and young people in our schools rise above their difficulties through highly skilled teaching, therapy, and care that we have built into our overall curriculum offer at all key stages.

Each school offers state-of-the-art learning resources, specialist facilities and qualified experienced staff and as our young people learn and grow, we encourage our team to develop too. A wide range of whole school and bespoke CPDL programmes are available to support staff reach their own career aspirations and expectations.

Rewards

We know you are going to do great things. We offer a competitive salary that is among the best in our sector, pension scheme, full independent school holidays and membership of an occupational health scheme. 

Serenity School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.