Teaching & Learning Senior Phase Lead
Beech Lodge School
Windsor and Maidenhead
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 28 April 2023
Job overview
Beech Lodge School is looking to appoint an additional Lead of Teaching and Learning and senior phase lead to be part of our Leadership team from September 2023.
The successful candidate will play a key role, working closely alongside the senior and middle leadership teams to take the school from strength to strength in its provision of excellent education and care for all of the pupils.
You will be somebody who places our young people at the heart of every decision, and your leadership will motivate and inspire colleagues to do the same.
You will have a successful track record of improving the quality of education through your leadership. You will have successful leadership experience in delivering the highest expectations and standards and will be instrumental in leading, shaping and implementing the highest standards across the school or a desire to develop your existing skills and grow your Leadership responsibilities.
You will be an excellent communicator and a team player who is able to work under pressure to effectively lead and manage change. You will need a positive attitude and think creatively to find solutions.
We are looking for someone who:
- Is an excellent classroom practitioner who has already had proven success in some aspects of leadership.
- Is resilient, calm under pressure and relishes working in a unique environment.
- Can lead on teaching and learning, curriculum development, staff development and providing exceptional support for colleagues.
- Will work directly with our pupils, their parents and outside agencies to support and develop our young people as they progress through the school and transition to their next steps.
- Is responsible for an agreed area for oversight of regulatory compliance of ISSR standards.
For further details, please look at the full job description
Application Deadline 12pm, Friday 28 April 2023
Interviews week commencing Monday 1 May 2023
The School is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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About Beech Lodge School
- Beech Lodge School
- Stubbings Lane, Henley Road, Maidenhead
- Berkshire
- SL6 6QL
- United Kingdom
Beech Lodge School is a unique co-educational independent special school for children and young people who are unable to realise their potential in a conventional school setting.
Founded in 2013 the school opened with only 5 pupils in a small converted barn in Hurley. Over time we extended into a second building nearby and today we occupy wonderful spacious brand-new purpose-built buildings set in a beautiful tranquil environment with extensive grounds and state-of-the-art facilities for our pupils to thrive.
We fondly refer to our pupils as “sparky square pegs in the round hole of education”. We give them the square hole in which to fit.
At Beech Lodge we provide an innovative and nurturing approach to education for those children who require an individually tailored learning environment to reach their academic potential, build social and life skills, have access to therapeutic and specialist interventions and above all the educational tools with which to flourish. Our pupils have a range of difficulties that mean they are unable to thrive in mainstream, from Dyslexia and Dyscalculia to Social and Emotional Difficulties, Anxiety and School Refusal. We do not cater for children with violent or aggressive behaviour.
Attachment theory underpins our entire school approach with a focus on the importance of relationships embedded throughout the whole school community. Alongside pupils’ academic progress, social and emotional development is a high priority at Beech Lodge, and it is from here that Fagus, the UK schools-wide educational resource for emotional and social development was created.
The School’s last Integrated ISI Inspection (February 2020) from which our excellent work was recognised. Amongst the myriad of excellent qualities, the report highlights include: “Pupils personal development is excellent, “The quality of pupils’ academic and other achievements is good”, “Pupils make excellent progress in developing positive attitudes to learning”, “Pupils’ behaviour is excellent, and a calm atmosphere pervades the school” and “Modelling of how to do things by staff is excellent”. The School also met all the standards of the Regulatory Compliance Inspection.
Beech Lodge was always intended to be an alternative school, a unique high-quality setting that puts the particular needs of our pupils first. We are very proud to have successfully achieved that aim.
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