Head of School

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117Job Description:

Would you like to work for one of the largest providers of education and care within the UK? Are you passionate about providing a safe and fulfilling learning environment for young people with complex learning disabilities? Do you want to be a part of a brand new school?

If the answer is yes to all of the above then Hooray may have the role for you!

Hooray are delighted to be supporting one of the largest providers of education and care to assist in the recruitment for a Head of School to join their team on a full-time permanent basis. This opportunity is to look after one of their newly opened schools, which is rapidly growing in size, and with some exciting refurbishments commencing!

Benefits:

• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Pension
• Health cash back plan
• Car Lease Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Perk Box

As a Head of School, you will:

• Establish and sustain the school’s ethos and strategic direction together with the Principal
• Establish and oversee systems, processes and policies to ensure safe operation
• Identify barriers to school effectiveness, and develop strategies for school improvement
• Allocate financial resources appropriately, efficiently and effectively
• Undertake safeguarding duties, supported by the Principal
• Work in close partnership with the Principal in actively and demonstrably promoting enrichment, entitlement and achievement

To be successful as a Head of School, you will:

• Be an experienced Head Teacher with a track record of success in SEND environments
• Hold a QTS with further professional qualification in a relevant area
• Have experience of working as a senior leader within an ASD environment
• Display an outstanding understanding of Ofsted frameworks and safeguarding legislation
• Be a superb communicator with stakeholder management skills

In return, my client are offering a salary of up to £73,500 per annum. Please note, this is a full-time, permanent position!

If you are interested and have the relevant skills and experiences, please apply with an up to date copy of your CV and we promise to get back to you! As champions of diversity and inclusion in the workplace, Hooray commit to reviewing every application we receive with complete fairness and equality. 

• Hooray is acting as an agency on behalf of the client for this position.
• Our purpose as a business is to pioneer ethical recruitment for a better working world.
• Hooray is proud to be a corporate member of the REC, the recruitment industry’s leading professional body.
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Location: Meldreth, Cambridgeshire