Position: Deputy Head Curriculum & SENCo

Location: Church Fenton, North Yorkshire

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, term time

Salary Details: Up to £45,400 per annum DOE

The Deputy Headteacher will provide the leadership required to achieve strong and exceptional outcomes in terms of the quality of learning and teaching across the school, the curriculum content, and meeting student needs to overcome individual barriers and support the development of a love and enjoyment of learning.

Who we are:

Cambian Fenton Grange School, an independent DfE-registered school. We provide high quality specialist education for up to 20 students, who have experienced trauma. The pupils in our school exhibit a range of challenging behaviours and associated learning and communication difficulties.

The key responsibilities are:

• Quality of education.
• Learning.
• Teaching.
• Staff development including all staff, ECTs, unqualified teachers, instructors and SCITT Trainees.
• Literacy and numeracy.
• Assessment and data.
• Exams.

Qualifications:

• Qualifications and experience in the leadership role.
• Higher degree or evidence of further professional qualification such as NPQ.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Clean and current car driving license.
• SEND specific qualification such as NPQ SENCo.

Experience:

• Understanding of SEND Code of Practice.
• Successful experience of working as a SENCo.
• Experience of multiagency work.
• Ability to manage a budget.
• Successful experience in taking a lead role in curriculum development for students with additional learning needs.
• Experience of developing high-quality leadership in curriculum areas through effective line management of middle and senior leaders.
• Thorough understanding of the Educational Inspection Framework and National Curriculum.
• Evidence of monitoring whole school targets and outcomes.
• Understanding of the need to ensure a high level of presence around school and promote staff morale/wellbeing and ownership of the school’s vision, values and policies.

Why Work for Us:

• Competitive salary.
• Career progression opportunities.
• Ongoing training and development.
• Strong wellbeing support.
• Supportive leadership and mentoring.
• Full induction, paid DBS and a friendly family atmosphere.

Cambian is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Cambian is committed to Safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care. All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks.

Cambian will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.