Deputy Headteacher

Overview

The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities. Aurora Brooklands School is an independent day school in Lancashire providing specialist education for young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties (SEMH).

Contract Type
:
Permanent

Hours
: hours per week

Salary
: £,-£, (L6-L)

Location
:
Leyland, , Lancashire

The role
:
As our new Deputy Head Teacher, your role will be to passionately and enthusiastically work closely alongside the Head teacher to deliver the schools strategic vision. You will also lead manage and deputise for the Headteacher on site and off site as and when required as well as occasionally carrying out the professional duties of a class teacher as required.

Key Duties
:

• To deputise and undertake overall responsibility for the school in the absence of the Head Teacher and on any other occasions where required.
• To act as Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) ensuring the school is compliant with all statutory responsibilities and that staff receive the appropriate training and supervision.
• To lead Positive Relationship and Engagement support and personal development within the school to ensure a holistic, inclusive and safe environment and culture for all.
• To take specific responsibility for whole school pastoral and personal development monitoring and interventions that generate measurable improvements.
• To lead and support the pastoral team with attendance, family support and medicines in school.
• To ensure that staff and the deployment of staff carry out their organisational responsibilities in relation to the above.
• To further the aims of the school and support the Head Teacher in ensuring the vision of the school is clear and well communicated.
• To share with the Head Teacher a responsibility for providing quality assurance in all the school’s activities.
• To provide Head Teacher with an overview of major school issues using a range of evidence sources.
• To contribute to the overall leadership and management of the School with specific responsibilities identified.

• Demonstrable experience within ideally a senior leadership position.
• Experience of at least 5 years successful proven track record of excellent creative and structured teaching within the special needs environment.
• Ideally to have prior experience of teaching in a specialist SEMH or Autism environment.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of leading and managing positive behaviour on a whole school level.
• Knowledge and understanding of the safeguarding lead role and experience of being a Deputy or Designated Safeguarding lead.
• Knowledge and understanding of Formal, Semi-formal and informal curriculum
• Experience of leading and managing a diverse team of staff effectively
• Experience of working with and developing links with the community.
• Evidence of major whole school responsibilities and experience of turning policy into effective and successful practice.
• Leadership of a significant area or phase or inclusion, including responsibility for raising standards across the whole school.
• Experience of working with and involving school governors / trustees or executives

What’s on Offer at Aurora?

We believe in supporting you as much as we support the children and young people in our care. Here’s a snapshot of the fantastic benefits waiting for you :

• Grow with Us – Training & Development
• Learning never stops at Aurora! We offer a wide range of training programmes and career development opportunities to help you build your skills and reach your goals.
• Save Money on Everyday Essentials
• With the rising cost of living, our Perkbox app helps you stretch your money further :
• Discounts on groceries, phone plans, internet, dining out, gym memberships & more
• Access to our Cycle to Work and Car Scheme
• Access Wagestream – a financial wellbeing app that helps you track earnings, save, get expert money advice, and even access part of your pay early when needed

Competitive Pay & Reward

We regularly benchmark our pay and benefits to stay ahead of the curve.…