Overview
and Responsibilities
Assistant Headteacher – Curriculum
Location: Tokers Green, Reading, Berkshire/Oxfordshire border
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Hours: Full-time, hours per week
Salary: £, (L1)
Start date: September 5 (or as soon as possible after)
The Aurora Group
The Aurora Group is one of the largest providers of SEND educational and care services in the country, supporting over 1, children, young people and adults, and employing over 1, staff spread across services around England.
Aurora Rowan provides a specialist learning environment for students aged between 5 - years old with Autism and Severe learning difficulties and the associated communication and behavioural difficulties. The school includes a full therapy team to ensure we can offer the best support to our students.
Located in a 6 ½ acre rural location surrounded by ancient woodland but close to transport links. we’re looking for an Assistant Headteacher to join our team on site as soon as possible.
The role:
To work with the Headteacher as part of the senior Leadership team in all aspects of leadership and management and to take responsibility for managing and developing learning and teaching, curriculum, assessment, and enrichment throughout the designated phases of the school.
Key accountabilities:
1. To play a key role in the overall smooth running of the school.
2. To lead by example of their practice, and by positively encouraging, coaching, and mentoring support the training and development for all members of the team.
3. Promote best practice and contribute to the aims and ethos of the school through INSET and CPD for new teachers.
4. To work with the Headteacher to ensure that the school offers a high quality, exciting, engaging, well resourced, differentiated, and well-matched curriculum for all children.
5. Exercise a key role in advising and assisting the Head teacher with the strategic development of Curriculum policy and associated local procedures and provision, including reviewing, and formulating curriculum plans.
6. To keep abreast of developments in SEN curriculum pedagogy and best practice and inform SLT and Head where appropriate.
7. To develop positive relationships within the school, and the wider Aurora Team and externally, which support the running and developing of the school.
8. To lead, monitor and evaluate the schools’ Reading and Phonics program.
Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required. Please see the link below for our full job description:
Job Description –
Skills and Qualifications
Successful candidate qualities:
9. QTS or QTLS is essential.
10. Accredited training in specific areas of special education desirable
11. Management/leadership qualification desirable
12. Proven record of excellent creative and structured teaching within relevant key stages and/or special needs environment.
13. Experience of holding responsibility for and turning policy into effective and successful practice.
14. Leadership of a significant area or phase or inclusion, including responsibility for raising standards across the whole school.
15. Effective team management and working collaboratively and effectively with others.
16. Communicating effectively to a wide range of different audiences though a range of different mediums.
17. Successful management of complex scenarios and conflict resolution
18. Effective relationships working successfully with a range of external agencies.
Benefits and Additional Information
Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:
19. Life assurance
20. Competitive Pension
21. Perkbox - offering high street discounts
22. Employee assistance programme
23. Car lease scheme
24. Fully funded training and qualifications
25. Bike to work scheme
26. Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.
27. Free parking
How to apply:
Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details. If you need any assistance or would like any more information, please contact Liz in the Aurora Group Recruitment Team at