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Job Title: Deputy Headteacher
Location: Oak Tree School, Truro, TR4 9NH
Salary: Up to £55,00.00 per annum (not pro rata)
Hours: 42.5 hours per week; Monday to Friday
Contract: Permanent, Term Time only
UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.
As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Deputy Headteacher to join our close-knit team at Oak Tree School located in Truro.
About The Role
To provide a high-quality education service for our students in accordance with Company policies, procedures and practices and the standards set by the Regulatory Body. To work with the Headteacher, leadership team and other stakeholders to secure high standards throughout the school. This vacancy has arisen as part of our ongoing efforts to strengthen and expand our current team.
Key Responsibilities
To comply with good safeguarding procedures and principles as detailed by the local safeguarding board.
To participate in the process of assessment of referrals
To act as overall curriculum coordinator and manager across the school
To act as the lead teacher for the positive support of behaviour that may challenge
To work as a key member of the multi disciplinary team which encompasses education, residential care and the clinical team
To monitor progress and targets to ensure that each individual student is able to achieve planned outcomes
To work with the clinical team and monitor each individual students Behaviour Support Plan, offering advice, support, consultation and where necessary and ensuring they are kept under review and updated.
Requirement
UK QTS or equivalent
Previous experience
About Us
Oak Tree School in Truro has recently expanded and developed two new buildings and undergone a successful inspection from Ofsted allowing us to offer a wider age range of pupils from 5 18 years the opportunity to have the best education possible. Oak Tree School is a specialist SEMH provision positioned near the city of Truro in Cornwall. The school provides full-time specialist co-education for up to 135 pupils and young people aged 5 to 18 who experience social, emotional, mental health, communication difficulties and associated challenging behaviours. These pupils and young people often cannot cope, function or achieve within a mainstream environment. The aim is to provide a structured, nurturing approach, with pupils accessing a broad, balanced and engaging curriculum to meet their significant needs.
This opportunity is in Truro which is within commutable distance of Redruth, St Austell and surrounding areas.
We are part of Acorn Education and can promise you plenty of challenges, and a rich variety of opportunities to develop your career. Acorn Education is the UKs leading independent provider of specialist education for vulnerable pupils and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.
We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a Great Place to Work for the fifth year running.
Why join Acorn Education?
Benefits
Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so youll get an exceptional reward package including:
Life Assurance
Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
Your Wellbeing Matters access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks
And a Market-leading Benefit Offering Through Our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, Enables You To Choose The Package Thats Right For You, Including:
A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
100s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
Cycle to Work Schemes
Electric Car Purchase Scheme
Critical illness cover
Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.
And thats not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so youll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.
* We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Youll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy. 4DWW is subject to successful completion of probation and is not a contractual benefit.
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