Headteacher - Pebble Brook School

Overview

Pebble Brook School is seeking to appoint an outstanding and inspirational Headteacher whose passion, vision and leadership will guide the school into the future and building on the strong foundations already in place.

We are looking for someone with a clear vision for our Secondary School with SEN experience. They will have the skills and ability to implement this vision in partnership with all key members of the school community including Governors, staff, parents, and children to deliver the highest level of education, achievement and attainment possible for our pupils. Start date is ideally April but will support starting in September 2025 for the right candidate.

Salary Type: Leadership

Salary details: L18 to L31 (Range 5 Leadership - Headteacher)

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time

Closing date: 09/01/2025 00:00

Interviews to be held: End of January 2025

About us

Pebble Brook School is a community special school that believes everyone can succeed. We want our pupils to be safe and happy in school. We want our pupils to be proud of their school and feel respected. We aim to support the development of children (aged 11 - 19) with communication and interaction needs including speech, language and communication needs, autistic spectrum disorder and moderate learning difficulties.

https://pebblebrookschool.org.uk/vacancies/

About the role

The role of Headteacher is pivotal in shaping the future direction of our school and ensuring the continued success of our students. We are seeking a compassionate, dynamic and visionary leader who can inspire our students, support our amazing staff, engage and be part of our diverse community.

About you

We are looking for a candidate currently working, or has experience of working in a Secondary School; this could be mainstream or special School that has experience working with SEN students and EHCP's.

The ideal candidate will continue to uphold the school ethos with passion and enthusiasm being committed to providing a creative, stimulating and inclusive learning environment.

You will need to be a team player and collaborator, sharing ideas and strategies with colleagues whilst learning from them. Reflection and solution focused practice alongside consistent leadership is essential. You will be committed to working to meet the individual needs of our pupils in the classroom working at different levels and confident communicating to students and young adults ranging from year 7 to sixth form.

We can offer:
• A dedicated and committed team of brilliant and innovative staff and governors who want to work collaboratively with their next school leader.
• Extraordinary pupils who want a compassionate, warm and nurturing Headteacher to help prepare them on their journey towards adulthood.
• Fantastic support for your wellbeing and a commitment to your continued professional development.
• Strong links with other local SEN schools. The opportunity to take our unique model on to the next stage, within the wider context of SEND provision
• The opportunity to play a key strategic role in taking our school to even greater heights

For more information about the role please refer to the application pack.

Other information

Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below:

Tel No: 01296 415761
Email: [email protected]

Please apply via the school website or by following the below link.

https://mynewterm.com/jobs/110576/EDV-2024-PBS-75867

All candidates invited for interview are required to declare any previous offences and we use any means (including checking social media where it is deemed to be appropriate) of ensuring we are recruiting the most suitable people to work with our children. The successful candidate will undergo an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service before employment commences.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent cautions and convictions cautions
• All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) order 1975 (as amended in 2020). For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro Guidance the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) guidance or Ministry of Justice (MOJ) guidance (see in particular, the section titled 'Exceptions Order').

Its and offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete a self-disclosure form and return prior to interview. A Social Media Check and Enhanced Data & Barring Service check will be required from the successful candidate.

We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion.