Assistant Headteacher - SENCO

Vacancy Summary

Assistant Headteacher - SENCO 

Salary: Leadership

Education Phase: Secondary

Working Pattern: Full Time, plus + 5 days 

Contract Type: Permanent

Vacancy Information

About us

• Our mission is to create remarkable schools where no child is left behind.
• Established in 2013, we are a well-respected local school trust, completely committed to our inclusive and ambitious mission.
• We are different to many trusts in that we are diverse in composition; 10 schools: primary, secondary, and special and this gives us a unique feel as we learn so much from one another.
• We want our students to love learning and be well placed to do something great with their lives, our values of enjoy, learn, succeed reflect this.
• We are ambitious for all our children, and we are determined that all can succeed.
• We value our teams and are committed to the professional development of all.
• We are proud of the clarity that we have as expressed in our principles of alignment and the value that we place on individual and school diversity.
• This Trust is determined that everyone has the power to lead and that we serve our local community in action as well as words.
• All our leaders are committed to being supported and challenged to be better tomorrow than they are today and are genuinely excited about the next phase in our journey to remarkable.
• We are Team Beckfoot Trust and Team School 

Why Choose Beckfoot Oakbank  

• We are a local 11-18 secondary school with a Good sixth form, absolutely committed to our improvement journey and providing a great education to the community that we serve.
• We are proud to be part of the Beckfoot Trust and we benefit greatly from the support and challenge from an expert central team who work as a team around our school.
• We are committed to being a People First organisation and to listening to our team.
• We are always looking to reduce unnecessary workload, investing in colleague’s professional growth and wellbeing so that in turn, they can make a difference to the young people and their families that we are so privileged to work with.
• This is an exciting time to join our school as we work to ensure everything, we do is underpinned by our values of enjoy, learn, succeed and is reflective our school sentence.

If you have any questions, please contact centralrecruitment@beckfoottrust.org

To apply go to https://candidates.every.education/Vacancies/Details?advertKey=0a244aa6-84d4-43d1-ad25-e1549d3d492c

Application Deadline: Sunday, 2nd February 2025

Interview Date: 11th February 2025

Beckfoot Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants as part of our overall vetting checks.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.  The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provides that when applying for certain jobs, certain spent convictions and cautions are protected and they do not need to be disclosed to employers. If they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.  Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website and further information about filtering offences can be found in DBS filtering guide