Assistant Headteacher

Job details Job role

• Assistant headteacher

Visa sponsorship Visas cannot be sponsoredKey stage Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2Working pattern Full timeContract type PermanentPay scale L9-L13What skills and experience we’re looking for The successfulcandidate will:

• Promote outstanding classroom practice for studentswith severe cognition and learning difficulties and speech, language andcommunication difficulties
• Communicate the shared vision, ethos and strategicplan for Cherry Oak School that inspires and motivates all stakeholders.
• Play a leading role in school improvement andself-evaluation.
• Promote a culture of inclusion within theschool where all views are valued and taken into account.
• Be an excellent role model, exemplifying ahigh standard of teaching and learning and promoting high expectations for allstudents and staff.
• Support the process for monitoring andevaluation of teaching and learning throughout the school.
• Build a collaborative learning culture withinthe Federation and beyond to establish effective learning communities andpartnerships.
• Undertake up to a 0.4 (2 day) teachingcommitment, as relevant to the role and directed by the Head of School.

What the school offers its staff Cherry Oak School andthe Federation offers:

• An opportunity towork with our fantastic pupils and staff team!
• A happy and caringcommunity that always puts our pupils first
• A highly motivatedstaff team who are committed to getting the very best outcomes for our pupils
• Excellentopportunities to further develop your leadership skills and career pathway
• A commitment tocontinuing professional development
• A strong andsupportive Governing Body
• A culture ofpromoting positive mental health and wellbeing through a well-planned strategy

Further details about the role The Federation comprises two special schools and one 19-25 specialist College in South Birmingham. The schools are LA maintained, whilst theCollege is an Independent Specialist Provider, with its own Board of Trustees. Weare rightly proud of our Federation and this is an exciting opportunity to supportthe leadership of a vibrant, highly committed and caring school community,where children are at the very heart of all that we do.Cherry OakSchoolCherry Oak is recognised by Ofsted as a “good” primary special schoolfor children aged 3-11 years and is based in Selly Oak. Our pupils have Speech,Language and Communication Difficulties and/or Cognition and LearningDifficulties. Approximately half of our pupils are diagnosed as being on theAutism Spectrum. All have Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), and arereferred to the school via Birmingham City Council’s Special Education NeedsAssessment and Review service, known as SENAR. We cater for 111 pupils.Victoria SchoolVictoria School is an all age 2-19 special school based inNorthfield; supporting pupils with cognition and learning needs, profound andmultiple learning disabilities (PMLD), physical disabilities and complexmedical health and learning needs. It caters for 228 pupils and was recognisedby Ofsted as having “good” and “outstanding” provision in its most recentinspection.VictoriaCollegeVictoria College is based on the same site as Victoria School inNorthfield. It supports young peoplewith PMLD and complex medical and health needs.The college opened in 2013 and has 27 learners on roll. It was deemed to be rated as”good” overall in its latest Ofsted inspection.The Federation’s vision is to ‘inspire and empower students through collaborativeworking and to promote their holistic development.” Our values statement is “We R.I.S.E Together – Respect, Inspire, Support, Empower”.The Board of Governorsis seeking to appoint an inspirational Assistant Headteacher to join ourcommitted staff team at Cherry Oak School, who will work in collaboration withthe Executive Headteacher, Head of School and wider Senior Leadership Team.Weare rightly proud of Cherry Oak School. We’re looking for the right person to joina vibrant, highly committed and caring community where children are at the veryheart of all that we do. Our recent Ofsted inspection (March 2024) found that:

• “Pupilsenjoy their learning and are happy at school..”
• “Fromthe very start in the early years, the school takes time to support children,families and carers with this important transition”
• “Theschool has created a carefully planned curriculum across all subject areas. Theknowledge and skills that leaders want pupils to learn are planned to build ina logical order over time.”

Ourstudents have told us the following:

• “Ithink our school is amazing, because I can learn things and become successfulin my future”
• “Ithink it’s good that we have a school for children with Autism, so we havesomewhere to go and do things like Sensory Integration and play that can helpus”

Commitment to safeguarding This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; medical fitness; teacher prohibition check, identity checks and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.ALL Shortlisted candidates will subject to an Online Search in line with KCSIE 2023.Applying for the job Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to tracked-link#track auxclick->tracked-link#track contextmenu->tracked-link#track” data-tracked-link-target=”link” data-link-type=”application_email” data-link-subject=”f0169ac1-3b4b-4eef-b0f4-ba9fe86fe0a6″ data-tracked-link-text=”xugel-gaber-kotob-kuped-dacek-cemah-bacab-rufon-somik-mytes-bapym-hozyp-lifog-muguf-lugyl-lytor-toxyx” > CVs are not accepted.Visas cannot be sponsored….