Assistant Head Teacher

3 weeks ago

Gillingham, United Kingdom Horizon Care & Education Full time
Want to work for a company with great values?
Are you compassionate? Inspiring? Dependable? Collaborative?
Then we want to hear from you

Horizon Care and Education have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Head Teacher for our HEAL 1-1 teaching provision in the Medway area of Kent.

At HEAL, we are a specialist education provision for children who can not be in the classroom for a variety of reasons, you will be teaching learners from the age of 11 - 16 with social, emotional, and mental health difficulties, including ADHD and autism.
Situated across the Medway area the provision is in the process of expanding and taking on more children, hence the need for an Assistant Head in the area.

Our specialist independent schools offer unrivalled opportunities, securing sound educational outcomes with personalised, inclusive, and stimulating programmes of learning.
We provide education and support to children and young people who have complex special educational needs and require their SEN provision to be delivered in a specialist setting.

Bright Futures, Inspired By You.

The successful applicants will need:
● Experience working as a Assistant Head Teacher ideally in a similar environment
● Be an Ofsted expert, maintain and build your understanding of requirements, helping the school move towards an outstanding rating.
● Ability to motivate, drive and support staff and pupils, using a person-centred approach.
● A real can do, will do attitude, with the desire to succeed and improve.
● Have a commitment and passion to work with pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs, along with a range of other difficulties including trauma, attachment and associated challenging behaviours
● Have a clear vision, strong leadership, and effective management skills.
● An exceptionally enthusiastic and committed leader to manage and motivate pupils and staff, and can lead, motivate, and inspire teams to raise standards in student outcomes.
● Is familiar with the need for creativity in delivering the National Curriculum, whilst supporting pupils to overcome their barriers to learning.
● Have a solid understanding of the new Ofsted Education Inspection Framework and Independent School Standards

About us:

We take great satisfaction in being good neighbours. Horizon schools foster a healthy sense of community both inside and outside of their immediate surroundings.

As part of our highly personalised and purposeful provision, pupils at our HEAL provision participate in a wide range of academic, creative, sporting, and vocational learning opportunities and activities, which supports them in developing a range of skills and maximising learning outcomes.
Young people take part in a wide range of courses, from music to construction, as well as being given every opportunity to excel in their core subjects, such as mathematics and English.

At Horizon Care and Education, our Assistant Head will be supported by our Director of Curriculum, Headteachers, Operational Directors and the Managing Director of Education Services as well as our extensive therapeutic team.

Why work for us?
● Competitive pay rates
● Occupational sick pay
● Christmas bonus
● Blue Light Card
● Colleague referral scheme with cash rewards - earn up to £2500 per referral
● Financial wellbeing service
● Life Assurance
● Flexible working, greatly reduced planning and marking.
● Tastecard - spectacular savings on dining, pizza, cinema tickets, supermarkets, and UK attractions
● Opportunity to progress in your career through our Education Academy, and ongoing training and professional development.
● Comprehensive and tailored induction programme including face-to-face training, online modules, shadowing, and local induction period.
● Face-to-face therapeutic training and support for all colleagues via our SHINE programme.
● Access to a wide range of free online courses for all colleagues on a variety of topics
● Employee assistance programme - free, confidential support via Bupa.
● Supportive management and senior leaders.
● High quality CPD opportunities.
● Free eye checks.
● Community and wellbeing- Your wellbeing matters to us, and we are committed to ensuring you get all the support you need to feel good about what you do. Were in this together.

​To start your journey with Horizon, click apply now

Horizon Care and Education is committed to its employees, values the needs of our employees and the people we support. We recognise the need to recruit, retain and develop highly skilled staff, so we are committed to attract and retain talent who align with our values, vision & mission statement.
We value diversity, equality, and inclusion, offering equal opportunities to all individuals interested in joining our organisation.

Candidates who meet the minimum required criteria of the person specification will be guaranteed an interview under the disability confident employer scheme. During your application process, you will be asked to complete an application form which will be used through your recruitment assessment and onboarding journey. Please outline any reasonable adjustments that can be made to support your application and assessment process.

We are committed to safeguarding, the standards of safer recruitment defined under Keeping Children Safe in Education, and enabling a safe culture; a culture that ensures that our employees and the young people in our care and education are safeguarded and receive the right support that meets their individual needs.
We promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all employees, all visitors of Horizon and partner organisations who support us to share this commitment.

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