Assistant Headteacher: Quality of Education Leader

7 days ago


Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Brookthorpe Hall School Full time
About the Role

The Assistant Headteacher will be a key member of the senior leadership team, responsible for defining, articulating, and implementing the school's vision and values. They will work closely with the Senior Leadership Team, SENCo, parents, Governors, and external agencies to improve, maintain, and monitor high standards of quality education across the school.

Key Responsibilities
  1. Maintain and develop the ethos, values, and overall purposes of the school.
  2. Be an excellent practitioner in the classroom, delivering great results and continuing to develop own teaching to benefit pupils and colleagues.
  3. Exercise a key role in the strategic development of quality education and technology, developing a clear strategy and implementation plans.
  4. Develop and embed a clear curriculum intent and implementation plan.
  5. Support all staff in understanding the importance of quality first teaching and that everyone must work together to ensure that the curriculum is at the core of everything we do.
  6. Ensure that all staff, teaching and support staff, have high expectations of what pupils can achieve and always work to ensure pupils are making the most of their learning opportunities.
  7. Ensure that teacher subject knowledge is secure and is updated in line with new curriculum requirements.
  8. Encourage staff to improve their own knowledge and skills through continued learning.
  9. Contribute to the monitoring of teaching and learning standards regularly across the school through quality assurance activities responding to under-performance of teaching staff immediately through training, coaching, individual support packages, and external support programmes.
  10. Lead Heads of Department to monitor and evaluate the quality of education within their subjects.
  11. Oversee and work with staff to ensure the school has a strong Pupil Voice and that pupils are given opportunities to reflect on the quality of education and care within the school on a regular basis.
Qualifications Required
  1. QTS
  2. Bachelors Degree

Please provide written examples in your application of impactful curriculum leadership.

About Us

Brookthorpe Hall School is a specialist provision providing full-time specialized co-education for young people aged 7 to 16 with a range of complex needs, communication difficulties, and associated challenging behavior. This may include social, emotional, and mental health needs and also pupils who have been diagnosed with autism or demonstrate behaviors associated with autism.

For over 16 years, Options Autism have provided care and education to pupils, young people, and adults with autism, complex needs, and learning difficulties. 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 Options Autism?

We offer a range of benefits to support your health and wellbeing, including life assurance, pension scheme, and access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks. You will also have access to a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, which enables you to choose the package that's right for you.

We place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you'll 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.

You'll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy.



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