Headteacher
Applefields School
York
- Expired
- Salary:
- Salary Range L24 - L31
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2015
- Apply by:
- 7 November 2014
Job overview
Group 6
Applefields is a special school for secondary aged pupils with a wide range of special educational needs. We support 144 students aged 11-19 years with moderate, severe and profound learning difficulties including a significant number of students with additional needs on the autistic spectrum. We are a specialist school for cognition and learning and our team of staff and governors work in partnership with parents and carers to help our students achieve their very best and prepare for life after school.
Following the planned retirement of our current Headteacher in summer 2015, we want to appoint an inspirational and talented leader to take our school forward to the next stage in its development. We have achieved 'Good' in successive Ofsted inspections and believe that we have the capacity to move to 'Outstanding' - are you the right person to take us on this journey?
This role offers the opportunity to:
- Work with a group of wonderful young people and their parents.
- Lead a dedicated team of staff and work with a supportive and enthusiastic governing body.
- Make a significant contribution to the development of the local offer for children and young people with special educational needs.
The successful candidate will have:
- Outstanding leadership skills.
- Excellent knowledge and experience of working with children with a wide range of special educational needs.
- Excellent communication and inter-personal skills.
Applefields School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We require the successful applicant to undertake an enhanced Criminal Record check via the Disclosure & Barring Service.
Potential applicants are warmly encouraged to visit the school. Visits have been arranged for the afternoon on Monday 3rd November or Tuesday 4th November. To arrange a visit please contact George Gilmore (Tel: 01904 553900) before Friday 24th October.
Please apply online through the local authority website (https://jobs.york.gov.uk)
If you are unable to access the internet please call 01904 551619 - (8.30am - 5.00pm, Mon - Fri) to request an application pack quoting the reference number 'Applefields29'
Closing Date: Friday 7th November 2014 9.00am
Shortlisting: Tuesday 11th November 2014
Interview dates: A 2 day selection process will be held on Wednesday 26th November and Thursday 27th November 2014
Applefields School
Bad Bargain Lane
York
North Yorkshire
YO31 0LW
Tel: 01904 553900
Email: info@applefields.york.sch.uk
http://www.applefieldsschool.co.uk/
About Applefields School
Applefields School is a popular and highly regarded special school for secondary age students (11-19 years) with moderate, severe and profound and multiple learning difficulties and a significant number of students with additional needs on the autistic spectrum. We support students from York and the surrounding areas of North Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire. At the beginning of the current school year (2013/14) there are 126 pupils on roll, it is projected that numbers will rise in September 2014.
Students are at the centre of everything that we do. We believe that by working together, providing a personalised education and promoting students’ communication and independence skills we will prepare each young person for adult life. Our goal is to help everyone achieve the best that they can by respecting the dignity of all.
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