Principal
Ingfield Manor School
West Sussex
- Expired
- Salary:
- £63,000 - £65,000
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 30 July 2014
Job overview
Ingfield Manor has earned a reputation for the quality of its care and services. For many years, we have been helping to give disabled people the opportunity to fulfill their life ambitions. Now we're looking for a dynamic leader who can help us fulfill ours.
About the role
Ingfield Manor is a day and weekly boarding school for 60 pupils aged 3 to 19 with neuro-motor impairments such as cerebral palsy.
In 2013, Oftsed reported that we are a 'good' school with outstanding features - but we have ambitions of becoming outstanding. For care, meanwhile, we're already 'outstanding' (as Ofsted has reported every year to date), and we're at the forefront of UK Conductive Education.
Your leadership will take us further. You will direct all our strategic planning, budgeting, site and resourcing issues, managing four senior leaders and a budget of around £4m. You will act as a powerful figurehead for the school, working positively with the Governing Body and building strong relationships with all stakeholders - from parents and carers through to statutory purchasers and placing authorities. You will also set the tone: shaping a culture of collaboration, commitment and high standards.
About you
A natural leader and proven manager, you will bring (along with your teaching qualification) senior management experience, in-depth knowledge of Social Care management and experience in a residential school. You will have a flair for development, an eye for figures - and the desire to be more than just an education provider.
About Scope
Scope exists to make this country a place where disabled people have the same opportunities as everyone else. Until then, we'll be here. We provide support, information and advice to more than a quarter of a million disabled people and their families every year. We raise awareness of the issues that matter. And with your support, we'll keep driving change across society until this country is great for everyone.
We are committed to equal opportunities, and particularly welcome applications from disabled people and guarantee interviews to suitably qualified disabled applicants. Successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check for regulated activity.
For more information and to apply please visit www.scope.org.uk/jobs
Closing date: 30 July 2014.
Interviews will take place in early September.
Ingfield Manor School, Billingshurst (West Sussex)
About Ingfield Manor School
Ingfield Manor School
Ingfield Manor School is for pupils aged 3–19 with neurological motor impairment such as cerebral palsy. Our pupils have a range of abilities and associated learning difficulties arising from cerebral palsy.
Acknowledged as one of the leading centres for Conductive Education in the UK, we have a national reputation for our work developing communication.
The school offers a nursery, day school places and weekly residential places.
Manor School is a nationally recognised, non-maintained day and weekly residential special school for children and young people between the ages of three and 19 years. We cater for up to 70 students and have 15 weekly residential and overnight places.
The aim of Ingfield Manor School has always been the same; to provide an exceptional learning environment for children and young people with neurological motor impairments, such as cerebral palsy. Some of our students also have additional needs like visual impairment and more complex medical needs.
Our curriculum is stimulating and diverse and delivered through Conductive Education, and we are acknowledged as one of the leading centres for this education system in the UK. Progress is not only seen in terms of National Curriculum learning but also personal independence, social and emotional confidence, communication skills and the development of motor skills. Pupils and students are additionally involved in their own learning through personal education plans.
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