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Lead for Intermediate Cluster

Lead for Intermediate Cluster

Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy

Kent

Salary:
Leadership Scale Pts 6 -10, starting at £44,290
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
1st January 2016 or sooner if possible
Apply by:
6 July 2015

Job overview

(including class teacher responsibility)

Parkwood Hall Academy is a Residential/Day Special School for boys & girls aged 8 to 19, with moderate to severe learning difficulties and additional, often complex, needs. We are a standalone Academy, part of the Schools Co-operative Society.

Do you share our core values?

We are:

  • OPTIMISTIC
  • NURTURING
  • CHILD-FOCUSSED
  • OPPORTUNISTIC
  • RESILIENT 

We:

GO THE EXTRA MILE
enjoy
HIGH QUALITY RELATIONSHIPS
and
CHALLENGE & REWARD

These are new roles following restructure of our leadership and middle management. You would join Parkwood Hall at an exciting time as we develop and adapt to meet the needs of our students, their families and the 13 local authorities who place with us. We are finding that the principles and approaches of Early Years Education are relevant with many of our students and we look for experience/knowledge in this area. We have developed a 'waking day' curriculum that is Realistic, Relevant and Rewarding as we support our diverse cohort of students to develop their learning, independence and lifeskills

Application forms and information can be found at www.parkwoodhall.co.uk or by emailing info@parkwoodhall.rbkc.sch.uk stating the name of the vacancy. Please note that CVs alone cannot be accepted.

Visits are encouraged, please call Linda Marsella – PA to the Principal and Deputy Principals, to arrange a time to look around our unique school.

Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This position is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and an enhanced DBS Disclosure is required.

Applications are invited from black and ethnic minority candidates and from men, as these groups are under-represented on the school's staff. (RRA sections 35-38 apply).

Closing date: Monday 6th July, midday
Interview date: Tuesday 14th July

Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy
Beechenlea Lane, Swanley, Kent BR8 8DR
Tel: 01322 664441

'Growth through Personal and Social Learning'

About Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy

Mission Statement: growth through personal and social development

Parkwood Hall Special Needs School converted to a Co-operative Academy in 2015 to secure our independent future, having first become Foundation Trust School in 2014. We are now in the fortunate position of owning our buildings and the 78 acres of wood and parkland in which our school is set on the outskirts of Swanley. 

We are ideally situated just off the junction of the M25 and the M20 and are able to offer both day and residential places to students from the London Boroughs, Kent and the South East of England. Our places are in demand and we are currently over-subscribed. We have the capacity to increase the number of places offered through careful planning and development.

Our school admits children with significant learning disabilities and a variety of additional needs. Although we are improving the accessibility of our buildings and grounds, we are not yet able to fully meet the needs of students who rely on wheels for their mobility. Our small classes of around 6-8 students mostly learn in large classrooms in the main building with plenty of opportunity for outdoor learning, and access to our two Forest School sites. We employ a diverse team of therapists who work with our teachers to accelerate learning. All our students benefit from a free school lunch, cooked on site by our catering team.

Our buildings are mainly Victorian, we started out as a Convalescent Home in 1892, with a market garden growing produce for the residents, and the original house in the grounds becoming the Nurses’ Home. Some of our staff currently live on site here now. We also have a boarding house in the grounds and a gatehouse, as well as many other outhouses, and even a derelict old laundry deep in the woods!

Our calm nurturing ethos, and our well supported staff create a great environment in which to learn. Our Ofsted judgements are good and our parents are our strongest supporters. Here are some quotes from the latest parental survey:

“The school meets his needs, and has allowed him to calm down, know he is safe, and start to

grow into the young man I am so proud of today.”

“It has literally been the happiest he has ever been in school. This has had such a positive effect

on him and on us as a family as a whole, helping to keep us together. “

“The first time I have not had to worry about him when he is not with family, because Parkwood had become a second family to him. “

“We have daily contact book and PEP, school review and phone contact”

“My daughter is respected and well looked after by every member of staff”

Whilst we are a stand alone Academy we take our co-operative values very seriously. They are Self-Responsibility, Self-Help, Equality, Solidarity, Democracy, and Equity. In addition, our ethical values are Honesty, Openness, Social Responsibility and Caring for Others. We are on the look out for ways in which we can co-operate for educational and social purpose.
 

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Applications closed