Headteacher

Headteacher - Aurora Ryefields School

Location: Derby, DE1 3HF

Contract Type: Full-time/Permanent

Hours: 40 hours per week

Salary: £68,400 - £75,331 (L16-L20), depending on experience

Close date:  12^th May 2024

Interview Date: 23rd May 2024

Aurora Group

The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities.

As part of our growth strategy, we are excited to be opening a brand-new Primary and Secondary Special Education school which will open its doors in early 2025. Ryefields school is based in Derby with a proposed capacity of 72 students aged between 5-19.  It is anticipated that the student cohort will have a primary diagnosis of ASC/ADHD.

We are currently looking for a Headteacher to join us in September 2024 to support with the planning, creation, registration, opening and running of the new provision.  The building will be completely redeveloped, and work is already underway to design the look and feel of the school to ensure it fulfils its potential of being an amazing learning environment.  The facilities will allow students to access a varied curriculum in a calm and nurturing environment with a team that strives to give every student the confidence and opportunities to achieve.

It is an exciting time to be part of Aurora, and this is a unique career opportunity to be instrumental in the opening of a new school and to make your mark on our growing services.

The Role

The Role of the Headteacher is to provide vision, strategic leadership, direction and an effective culture for the school to the highest professional standard whist maintaining its success and providing a high quality of education which reflects Aurora’s vision and values

In line with all Headteacher roles; you will ultimately be accountable for all areas of operational and educational performance within the School, as well as the financial performance and management of education and support staff.

To achieve in this role, you will be someone who inspires creativity and collaboration, a strong leader and a passionate advocate for your students, finding ways to deliver educational outcomes that make a real difference to them. 

As Ryefields is a new school in the development stage, you will lead of the design and development of the school curriculum in order to meet the needs of the student cohort.  You will also be instrumental in the recruitment and development of an effective team to secure the success of what we anticipate being an outstanding school. 

Skills and Qualifications

Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate: 

• Qualified Teacher Status with further professional qualification in a relevant area.  Candidates with Headteacher qualification (such as NPQH/SNLP) or a willingness to gain such a qualification preferred.
• Proven experience as a Headteacher within a specialist school environment
• Up to date knowledge of current DfE guidance including Independent Schools Standards (ISS)
• Knowledge and understanding of SLD and ASD issues
• Up to date knowledge of local and national government initiatives and legislation
• Quality assurance experience (such as lesson observations and performance management)
• Strong and effective leadership qualities
• Superb communication and stakeholder management skills

Benefits and Additional Information

• Training and Development

Within Aurora, we strongly believe that learning and development should not be limited to just the children and young people we support.  We offer wide range of programmes and opportunities to all our employees to improve your skills and further your career. 

• Save money on your bills!!

With the cost of living rising we have a fantastic benefit through Perkbox to help with cutting costs and help make your money go further.  Perkbox is a free app for you to use on the go wherever you are.  You can get deals and discounts to save money on things like your weekly food bill, phone plans, internet, eating out, gym memberships, insurance and more.  You can also use Perkbox for our cycle to work scheme and car scheme. 

• Competitive Pay and Reward

Every year we compare the market rates of pay and rewards to ensure they are comparable or better to other similar organisations.  We also offer Enhanced Annual Leave, Company Sick Pay, Pension and Life Assurance.

• UK Health Cash Plan

This plan can help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optician and dental bills.  You and your children are covered on this plan and you can also choose to upgrade and add a partner to enjoy the benefits with you.

• Employee Assistance Programme

Your health and wellbeing is very important to us and we have support available on a wide variety of issues, helping you with online tools, information and via a freephone counselling service available 24/7. 

• Refer a friend for £1,000

As an employee; we’ll reward you for recommending friends and family to come and join the company (*terms apply)

How to apply?

To apply please complete our online application form.  For more information on this position please contact Adele Richard on 07918 144908 /  adele.richard@the-aurora-group.com  

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled. 

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.