Deputy Headteacher

Deputy Headteacher -  Aurora Brooklands School

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 40 hours per week

Salary: £58,569-£64,691 (L6-L10)

Location: Leyland, nr Preston, Lancashire 

The 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.  Aurora Brooklands School is an independent day school in Lancashire providing specialist education for young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties (SEMH).

The role:

As our new Deputy Head Teacher, your role will be to passionately and enthusiastically work closely alongside the Head teacher to deliver the schools strategic vision. You will also lead manage and deputise for the Headteacher on site and off site as and when required as well as occasionally carrying out the professional duties of a class teacher as required.

Key Duties: 

• To deputise and undertake overall responsibility for the school in the absence of the Head Teacher and on any other occasions where required.
• To act as Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) ensuring the school is compliant with all statutory responsibilities and that staff receive the appropriate training and supervision.
• To lead Positive Relationship and Engagement support and personal development within the school to ensure a holistic, inclusive and safe environment and culture for all.
• To take specific responsibility for whole school pastoral and personal development monitoring and interventions that generate measurable improvements.
• To lead and support the pastoral team with attendance, family support and medicines in school.
• To ensure that staff and the deployment of staff carry out their organisational responsibilities in relation to the above.
• To further the aims of the school and support the Head Teacher in ensuring the vision of the school is clear and well communicated.
• To share with the Head Teacher a responsibility for providing quality assurance in all the school’s activities.
• To provide Head Teacher with an overview of major school issues using a range of evidence sources.
• To contribute to the overall leadership and management of the School with specific responsibilities identified.

A full job description is available to view here: Job Description

Experience:

Successful candidate are likely to demonstrate the following: 

• Demonstrable experience within ideally a senior leadership position.
• Experience of at least 5 years successful proven track record of excellent creative and structured teaching within the special needs environment.
• Ideally to have prior experience of teaching in a specialist SEMH or Autism environment.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of leading and managing positive behaviour on a whole school level.
• Knowledge and understanding of the safeguarding lead role and experience of being a Deputy or Designated Safeguarding lead.
• Knowledge and understanding of Formal, Semi-formal and informal curriculum

• Experience of leading and managing a diverse team of staff effectively

• Experience of working with and developing links with the community.
• Evidence of major whole school responsibilities and experience of turning policy into effective and successful practice.
• Leadership of a significant area or phase or inclusion, including responsibility for raising standards across the whole school.
• Experience of working with and involving school governors/trustees or executives

What’s on Offer at Aurora?

We believe in supporting you as much as we support the children and young people in our care. Here’s a snapshot of the fantastic benefits waiting for you:

Grow with Us – Training & Development

Learning never stops at Aurora! We offer a wide range of training programmes and career development opportunities to help you build your skills and reach your goals.

Save Money on Everyday Essentials

With the rising cost of living, our Perkbox app helps you stretch your money further:

• Discounts on groceries, phone plans, internet, dining out, gym memberships & more
• Access to our Cycle to Work and Car Scheme

Access Wagestream – a financial wellbeing app that helps you track earnings, save, get expert money advice, and even access part of your pay early when needed

Competitive Pay & Reward

We regularly benchmark our pay and benefits to stay ahead of the curve. You’ll enjoy:

• Enhanced Annual Leave
• Company Sick Pay
• Enhanced Pension
• Life Assurance

24/7 GP Access – For You & Your Household

Need a doctor? No problem. Book a phone or video appointment anytime, day or night. This service covers everyone in your household.

UK Health Cash Plan

Cover everyday healthcare costs like dental and optician bills. You and your children are included in the scheme, and you can upgrade to add your partner too!

Employee Assistance Programme

Your wellbeing matters. Get confidential support on a wide range of issues, including:

• Freephone counselling (available 24/7)
• Online tools and resources

Refer a Friend – Earn £1,000!

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How to apply?

Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details.  If you need any assistance or would like any more information please contact Carl in the Aurora Group Recruitment Team at  carl.standidge@theauroragroup.co.uk  

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.