Deputy Headteacher (Fixed Term Contract) – Aurora Fairway School
Location: St Ives, Cambridge
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract until the end of the academic year
Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week
Annual Salary: L4 £55,747 to L8 £61,534 (depending on skills and experience)
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Close date: Friday 13th March at 12 noon.
Aurora Fairway
Aurora Fairway School is a specialist day school for students aged 11–16 with complex learning needs, including SEMH, autism, and speech, language and communication difficulties. Opened in September 2022, our school is part of the innovative Aurora Group, which provides education and care for children, young people and adults with SEND across England.
We offer a nurturing, therapeutic environment where every student is supported to thrive academically, socially and emotionally.
🌟 Deputy Headteacher Wanted – Lead, Inspire, Transform
Ready to shape a school’s future and change young lives? Fairway School is seeking a dynamic Deputy Headteacher to drive excellence in teaching, learning and whole‑school improvement.
💼 What You’ll Lead
🎓 What You Bring
🌱 Why Aurora Fairway?
Join a forward‑thinking, supportive school where your leadership directly shapes outcomes for some of the most inspiring young people. Be part of a team that values creativity, compassion and high expectations.
What’s on offer?
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.
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.
Every year we compare the market rates of pay and rewards to insure they are comparable or better to other similar organisations. We also offer Enhanced Annual Leave, Company Sick Pay, Enhanced Pension and Life Assurance.
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.
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.
We’ll reward you for recommending friends and family to come and join the company (*terms apply)
Ready to lead with purpose?
Apply now and be part of something truly special.
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 Karen in the Aurora Group Recruitment Team at karen.barnfield@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.
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