Head of School Full Time Permanent

KM Recruitment is a specialist UK wide recruiter for the Skills and Employability Sectors
 
Job Title:  Head of School

Location: Lancashire

Salary: £27,000 – £35,000 Depending on skills and experience

Package: Excellent Holiday Entitlement, Pension + much more
 
Type: Full Time / Permanent
 
This is a key role for our client and as such requires someone with proven success of management within the Education sector.

The Role:

• Manage the performance and operations within a School for alternative provision, to ensure the delivery of exciting and stimulating curriculum (GCSE English and Maths / Vocational Subjects).
• Manage and support teaching staff and ensure high quality of teaching and learning, raising standards of achievement.
• Contribute to strategic development and further development of the school, through ongoing business planning.
• Manage the appraisal and performance management process for teaching staff.
• Ensure all staff have a clear understanding of their measurable targets / KPI’s, and effectively performance manage them to achieve these.
• Liaise closely with parents and the wider community.
• Financial / budget management.
• Ensure the school is inspection-ready at all times.
• Manage and develop relationships with local authorities, department for education, and OFSTED.

Essential Criteria:

• Hold Qualified Teacher Status (QTLS or QTS)
• Proven experience within an operational management / senior role within a school setting (alternative provision).
• Strong leadership and people management skills – experience of managing the performance of teaching staff to achieve outstanding results.
• Have experience in working with students who show challenging behaviours, or those who are not suited to mainstream education.
• Proven experience of improving the quality of teaching and learning / curriculum development and raising standards of achievement.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Full, clean driving licence, use of a vehicle and flexible with travel when required.

Please note:
 
KM Recruitment receive a high number of applications for each role advertised and although we would like to we are not always able to deliver feedback to unsuccessful candidates. If you have not been contacted within 4 days, then unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful. Thank you for your interest and keep an eye on our website for future opportunities.