Assistant Headteacher North Birkbeck Road PRU
Assistant Headteacher North Birkbeck Road PRU
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THE HAWKSWOOD GROUP
Assistant Head of School North Birkbeck PRU
Full Time Permanent Position
Scale: Leadership L5 L
Closing Date: 25th April 2025 noon
Interview Date: 1st & 2nd May 2025
Start Date: September 2025
Hawkswood Group is seeking an Assistant Head for the North Birkbeck Road Pupil Referral Unit a new satellite site of Burnside Secondary PRU. Burnside is a provision with a good Ofsted judgement and commitment to inclusive and safe learning for its pupils. We are seeking a motivated leader who can support the Headteacher in delivering an effective and efficient learning environment that enables pupils to achieve and improve their education outcomes offering mainly short term intervention places.
The successful candidate will be required to ensure high quality personalised education for all children and young people in the Hawkswood Group is secured and that high standards and a range of outcomes are achieved. The successful candidate will also be expected to build positive relationships with schools LA officers services and agencies through collaboration and partnership working in order to improve outcomes for children and young people in Waltham Forest.
We are seeking a strong leader to build on existing successes across the Hawkswood group and someone who:
- Will support the Headteacher in establishing a school that effectively meets the needs of all pupils and ensures that clear interventions are implemented to support successful transition back to mainstream.
- Will ensure a positive solution focused approach in all situations
- Has a breadth of experience and knowledge across the secondary phase.
- Is innovative and experienced at managing change
- Is resilient inspirational and nurturing
- Demonstrates exceptional work ethic
- Has outstanding interpersonal skills
- Can provide strategic support to all secondary schools/academies in LBWF
- Has been successful in engaging hardtoreach families
- Remains calm under pressure
- Has a trauma informed and restorative approach
Employee Benefits
Public transport links
Teacher pension
Cycle to work scheme
Child care scheme
As part of KCSIE 2024 all applicants will be subject on online searches.Applicants must be able to form and maintain appropriate professional relationships and boundaries with children young people and other vulnerable adults. Applicants should have the ability to understand the difficulties and pressures associated with caring for children/vulnerable adults and demonstrate appropriate coping mechanisms.
As a thriving and diverse school we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity to being fair and inclusive and to being a place where all belong.
We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in The Hawkswood Groups workforce.These include people from Black Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds disabled people and LGBTQI people
Completed forms to be sent to The Hawkswood Group is committed to promoting the safeguarding of children. Please note that this position requires as enhanced DBS and safeguarding checks will be carried out prior to appointment
Equal Opportunities
Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: Promoting equality of opportunity Opposing all forms of discrimination intolerance and disadvantage Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. Providing fair appropriate accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value. To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2 internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who selfidentify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information please refer to our recruitment and selection policy
Employment Type
Full-Time
