Assistant Headteacher
Post Number: REQ000807
Location: SGS Pegasus School
Salary Range: Up to £54,309 (Salary is dependent on level of qualification and experience)
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time
Hours: 37 hours per week
Term Time Only Contracts will occur a salary adjustment if the start date is after 1st September
SGS Pegasus School provides a genuinely innovative school for children and young people with autism, located in our state of the art school in Patchway, South Gloucestershire. We at SGS Pegasus look beyond autism in order to create and individual academic, social, emotional and physical learning experience to ensure each of our children realises their potential. We aim to develop the whole child by creating a bespoke learning experience that celebrates our talents and successes.
South Gloucestershire and Stroud College sponsor SGS Pegasus School as part of their Multi-Academy Trust, and their size and range of expertise forms the basis of the support for schools within the Trust. For more information, please visit https://academytrust.sgscol.ac.uk/
SGS Academy Trust and SGS Pegasus School have an exciting opportunity for a Assistant Headteacher.
SGS Pegasus serves a vibrant multi-cultural in-take and celebrates diversity. Pegasus' leadership and staff are passionate about the development of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and want this to be reflected throughout the Academy including representation within the staff body. A proportion of student are from different minority groups and disadvantaged backgrounds. Students are excited to learn and are real ambassadors for our diverse community. They benefit from a positive and supportive learning environment.
Following the promotion of the current post holder, we are currently looking for an inspirational and ambitious Assistant Headteacher to join our senior leadership team.
The Assistant Headteacher will lead on a mutually agreed specific area for development and will also have responsibility for a subject area across the Key Stages.
The successful candidate will have experience of working with young people with a range of Special Educational Needs. You will be able to demonstrate a working understanding of how these needs impact upon learning and behaviour in the classroom.
You may have specialist knowledge and experience of working with children with Autism or Speech Language and Communication needs, or you may have experience of working across both specialisms. You will be expected to create a culture that enables all learners and staff to excel.
As Assistant Headteacher, you will promote personal development and the delivery of a broad and relevant curriculum, supporting colleagues to become highly ambitious for the children, setting high expectations and teaching high quality lessons that impact positively on outcomes for all children across the Key Stages.
Working with the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team, you will ensure the school has effective management and the required team capability to further develop and continually improve.
Why choose SGS Pegasus?
You will become part of the wider SGS family supporting you with your professional development, access to the Teachers Pension scheme, discounted shopping benefits, and access to a wide variety of external health and wellbeing resources.
Closing Date: Friday 5th May 2023
Expected Interview Date: To be confirmed
The successful applicant will be required to obtain and maintain a satisfactory Disclosure Certificate, Enhanced with Children’s Barred list check, as a requirement of the job.
South Gloucestershire and Stroud Academy Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community and is an equal opportunities employer.
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