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Headteacher Recruitment Pack Closing Date: Monday 23 rd April 2018 Interviews: Tuesday 1 st May and Wednesday 2 nd May 2018 Start: 1 st September 2018 (Autumn Term)

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Headteacher

Recruitment Pack

Closing Date: Monday 23rd April 2018

Interviews: Tuesday 1st May and Wednesday 2nd May 2018

Start: 1st September 2018 (Autumn Term)

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Contents Page

Letter from the Chair of Management Committee 3

Letter from the Headteacher 4

Advert 5

Job Description 6

Person Specification 10

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Dear Applicant, March 2018

Woodbridge Park Education Service – Appointment of Head Teacher September 2018

Thank you for your interest in this key post, offered at an exciting time in the further development of

Woodbridge Park. Our retiring Head Teacher, Sue Tysall, leaves a strong legacy, having developed a service

that is highly regarded by students and their families, as well as partner schools.

The Management Committee and I are very pleased to send you the details and an application pack. We wish

to appoint an energetic leader who will be instrumental in continuing with the development of Woodbridge

Park. The Service was judged “Good” in the Ofsted Inspection of 2015.

Woodbridge Park is a multi-site Alternative Provision which delivers an exceptional education to many of the

most vulnerable young people in Hounslow KS1-5. The Service set –up is described in full in the accompanying

booklet.

The Management Committee is seeking to appoint an aspirational, visionary and dynamic Headteacher who

will lead the Service through further growth and development. This challenging post will continue to shape

alternative provision in Hounslow, but also lay the foundations for the life chances of young people for who

mainstream provision is not always the best match for their needs.

We are seeking to appoint an experienced practitioner who may already be a Headteacher, who will lead

Woodbridge Park forward from its current strong position. This will require vision, the ability to inspire and

motivate and a strong focus on giving young people every possible chance.

Please find an application pack enclosed that includes a job description and person specification. When

submitting supporting evidence in respect of your application please follow the enclosed Candidates’ guidance

notes and demonstrate how your knowledge skills and experience meet the job profile, and in particular, how

you meet the requirements of the person specification. You may find the person specification particularly useful

to help you understand the type of person we wish to recruit.

It is particularly important that you have exceptional influencing skills, you are emotionally intelligent and have

expertise in analysing and interpreting data, and able to use such data to produce quantifiable outcomes.

Part of the assessment at shortlisting will focus on professional competence, communication skills, strong

leadership and good personal skills.

You are reminded that the closing date is Monday 23rd April 2018

We encourage you to visit our Service. A tour of our Primary Provision and KS4 will be available on Friday 20th

April at 2pm. If you are interested in visiting these sites, please contact the Headteacher’s PA, Milli Cowling

on: [email protected].

We look forward to receiving your completed application, and learning what you would be able to offer to the

WPES community and specifically our students, staff, parents / carers and management committee

Yours Sincerely

Roger Shortt

Chair of Governors

Woodbridge Park Education Service

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Dear Applicant, March 2018

On behalf of everyone at Woodbridge Park Education Service, I would like to thank you for your

interest in the role of Headteacher.

I have had a wonderful four and half years at Woodbridge Park, of which I am enormously proud and

I shall be very sad to retire but at the same time am excited to have other opportunities. Woodbridge

Park Education Service is a very special organisation and we have an incredible community of staff

who all want our young people to achieve the very best no matter how many barriers they may face.

There is a real belief that every child matters and they should be given and are entitled to a second

chance and the opportunity to succeed.

My wish is for Woodbridge to continue to remain at the heart of the educational offer with in

Hounslow. It is well placed to develop further with a stable and strong group staff and Management

Committee.

I hope that having read the applicant pack and having looked at the website, you will feel inspired by

what we set out to achieve for the vulnerable young people in Hounslow.

Good luck with your application.

Sue Tysall Headteacher Woodbridge Park Education Service.

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WOODBRIDGE PARK EDUCATION SERVICE Hounslow, West London

Required for September 2018

Head Teacher Leadership Scale L29-L35

£81,481 - £93,897

Woodbridge Park is a KS1-KS4 Pupil Referral Service responsible for the education of students permanently

excluded from school, as well as students who have special educational and medical needs preventing them

attending mainstream school.

The Service was judged as ‘good’ with outstanding features for Behaviour and Safety in its last Ofsted Inspection (October 2012). Following the retirement of the current post holder, the Management Committee is seeking to appoint an

inspirational, visionary and dynamic Head Teacher who will lead the service through a period of opportunity,

growth and development. This is a challenging post which will shape not only the Alternative Provision across

Hounslow but will also lay the foundations for the life chances of young people for whom mainstream

provision is not always the best match for their needs.

The successful candidate will:

Have high expectations of students, their achievements and behaviour

Have the vision to anticipate the shape of future AP and the skills required to be an instigator of innovative developments as well as the ability to implement, refine and shape these.

Be able to lead and inspire a committed and hard-working team to achieve and maintain excellent practice

Be an excellent communicator in a wide range of settings, working with individual families and local communities

Have experience of working with students who display challenging behaviour, either in mainstream or special schools

Be subject to an Enhanced Criminal Record Bureau check. Closing Date for the receipt of completed applications: Monday, 23rd April 2018

Interviews are scheduled to take place: Tuesday 1st May and Wednesday 2nd May 2018

To apply please visit https://wpes.org.uk/vacancies/ or apply online at

https://www.eteach.com/job.aspx?vacno=827135

Applicants are encouraged to visit our Service. A tour of our Primary Provision and KS4 will also be available on

Friday 20th April at 2pm. If you are interested in visiting these sites, please contact the Headteacher’s PA, Milli

Cowling on: [email protected].

Our Service is proud of its commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all

staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post is subject to an Enhanced DBS

disclosure. We are an equal opportunities employer.

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Woodbridge Park Education Service

Headteacher Job Description

The appointment is subject to the current conditions of employment for Headteachers contained in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document, the National Standards of Excellence for Headteachers (2015) and any other current educational legislation as required in various Education Acts. This Job Description sets out the scope, duties, responsibilities and working practices that the successful applicant will be required to undertake, discharge and demonstrate on an ongoing basis.

Main Purpose of the Role

To lead and manage non-school provision for children and young people with Social, Emotional, Mental and Health (SEMH), across KS 1- 5. The provision is delivered at the following locations:

Primary Provision – The Bridge co-located on Southville Infant and Nursery and Southville Junior School site in Feltham

Primary Intervention Programme

KS3 Provision located on Wood Lane, Isleworth

CATE (Continuing Access to Education) provisions located at St. Georges, Brentford

KS4 Provision located at West Thames College

Hospital Teaching Classroom located at West Middlesex Hospital

CATE 6th Form provision

Other venues in partnership with external providers commissioned to meet the additional needs identified by stakeholders.

This will involve:

Pupils with statements of SEN for SEMH, some of whom require long term provision

Pupils who have been permanently excluded from schools

Outreach services to support pupils in mainstream settings to include pupils on reintegration programmes to mainstream schools

Commissioned short term intervention services for pupils on roll at mainstream schools

Pupils who require individual or home tuition for medical reasons

Young mothers and pregnant pupils of statutory school age

Pupils with additional needs for whom appropriate school provision is not available

Secondary Intervention Program

Strategic Supervisory Responsibility

Heads of Centre (Primary, KS3, KS4 and CATE)

Assistant Headteachers (Strategic Responsibilities)

SENCO

Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff in partnership with the relevant Head of Centre

Hospital Tuition Service including home medicals

Service Business Manager

Headteacher’s PA

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Outline Description of Role

In line with national standards of excellence and the contractual obligations of headteachers provide the professional leadership, strategic direction and management of Woodbridge Park Education Service to achieve continued outstanding success.

To lead and inspire students, staff, parents/carers and professional partner organisations to achieve academic and broader successes for students and colleagues as evaluated and measured in a range of ways. Very significant responsibilities of this role include:

Ensuring that students with a wide range of needs (which to date have not been met in a mainstream

setting) continue to have their needs met through a range of physical and curriculum provision

currently based on several sites based across Hounslow.

Creating an environment where all students are able to achieve their full potential.

Motivating all staff and manage resources of Woodbridge Park Education Service and efficiently.

Developing the existing culture of self-evaluation that leads to continuous improvements.

Embodying consistent values throughout Woodbridge Park Education Service based on respect and

optimism enabling positive contributions and behaviours from all members of the community.

Ensuring that all members of the Woodbridge park Education Service team, comprising teachers,

support staff and the business and administrative team are part of a lifelong learning approach

enabling all to be highly professional and make significant effective contributions to the life of

Woodbridge Park Education Service.

Working strategically to ensure accommodation and resources are conducive to learning, are cost

effective and plan for the expansion of Woodbridge Park Education Service.

Working in effective partnership with schools, Schools Forum, Hounslow LA, close neighboring

boroughs and other relevant partners to ensure that funding streams are available now and in the

long term to provide outstanding outcomes for the young people at Woodbridge Park Education

Service.

Using funding strategically and monitoring and evaluating its effectiveness and impact across

Woodbridge Park Education Service.

Actively ensuring safeguarding, child protection, inclusion and equality of opportunities are the

bedrock of policy, practice and culture at Woodbridge Park Education Service.

Ensuring the effective management of human resources to achieve high standards and harmonious

and positive relationships.

Maintaining and embedding a culture of collaboration across Woodbridge Park Education Service

where all staff work individually and as part of a team and where success is celebrated.

Developing and maintaining a culture of high expectations and accountability for all staff to maintain

and enhance effective systems for performance management.

Strategic direction and development

With the Management Committee, work in close collaboration with all key stakeholders to develop and communicate a clear, effective strategic vision

Lead and manage a complex organisation effectively and ensure the Woodbridge Park Education Service Development Plan and associated action plans are implemented efficiently and successfully

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Motivate and empower others to carry the vision and values of the Woodbridge Park Education Service forward and manage change

Recruit pupils/students and staff, ensure the statutory requirements, the decisions of the Management Committee and the needs of the pupils/students, their parents/carers and the community are met

Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation, statutory and non-statutory guidance and Woodbridge Park Education Service policies including but not limited to safeguarding, child protection, diversity, inclusion and equality

Teaching Learning and Assessment

Meet the substance of the requirements of the national curriculum and provide a motivational, broad and relevant curriculum underpinned by e-learning technologies

Ensure that the curriculum appropriately matches the diverse and individual needs of all students

Ensure students receive learning and support in accordance with their statements or Education,

Health and Care Plans

Achieve a positive culture through the effective management of student behavior and attitudes to

learning

Involve students in the decision-making processes at Woodbridge Park Education Service by

developing effective policies and practices that treat students as partners in the learning

process

Lead and manage pastoral care, student welfare, safeguarding (including e-safety) and anti-

bullying procedures effectively

Direct staff to ensure the effective assessment, recording and reporting systems of student

progress, and ensure evidence is appropriate to support improvements and satisfy external

scrutiny including Ofsted

Leading and managing staff

Lead on the recruitment and selection of teaching and support staff ensuring safer recruitment is practiced at all times

Deploy effective staff management, lead by example and motivate others and generate effective

working relationships at all levels

Develop and maintain a culture of high expectations and accountability for all staff through

effective performance management and professional development to ensure excellent quality

of education and learning.

Continually evaluate Woodbridge Park Education Service’s performance and set priorities

for improvement, assess the impact of change programmes against desired outcomes and identify areas that still require development.

Develop and sustain the vision to take Woodbridge Park Education Service to its next stage

of development and implement processes of continuous improvement.

Ensure that effective school policies, protocols and procedures are implemented, and

reviewed regularly to ensure they remain compliant and are sufficiently robust to protect the

interests of the whole school community.

Efficient and effective use of resources

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Ensure effective use of funding streams, to ensure positive impact on learning and achievement

Plan, manage and monitor the curriculum and staffing within the agreed budget, setting

appropriate priorities for expenditure, allocating funds and ensuring effective administration

and control

Manage and organise accommodation efficiently and effectively to ensure that it meets the

needs of the curriculum, promotes a positive learning environment and securely meets health

and safety requirements

Monitor and evaluate overall provision for value for money and ensure information for governors, audit and EFA is timely and unambiguous

Seek to ensure that current and future funding arrangements are appropriate to provide the physical and learning resources required to ensure outstanding learning outcomes for learners

Accountability and Compliance

Secure a positive working relationship with the Woodbridge Park Education Service

Management Committee ensuring that information, and objective advice is available in a

timely and accurate manner enabling the governors to meet the statutory responsibilities

Present a coherent and accurate account of the Service’s performance in a form appropriate to a range

of audiences, including parents/carers and pupils/students

Ensure that parents/carers and pupils/students are well informed about curriculum achievement and

progress and are able to understand targets for improvement

Develop and encourage good relations between Woodbridge Park Education Service and the wider

local community by working effectively with other schools and partners, locally, nationally and

internationally, as appropriate.

Be compliant with duties of confidentiality Data Protection principles, Woodbridge Park Education

Service policies and procedures and requirements for safeguarding vulnerable groups.

Ensure concerns regarding breach of duty, bribery, whistleblowing or any other unethical or

unlawful practice by any person are brought to the attention of the Management Committee and

Local Authority without delay.

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Woodbridge Park Education Service

Headteacher Person Specification

This person specification defines the type of person required, and describes the essential and desirable skills, knowledge, qualifications, specific conditions and competencies required to undertake the duties of the job description. Items marked as ‘E’ (Essential) must be demonstrated on the application form and/or at interview, as indicated below. Failure to do so is likely to result in the application in question being omitted from a short list for interview. You should ensure that you provide supporting evidence of how you meet the criteria through reference to work or other relevant experience. Items marked as ‘D’ (Desirable) may form the basis for selection and should be demonstrated if possible in the application form (’A’) and / or at interview (‘I’) as indicated below. Selection decisions will be based on the criteria outlined below. At each stage of the process an assessment will be made by the appointment panel to determine how far the criteria have been met.

Outline of Key Abilities

To provide the effective, professional leadership and management of Woodbridge Park Education Service to achieve continued outstanding success:

Leadership and management of students' attainment and progress

Leadership and management of staff

Leadership and management of the national curriculum

Leadership of learning and teaching and attitudes to learning

Strategic leadership of safeguarding and child protection

Financial and resources leadership and management

Management and control of risk

Management of resources and premises

Key:

E – Essential D – Desirable A – Application Form I – Interview Process

A. Qualifications E D A I

1. Qualified Teacher Status

2. Additional SEN qualification

3. Successful recent leadership experience as a Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher or equivalent senior position

4. Evidence of further relevant professional development e.g. NPQH, MA or similar

B. Knowledge and Understanding E D A I

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Able to evidence and apply up to date secure knowledge and understanding of:

1. Knowledge of recent national developments in secondary education, and the statutory and Ofsted frameworks within which a school operates to meet all students needs

2. Knowledge of school evaluation and school development planning to secure effective teaching and learning and raising standards

3. Knowledge and understanding of what makes an effective school and effective strategies that include effective target setting, assessment, diversity and inclusion that achieve school improvement and pupil progress

4. Have a range of effective teaching methods with students with challenging behaviour

5. ‘Working together to safeguard children’ and ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’

C. Skills E D A I

1. Work on own initiative, prioritise own workload and that of others. Anticipate and meet deadlines around Woodbridge Park Education Service priorities and timescales.

2. Work closely with the Management Committee to lead on the strategic direction and development whilst creating and communicating a compelling effective vision

3. Communicate clearly, effectively, calmly and professionally in the English language, both verbally and in writing with all students and adults

4. High level of numeracy and financial understanding plus an aptitude/willingness to develop this skill and knowledge base

5. Accurate interpretation and the effective use of comparative data in raising whole school standards through analysis and evaluation of pupil data, target setting, assessment for learning and pupil tracking. Ability to clearly and effectively communicate the results of any comparative data to a range of different audiences in simple terms.

6. Positively manage a variety of challenging clients in a calm and professional manner and to successfully build constructive relationships with colleagues, parents, other educational establishments and external agencies

7. Excellent change management skills ensuring that continuous improvement is embedded across Woodbridge Park Education Service

8. The ability to influence external partners, acknowledge difference and resolve conflict.

9. Effective leadership skills including the ability to: carry out strategic planning; involve, inspire, motivate and unite others; and be able to articulate a vision and direction for Woodbridge Park Education Service and translate such vision into coherent, achievable effective outcomes.

10. Effective management skills to include: strategic financial management and human resources; people management skills

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to include delegation coordinating, monitoring and evaluating all aspects of performance successfully.

D. Proven successful experience of: E D A I

1. Successfully managing the learning of students with challenging behaviour working in either a special school, pupil referral unit or in a mainstream setting

2. Challenging underperformance at all levels and ensuring effective corrective action and follow up

3. Working effectively in partnership with parents, carers, outside agencies and other schools

4. Leading and managing change within an education setting

E. Personal Attributes E D A I

1. Consistently demonstrate the professional behaviours and values expected by virtue of being a person in a position of responsibility and trust

2. Demonstrate emotional intelligence

3. The ability to manage oneself, including time management, professional direction and development and an ability to work effectively, as part of a team, at all times including challenging circumstances.

4. Ability to establish and promote a safe, secure and healthy learning environment for students and staff. Ability to promote a healthy work-life balance for staff and oneself.

5. Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to relate to people with understanding, humour and tact; to communicate effectively with a wide range of potential audiences and to listen and understand the point of view and opinions of other people.

6. A genuine concern to secure the educational progress of pupils irrespective of their ability, sexual orientation or ethnic, cultural or social background

7. Suitable to work with children and able to always maintain appropriate professional boundaries between oneself and children and other work colleagues