Deputy Headteacher, Student Culture and Welfare

At OFG, we work smarter so you can spend more time doing what makes you happy!

How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four*?

Our colleagues’ wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we’re always looking for new ways to improve everyone’s work/life balance. We’re taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent).

4DWW will be rolled out within our school, when we have a full complement of staff, and within the next year – so there’s never been a more exciting time to join us #teamOFG!

Job Title:          Deputy Headteacher, Student Culture and Welfare

Location:          Heath Farm College, Maidstone, ME16 0ER

Salary:              Up to £55,000 per annum depending on experience

Hours:              35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Contract:          Permanent, Term Time Only

UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Deputy Headteacher  to join our close-knit team at Heath Farm College located in Maidstone.

About the role

To lead and model the highest standards of education and learning, alongside promoting and modelling the college’s values of ‘Love, Commitment and Opportunity’

To operate as a member of the college leadership team and deputise for the Head of College when necessary 

To provide professional strategic and operational leadership for identified aspects of the College Improvement Plan

To promote the culture of safeguarding within the college

To ensure the highest standards of welfare and safety for the students

To model and uphold the students’ ‘Code of Conduct’

To ensure the college Programme of Study enhances student personal development, cultural capital and celebrates diversity 

To build upon the already established high quality of pastoral care and support, by effectively leading on student culture and welfare 

To model a ‘lifelong learning’ culture throughout the college 

To lead on SEND strategies across the college and to lead on EHCP Annual Reviews, PEPs, CLA reviews and other professionals’ meetings, to further develop, with the Head of College, the continuum matrix for bespoke student outcomes across PEPs and EHCPs

To maintain a culture that promotes excellence, equality and high expectations for all students 

Actively seek and promote positive and creative solutions to challenges and opportunities 

To ensure equality of opportunity for all 

To ensure implementation of the college’s policies and modelling of the highest standards of leadership and management 

To contribute to the sustaining, development, and review of policies, practices and structures that drive forward the college’s improvement

 Implement the areas of the College Improvement Plan for which they are responsible 

To use resources efficiently and effectively to ensure outstanding quality of provision that meets the needs of all students 

Qualifications required

QTS

About us

We are an independent SEN school and sixth form that offers a unique and stimulating environment, where every pupil is able to make outstanding progress in their personal development and enjoy success in their education. 

Our students present with a wide range of needs, including social and emotional issues, learning difficulties, mental health problems and associated conditions.  However, they are able to enjoy extraordinary outcomes and be happy at school. All classes have excellent ratios of at least 2:1, students to adults. Typically, classes have between 6-8 students.

As an independent SEN school, we are far removed from the bureaucracy found in so many other schools and we are able to abandon ineffective and traditional methods in favour of new, highly effective and tailored initiatives – essentially, we do what we know is right for the students in our care.

Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education and residential care for vulnerable pupils and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

Why join Acorn Education?

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

Life Assurance

Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions

“Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits

100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad

Cycle to Work Schemes

Electric Car Purchase Scheme

Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy. 

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