DEPUTY HEADTEACHER AND SENDCo

Kingsham Primary School is set in spacious grounds, close to the centre of Chichester. The school has a strong sense of community for the nearly 300 pupils with a set of shared values which underpin the life of the school and drive the rich curriculum. We have high ambitions for all of our children to achieve extremely well across the curriculum and we ensure all of our efforts within the school are focused on these goals.

We are actively seeking a new Deputy Headteacher and SENDCo from January 2025.

We offer you a skilled, hardworking and dedicated staff team willing to offer support and expertise to develop your own practice, as well as excited to learn from you. You will be a strong and confident teacher and an enthusiastic team player with high expectations of all children’s achievement and behaviour. 

The Deputy Headteacher and SENDCo will support the Headteacher in providing strategic leadership and direction to ensure that the children get the best possible educational experience from Reception to Year 6. With a shared belief in the vision and values of the University of Chichester Academy Trust, you will ensure a child-centred approach where teaching is consistently good or better.  Fostering confidence, ambition and motivation in staff to promote and deliver a positive, exciting and relevant learning experience for pupils, the post holder will also engage and enthuse parents for the benefit of the pupils and School.   

Our new Deputy Headteacher and SENDCo will be a qualified SENDCo and need to have a high level of commitment to the entire school community and to developing and sustaining excellence in learning and teaching.  You must also have an ability to foster an open, innovative culture, which will have a real and positive impact on the lives of all the pupils and the community.

If successful, you will be an integral member of the Senior Leadership Team who is expected to actively contribute to school development and enable a provision of outstanding learning opportunities that embrace the richness of diversity with high aspirations for all.

This role is primarily a non-classroom based role, however there will be an expectation to teach classes or groups across all three of the primary key stages depending on the needs of the children.

Kingsham Primary School is part of the University of Chichester (Multi) Academy Trust family, with the ethos of the school underlying a shared belief, where every child matters and every day is a day for learning and making progress. Joining the Trust, you will find a wealth of opportunity to develop and work in a collaborative environment, networking with colleagues across the Trust, to share best practice and ideas for the benefit of all.

If you have the passion to make a real and positive impact on the lives of our children, we would be delighted to arrange an informal discussion with Lee Dallinger, Headteacher; please email menstone@kingshamprimary.org.uk to arrange. Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged and can be arranged by contacting Lee Dallinger on 01243 784056.

A full Candidate Information pack is available on the University of Chichester (Multi) Academy website https://www.unicat.org.uk.  Applicants should complete an Application Form and return it UNICATHR@chi.ac.uk  Closing date will be 9.00 a.m. on Friday 25^th October 2024 and the Assessment Day and Interviews will be held on Friday 8^th November 2024.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of all relevant pre-employment checks.