Pendle Community High School and College
Age range: 11-19
Number on roll: School: 100 College: 36

Assistant Headteacher
L7 – L13

Following a restructure of current roles and responsibilities we are seeking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic and committed Assistant Headteacher to join the Senior Leadership Team at our successful secondary special school and college, for students with general learning difficulties (ages 11 – 19). We currently have around 140 students on roll, with a combination of moderate, severe and profound learning difficulties, including autism and other associated needs.

The successful candidate would be joining a highly committed staff team making a real difference to the lives of young people with special educational needs. The role will have specific responsibilities around the highly effective leadership and management of Quality of Education.

Pendle Community High School and College is co-located with a mainstream secondary school. Our school and college both provide an exciting and enriching environment, with a range of opportunities for social and educational inclusion.

If you are passionate about school leadership and in particular taking responsibility for the operational management of Quality of Education re: a wide range of special educational needs and disabilities, this post may be an opportunity for you.

An informal, pre-application visit has been scheduled for Tuesday 17th March at 9.30am. Please confirm your attendance by telephoning Joanna McCullough (HR admin) on 01282 682260.

The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Act 1975. If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service for a ‘disclosure’.

Application forms Completed applications must be submitted electronically to Joanna McCullough (HR admin) at hradmin@pchs.lancs.sch.uk.

Rehabilitation of offenders Act 1974 – details of any criminal record spent or unspent should be sent to the Chair of Governors c/o school address by 20th March 2020

Pendle Community High School and College are seeking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic and outstanding teacher with additional Teaching and Learning Responsibilities (TLR) in relation to subject responsibility for mathematics, to join the extended leadership at our highly successful secondary special school and college for generic learning difficulties. We currently have around 140 students on roll (ages11 -19), with a combination of moderate, severe and profound learning difficulties, including autism and other associated needs.

Pendle Community High School is co-located with a mainstream secondary school, providing a wealth of opportunities for social and educational inclusion.

The successful candidate would be joining a highly committed and dynamic staff team making a real difference to the lives of young people with special educational needs.

The post holder would be expected to deliver outstanding quality of education (with up to eighty percent timetable commitment).

The TLR post will have the following responsibilities:

• Undertake lead responsibility for mathematics
• Lead practitioner for delivery and implementation of curriculum and overseeing associated accreditation (KS3-5).
• Oversight, monitoring and quality assurance of planning; marking and annotation; IEP targets and Annual Review comments etc.
• Oversee /support moderation of assessment and input of mathematical progress data to our bespoke assessment tool ‘Onwards-Upwards’.

The post holder will also be an active member of the Extended Leadership Team (alongside SLT), and be engaged in a range of associated projects, whole school /college initiatives and improvement.

If you are keen to embrace a middle leadership role and feel you have the appropriate skills, knowledge and experience in both leadership and special educational needs within a special school setting, this post may be a fantastic opportunity for you.

An informal, pre-application visit has been scheduled for Thursday 19th March at 2pm. Please confirm your attendance by telephoning Joanna McCullough (HR admin) on 01282 682260.

The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Act 1975. If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service for a ‘disclosure’.

Application forms Completed applications must be submitted electronically to hradmin@pchs.lancs.sch.uk.

Rehabilitation of offenders Act 1974 – details of any criminal record spent or unspent should be sent to the Chair of Governors c/o school address by 20th March 2020.