Assistant Head of Education

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Job Description

• Lapwing Education- Suffolk or north Essex hybrid working
• £37,738 - £47,173 per annum (actual)
• 37.5 hours per week (minimum 30 hours possible), 39 weeks per year (term time only)
• Permanent
• Reference: 0777
• Required to start no later than January 2025.

• Are you an experienced or an aspiring education leader?
• Do you have what it takes to support the leadership and growth of a specialist therapeutic education provision across Suffolk and Essex?
• Are you committed to the holistic development of some of most disadvantaged young people in the county?
• Do you want to be an integral part of one of the fastest growing education charities in East Anglia?

Lapwing continues to expand and strengthen its peripatetic Education Team across East Anglia and is looking for an inspiring Assistant Head of Education, Suffolk to join the Senior Leadership Team and add further leadership and management capacity to a growing delivery team in Suffolk. This will be our third Assistant Head of Education in Suffolk/Essex due to the continued expansion of the organisation.

This is a very exciting opportunity, as this role will be integral to the effective delivery of Lapwing's provision involving modelling, shaping and quality assuring best practice education delivery, while supervising, coaching and developing colleagues.

You will be an outstanding teacher from any age range with robust knowledge and experience of teaching, assessing and working with young people with special educational needs. You may be an experienced or an aspiring leader, but you will have demonstrable leadership, management and staff development experience and be able to model best practice and creative approaches to colleagues.

Lapwing is a specialist therapeutic education provider and charity, working with young people (aged 4 - 25 years old) facing exclusion from education, employment and the community through social, emotional, behavioural or learning difficulties and disabilities. Lapwing delivers a broad range of highly personalised education programmes and projects that are designed to meet the needs of, and help realise the aspirations of, each student.

This is ideally a full-time position within term time only; a minimum of 30 hours per week is possible for the right candidate. The post is peripatetic working out of Lapwing's head office in Martlesham Heath, Suffolk. Lapwing believe in a healthy work- life balance and expect senior leaders to model this to colleagues.

To find out more:

For an informal chat about the role, telephone Will Fletcher, CEO, on 07501 969099.

How to apply:

To access an application pack, visit: https://lapwingeducation.co.uk/join-us/

Please return all completed applications by email to Kirsty Burgess, Education Support Administrator, via: kburgess@lapwingeducation.com .

Closing date: 9am, 30 September 2024.
Interview date: 3 and 4 October 2024.

Lapwing Education welcomes everyone and creates inclusive teams. We celebrate difference and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work. Appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. Lapwing is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Promoted as JOTW (Job of the Week) on Suffolk Jobs Direct.

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