Executive Head of County Primary and Secondary Short-Stay Provision

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Job Description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicestershire LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid, time will be divided between Oakfield Short Stay School and the secondary provisions

Salary: Teachers' leadership pay scale: L26 £92,052 - L30 £101,533

Working Hours: As per centrally employed teachers on the leadership scale

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 02/03/2025

Interview Date(s): 10/30/2025

Are you an experienced school leader who is committed to inclusion? If you would like to make a difference to vulnerable children and young people who need support to achieve their potential, this role will appeal to you.

About the Role

If appointed, your core purpose will be to meet the needs of pupils who are at risk of permanent exclusion by:

• Supporting schools in strengthening their capacity to meet the needs of these pupils.
• Providing an alternative setting where the needs of more complex pupils can be assessed and addressed.

You will lead on establishing and driving the ethos, vision and values of the primary short stay school, ensuring they equally reflect those of the Local Authority and its strategic plan. You will also provide strategic leadership of area provisions for secondary aged children and young people who have been permanently excluded from school.

You will work with staff, governors, parents/carers, local and national networks and wider good practice to build on the strong foundations that are in place to maintain and further improve all aspects of standards and quality in the primary school and secondary provisions.

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.

About You

To apply for this post, you must:

• Hold qualified teacher status.
• Have substantial and successful experience in a senior leadership role e.g. as a Headteacher, Interim Headteacher, Deputy Head, etc.
• Have experience of school-to-school support.
• Been part of the successful implementation of strategies to improve teaching and learning to raise the standards of academic achievement for pupils with SEMH.
• Have a knowledge of excellence in SEND teaching practices, including appropriate teaching and learning styles.
• Experience of leading provision and managing staff across multiple sites.
• Evidence of successfully working with parent/carers and the community as partners in learning.
• Experience of working in collaboration with other schools to realise improvement and raise standards

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Enter name and job title: Beth Clements

Telephone: 0116 305 1522

Email: Beth.Clements@leics.gov.uk

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.freshdesk.com/support/home.

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About Us

About Leicestershire County Council

Leicestershire County Council is a Disability Confident, Menopause Friendly, Mindful Employer, Fostering Friendly, Forces Friendly, and Cycle Friendly organisation. In August 2021, we also signed up to the Race at Work Charter. We are strongly committed to promoting equality and opportunity, championing employee wellbeing and investing in staff training and development.

Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone. Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire.

For further information on what it's like to work for us and the benefits we offer, please refer to the following:

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