Headteacher

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Job Title: Headteacher 

Salary:    Up to £60,000 per annum dependent on experience 

Contract: 37.5 Hours, Permanent 

Location: ADL, Home Based using Virtual Classroom 

Contract: Permanent

Start Date: September 2024

About the School

ADL provides immersive, high-quality alternative learning provision for KS3 and KS4 learners across the UK. 

At ADL, we are leading the way for online schooling, embracing our unique status as an alternative provider for a diverse group of children and young people. Many may have been out of education for some time, while others may have additional learning needs or identified barriers to learning.

Many young people who, for various reasons, are unable to cope with mainstream and specialist settings, thrive with online learning. If you are a teacher, parent or carer with a child or young person who needs an innovative, flexible, fresh and exciting route back to successful learning, please get in touch.

ADL supports children who are unable to attend mainstream education.  We are an online “school” who specialise in working with looked after children and children who cannot access mainstream education as they are between placements, have complex medical needs or because they are in danger of exclusion.  We provide a live platform for teaching and learning through a remote network of home-based teachers and deliver live lessons in small groups via online classrooms supported by an extensive library of e-teaching & learning materials.

About the Role

The Headteacher will provide effective leadership and management of the school that ensures the school meets its aims and objectives and operates within the overall strategy and objectives of Momenta Connect. 

Key objectives of the role, that the Headteacher is expected to achieve:

• Outstanding outcomes for pupils that are a reflection of their needs, abilities and aptitudes.
• A safe environment that protects the welfare of pupils and staff in the online school.
• Meeting all statutory requirements as defined by the DfE, Ofsted and other external bodies and achieving the highest inspection ratings possible.
• A motivated staff group that is fully engaged in the goal of achieving excellence in all areas of school life and who are committed to continuing personal and professional development.
• The commercial success of the school as defined by: the efficient use of capacity and utilisation of the teaching staff; the rigorous management of costs; and the development and implementation of growth plans as appropriate.
• Effective strategic and operational planning, that includes self-evaluation, school improvement and delivery following the Ofsted framework.
• A shared vision, that fits within the overall Momenta Connect strategy, which inspires and motivates students, staff and all other members of the school community.

Please see the Job Description for full details regarding this position.

About Momenta Connect

At Momenta Connect, we support young people to overcome barriers and engage with education. 

Our services include education attendance and safeguarding, diagnostic and therapeutic support and online learning, all aimed at rebuilding and maintaining a young person's connection to education. We believe in the ability of every individual we support to progress and succeed. We are ambitious for their future and are committed to challenging and overcoming any obstacles to this. 

We give those we support a stronger voice and work collaboratively with parents and educational partners to develop thinking and approaches that will inspire choice, improve accessibility and open doors.

We are an advocate of early intervention, and we work in partnership with local authorities, schools and families to enable children to remain in existing settings.

The thread that runs through Momenta Connect is our commitment to prove that progress is possible. Our specialist support provides families and young people with the opportunity to shape their own future and achieve incredible outcomes.

How do we achieve and deliver the 'Incredible'?

We are dedicated to providing exceptional educational opportunities and care for neurodivergent young people. Our focus is on ensuring that each of our pupils has access to learning that is tailored to their needs, enabling them to overcome specific barriers, achieve personal goals, and celebrate their successes. At the heart of everything we do is the individual pupil.

Our efforts are paying off - in the last academic year alone, we educated over 3,000 neurodivergent pupils, and 98% of our schools were given an Ofsted rating of good or outstanding. Even more importantly, 100% of our leavers go on to employment, education, or training - a significantly higher rate than the national average.

Why work for us? 

Your health and well-being 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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