Virtual Headteacher

Job Description

The core purpose of the role of the Virtual School Head Teacher is to be relentless in driving up improvements in the educational progress and attainment/achievement of an identified group of young people, including Care Experienced, across Clackmannanshire secondary schools.

The core function of the Virtual School Head Teacher in terms of planning is to ensure that all children have access to appropriate and timely support achieved by collaborating with relevant professionals to ensure plans are of a high quality, with impact and outcomes followed up.

The successful candidate is required to be skilled at creating appropriate support packages with partners, including third sector colleagues, CLD and college that best meet the needs of young people with ASN, enabling them to enter positive, post school destinations.

The Virtual School Head Teacher has a powerful role in tracking the progress of young people and it will require close collaboration and joint planning with Headteachers and others across the service who share responsibility for individual children and young people. Although the young people will remain on their current school roll, they will be coded as attending Virtual School.

The successful candidate will be expected to report on outcomes to the Children and Young People’s Board and to the Strategic Director, Chief Education Officer and Elected Members, as and when required and to provide verbal and written updates on progress with Clackmannanshire Council’s Promise Plan.

There is a degree of autonomy and flexibility incorporated into the post, as the postholder will be required to work across our educational establishments as well as designated periods in Kilncraigs.

Additional Information

You can view the application pack below which contains the job profile outlining the skills, experience and knowledge required for this job.  You can also find our recruitment privacy notice and a general information pack about Clackmannanshire Council.

Clackmannanshire Council is currently promoting the recruitment campaign “Get into Care for Adult Care”.  Further documents can be viewed below – these do not relate to the job advertised.

Clackmannanshire Council welcomes applications from everyone and we value diversity in our workforce.  We are committed to being an exemplar employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect.  For this vacancy, we would welcome applications from ethnic minority groups, who are currently under represented in our workforce.

Clackmannanshire Council operates a flexible hybrid approach for those roles that allow this type of working.  Attendance at the office will be required to meet the needs of the business and for example to build team and stakeholder relationships.  The exact pattern of working will be agreed with you as part of the recruitment process.

Clackmannanshire Council is a living wage accredited employer.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and / or Protected Adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.  You will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check prior to a formal offer of employment being made by Clackmannanshire Council.  Further guidance will follow in your conditional offer of employment on how to apply.  Please note you will be required to pay for the cost of this application if your salary is over £38,000 per annum, which will be deducted from your first pay.  Further information can be found here https://www.mygov.scot/apply-for-pvg

Should you have difficulty applying for a job online please call 01259 452244 (24 hrs) and leave your details along with the reference number of the post.

Please note that if you are selected for interview you will be notified by e-mail.

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