Deputy Head of Knowsley Virtual School

Knowsley Council is an award winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024.  Come join us and be part of our success.

Knowsley Virtual School work with Cared for Children and Care Experienced People, their schools, carers and social worker to ensure that they are able to access good education provision to enable them to achieve.

In 2021 the remit of the Virtual School Head Teacher was widened to include the strategic overview of children with a social worker.  Your role will be to work with the Virtual School Headteacher to develop strategies to raise levels of achievement and remove barriers to progress and engagement for vulnerable children in Knowsley.

You will have some line management responsibility within the Virtual School team, working together to improve the quality and impact of Personal Education Plans for children in care.

You will be responsible for creating and maintaining a culture of inclusion in policy and practice, taking a lead role in working to reduce school suspensions and exclusions.

You will be confident in producing reports regarding the activity of the Virtual School and the outcomes of children in care and children with a social worker.

It is essential to hold a relevant qualification in education, youth, community, or health and social care, with evidence of continued professional development

Interviews will take place at Huyton Municipal building and are likely to take place week commencing 19 May 2025

At Knowsley Council we will consider requests for flexible working.  For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, working from home, compressed hours, part-time.

We promote applications from all sections of the community, regardless of background, belief, or identity, recognising the value that diversity brings to our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and candidates with disabilities as we acknowledge their underrepresentation in our workforce.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applicants.

At Knowsley we value our applicants and want them to feel well-informed and welcomed.  If you have any questions about this specific job role or what it is like to work at Knowsley, please contact: Sue Smerdon at , susan.smerdon@knowsley.gov.uk / 07384 900764

If you are interested in this vacancy, please upload your CV along with a supporting statement as one document in PDF or Word format. Your CV and supporting statement should be tailored to reflect the competencies within the person specification.

Please note if a CV and supporting statement does not reflect the person specification it is unlikely to be shortlisted.