Head of Specialist Resource Provision - Vision Impairment
| Posting date: | 07 August 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 September 2025 |
| Location: | Woking, Surrey, GU21 4TJ |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 196071c3-df6d-477b-917e-dde823d01096 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a passionate, experienced and well-qualified Qualified Teacher of students with a vision impairment (QTVI) who is looking for an opportunity to provide strong leadership to our highly successful Specialist Resource Provision – Vision Impairment.
The successful candidate will demonstrate a student-centred approach and a commitment to the school’s Mission and Core Values, ensuring that teaching and learning is consistently good or better and that all young people, regardless of background and ability, make at least expected progress and that ambitious targets for student performance are met in all Key Stages.
What the school offers its staff
Woking High School is a high achieving school with Academy status. We have an outstanding team of staff who are all committed to developing our students as individuals. All students are challenged to achieve their best. The Ofsted inspection of April 2025, which judged the school to be good, noted that, ‘‘This is a lively, welcoming school where expectations are high. Pupils live up to the school’s motto of inspire, challenge, achieve’’ and ‘‘The school’s curriculum is designed to develop pupils to be confident, responsible and articulate learners’’.
Commitment to safeguarding
Woking High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of the requirements of KCSIE, all roles are subject to online checks including Social Media. These are carried out by a 3rd party – https://www.sp-index.com/. By applying for this role, you agree to these checks being carried out and your data being processed by SP-Index. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
We are looking for a passionate, experienced and well-qualified Qualified Teacher of students with a vision impairment (QTVI) who is looking for an opportunity to provide strong leadership to our highly successful Specialist Resource Provision – Vision Impairment.
The successful candidate will demonstrate a student-centred approach and a commitment to the school’s Mission and Core Values, ensuring that teaching and learning is consistently good or better and that all young people, regardless of background and ability, make at least expected progress and that ambitious targets for student performance are met in all Key Stages.
What the school offers its staff
Woking High School is a high achieving school with Academy status. We have an outstanding team of staff who are all committed to developing our students as individuals. All students are challenged to achieve their best. The Ofsted inspection of April 2025, which judged the school to be good, noted that, ‘‘This is a lively, welcoming school where expectations are high. Pupils live up to the school’s motto of inspire, challenge, achieve’’ and ‘‘The school’s curriculum is designed to develop pupils to be confident, responsible and articulate learners’’.
Commitment to safeguarding
Woking High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of the requirements of KCSIE, all roles are subject to online checks including Social Media. These are carried out by a 3rd party – https://www.sp-index.com/. By applying for this role, you agree to these checks being carried out and your data being processed by SP-Index. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.