Deputy Headteacher

Tes is supporting the appointment of a Deputy Headteacher to join a Independent School based in Ealing.

Starting Salary: £62,148 - £67,363 per annum (dependent on experience)

Contract: Permanent; Term time + 3 weeks.

Are you an experienced, outstanding senior leader with substantial teaching experience in a specialist school?

Have you been successful in leading a provision's education or academic progress focussing on robust teaching and learning?

Do you make evidence based decisions to drive successful outcomes for young people?

They are seeking a highly child-centric education professional to lead the education provision of their school in North West London. You will provide advice and guidance to teachers, practitioners and parents in order to fully support the needs of highly complex and vulnerable neurodiverse young people.

In this role you will develop the curriculum to ensure it is robust, appropriate and engaging, supporting teachers and practitioners to differentiate learning opportunities and decoding learning for complex young people which other may take for granted. You will lead your staff team to adapt teaching & learning opportunities to allow their vulnerable and complex young pupils to thrive, gain qualifications and become successful independent adults and leaders.

You will provide hands-on expertise in holistic child focussed solutions, ensuring all staff, pupils and parents/carers have the right resources, knowledge and skills to meet individual SEN needs, ensure effective pupil progress, a passion for life-long learning and career development, with the skills to positively influence their community and society.

Essential requirements to be successful in the role are:

• A champion of education and advocate for young people, with similar values to match their: Expect the very best from each other; Develop a strong work ethic; Respect and appreciate all difference; Include everyone and exclude no one; Listen to and involve everyone; Never give up on each other!
• Able to deliver an engaging and diverse curriculum through outstanding teaching practice.
• Resilient and robust, role modelling outstanding teaching and professionalism.
• Substantial demonstrable experience within specialist therapeutic education provisions or specialist schools, collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams of educators, clinicians and social workers.
• Proven experience of positive performance management & developing teams, inclusive of coaching and influencing staff to deliver innovative ways of working and teaching.
• Demonstrable experience in meeting needs of individuals, providing bespoke interventions, and educational administration linked to Education, Health & Care Plans (EHCPs)
• Experience of driving inclusive education initiatives to support best practice with vulnerable and complex groups.
• Proven skills in coaching & mentoring.
• Proactive and innovative, collaborating with team members in other disciplines, whilst also with the ability to work flexibly and independently.

In return they offer: 

• Competitive salary and terms and conditions, including school holidays and consistent monthly pay.
• An opportunity to make a real difference and join a leading provider of specialist education, directly contributing towards positive outcomes for pupils with SEMH and ASC.
• Excellent CPD opportunities with all staff provided an individual Learning & Development Plan to support career development, including education qualifications at all levels (QTS / QTLS / ECF / NPQs) and enrolment onto their Ofqual registered Level 3 Award in Therapeutic Education and Group Process
• Comprehensive induction process.
• Regular half termly staff wellbeing days.
• A range of employee support and wellbeing benefits including their Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), counselling, gym discounts and contributions towards medical costs and an exclusive rewards platform.

All applicants need to have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for the role.

By applying to this job advertisement, you are providing consent for the Tes Recruitment team to propose and discuss your application with the employer.

Tes Recruitment Services (UK) represent Schools and Academies across the globe, supporting them to secure a great teacher/leader for every role. 

To learn more about this role please email managedrecruit@tes.com for an information pack that includes school name, role specifics and context. 

Please include REF: MH2151927 in the email subject line. Please note that we are unable to accept CVs sent to us via email so please use the stated application route.