Deputy Headteacher – Quality of Care (Pastoral)

Deputy Headteacher – Quality of Care (Pastoral)

Permanent Full time

Salary: L17 – L21

Actual Salary £73,819 to £81,441

Start date-April 2025 or in discussion with the appointed candidate.

Redwood School is an inclusive, exceptional and outward looking generic special school in Rochdale. With 346 learners, educated across multiple sites and almost 200 staff, it is one of the largest 11-19 schools of its type. In this new and pivotal role, you will be instrumental in creating and sustaining a high-quality pastoral offer, coordinating, and monitoring all aspects including safeguarding, behaviour, and intervention.

The main school is co-located with an 11-16 mainstream academy with much of the sixth form provision located at a specialist satellite centre nearby. In addition, the school has recently opened two small specialist hubs on the sites of two sponsored mainstream academies in Rochdale and there are internship sites including at Rochdale Football Club and a local NHS Hospital. These innovative partnerships, and the outward looking approach which underpins them, are important to the school’s culture. The need for places in special schools in the area is significant, with an ever more complex cohort, and further expansion of the school is likely.

You will work as part of an experienced strategic team, alongside the Headteacher, the Deputy Head who oversees the quality of education and School Business Manager. Together with the contributions of its skilled and committed staff, everyone is moving the school towards the shared vision to be a ‘specialist SEND community inspiring Rochdale and beyond’. You will have a real opportunity to make a difference, both within school and across the borough.

We are looking for a dedicated and organised leader who enjoys working with young people. You must be able to demonstrate recent, successful, and sustained impact as a senior leader in either a SEND or mainstream setting. You will need to have the skills and attributes to take people with you, whilst being committed to ongoing research to ensure that Redwood continues to develop and demonstrate the very best SEND and inclusive practice.

To find out more about this exceptional opportunity please visit: www.hays.co.uk/vacancies/redwood-school

Contact Martin Blair at Hays Leadership for a confidential discussion, to arrange a visit to the school or to discuss making an application.

Martin Blair

T: 07736791138

E: martin.blair@hays.com

Closing date – 11.59pm, Monday 10th February

Interviews – 25th and 26th February

Start date – April 2025 or in discussion with the appointed candidate.

Redwood School values equality and diversity and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be subject to safer recruitment practices including satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check