Assistant Headteacher

Job Description

This role is for an experienced teacher and school leader ready to step into senior leadership. You’ll help shape a specialist school where high expectations, trauma‑informed practice and inclusive education go hand in hand. It’s an opportunity to influence whole‑school outcomes while continuing to make a real difference for pupils with SEND.

• Salary: 45000 to 50000 per annum
• Contract:
  
  Permanent full‑time
• Setting:
  Specialist SEND School

• Lead where inclusion is central: A specialist environment designed to meet the needs of pupils with SEND.
• Shape teaching and behaviour culture:
  Play a key role in embedding effective behaviour management and trauma‑informed practices across the school.
• Invest in your leadership journey:
  Paid training and funded qualifications.
• Long‑term security:
  Company pension scheme and enhanced parental leave.
• Added value benefits:
  Access to a benefits portal offering wellbeing support and everyday savings.

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
• Extensive background in teaching and education.
• Proven leadership experience within a school setting.
• Strong knowledge of the National Curriculum.
• Experience in behaviour management, safeguarding and trauma‑informed approaches.
• A genuine passion for supporting pupils with SEND.

• Experience working in a specialist or alternative provision school.
• Additional leadership or SEND‑related qualifications.

• Support the Headteacher in the strategic leadership and day‑to‑day running of the school.
• Lead on teaching, learning and curriculum development within a specialist SEND setting.
• Promote positive behaviour, safeguarding and trauma‑informed practice across the school community.
• Coach, support and develop teaching and support staff to achieve high standards.
• Monitor pupil progress and contribute to whole‑school improvement planning.
• Build strong relationships with pupils, families and external professionals.

You’ll receive a prompt response and a clear, straightforward recruitment process with regular communication throughout. No unnecessary delays, just a professional conversation about your next leadership step.

Reference : WILL
195217 / SM