Deputy Headteacher

Responsibilities

• Quality of Education Strategy
  • Embedding a whole-school trauma-informed, relational approach into curriculum and pedagogy
  • Driving an ambitious, inclusive, evidence-informed vision for teaching, learning, and assessment
• Teaching, Learning & Curriculum
  • Leading curriculum design, sequencing, and assessment to ensure high-quality learning
  • Coaching staff and monitoring classroom practice to secure consistently excellent teaching
• Behaviour, Inclusion & Culture
  • Championing a restorative, relational behaviour ethos that supports calm, purposeful learning
  • Leading proactive strategies to prevent bullying, discrimination, and barriers to inclusion
• Pupil Support & Wellbeing
  • Overseeing SEMH tracking, interventions, and multi-agency support to remove barriers to learning
  • Amplifying pupil voice to shape curriculum, culture, and school improvement
• Safeguarding & Multi-Agency Work
  • Working closely with the DSL to ensure safeguarding is robust, responsive, and pupil-centred
  • Chairing MDT meetings and coordinating effective multi-agency collaboration
• Operational Leadership
  • Overseeing key operational systems such as daily cover, transport, and examinations
  • Contributing to whole-school strategic planning and modelling high-impact leadership

• QTS with proven senior leadership experience
• Strong knowledge of SEMH, trauma-informed practice, and inclusive pedagogy
• Experience leading behaviour, pastoral, or curriculum systems
• Skilled in multi-agency working and safeguarding
• Analytical, organised, and driven by values
• A leader who inspires trust, builds relationships, and raises standards
• Driving licence required

• NPQSL / NPQH (or working towards)
• Experience in specialist or alternative provision
• Experience chairing MDTs
• Knowledge of behaviour or curriculum tracking systems

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – mental health support and physical health checks
• Flexible Benefits Platform (Vista) including health, wellbeing and insurance benefits; hundreds of UK and international discounts; cycle-to-work scheme and electric car purchase scheme; critical illness cover; family growth support, including enhanced maternity/paternity leave and paid fertility treatment support

Meadowcroft School is an independent specialist day school across four sites in Wakefield, supporting pupils with complex SEMH needs and additional learning difficulties.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.