Headteacher

Starting Salary: £73,511 to £80,475 per annum (dependent on experience)

Location: North West London Independent School, W3 7DD

Contract: Permanent; Term time + 3 weeks

Are you an experienced, outstanding Headteacher with substantial leadership experience in a specialist school?

Have you been successful in leading a school, providing therapeutic education to support vulnerable young people with neurodiverse identities thrive?

Do you make evidence based decisions to drive successful outcomes for your school?

We are seeking a highly experienced Headteacher to lead our independent specialist school in North West London, providing effective leadership, coaching and direction to a multi-disciplinary team delivering sector leading specialist therapeutic education.

In this role you will champion our organisation's values, modelling high expectations and ensuring staff deliver high quality teaching, inclusivity, positive behaviours for learning, social, emotional & independence skills development, and a healthy & safe school community. You will lead your staff team to provide all opportunities possible to allow our vulnerable and complex young pupils to thrive, gain qualifications and become successful independent adults and leaders.

You will provide expertise in holistic child focussed solutions, ensuring strong senior management and accountability, so that all your staff, pupils and parents/carers have the right resources, knowledge and skills to ensure effective pupil progress, a passion for life-long learning and career development, with the skills to positively influence our community and society.

The Complete Education Solution (TCES) is a long-established provider of therapeutic education, supporting neurodiverse children and young people up and down the UK. Our multi-disciplinary teams across the organisation work together to provide child-centric support, engaging with clinical, educational and social work experts, as well as partnering with our pupils’ families.

Essential requirements to be successful in the role are:

• A champion of young people with similar values to match ours: 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!
• Resilient and robust, role modelling outstanding teaching and professionalism.
• Substantial headteacher experience within specialist therapeutic education provisions or specialist schools, managing 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.
• Proven skills in operating at a strategic level as a collaborative and supportive member of a senior team, actively engaging in decision making leading to positive pupil progress and business outcomes.
• Experience of driving inclusive education initiatives to support best practice with vulnerable and complex groups.
• Proven skills in coaching & mentoring.
• Commercially astute and solutions focused.
• Proactive and innovative, collaborating with team members in other disciplines, whilst also with the ability to work flexibly and independently.

In return we 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 options to take progressive Ofqual registered Level 3 – 5 qualifications in Therapeutic Education.
• Comprehensive induction process, including all pupil-facing staff supported in receiving the Level 3 Award in Therapeutic Education and Group Process.
• Regular half termly staff wellbeing days.
• A range of employee support and wellbeing benefits including our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), counselling, gym discounts and contributions towards medical costs and an exclusive rewards platform.

Closing Date 2 May 2024

To apply

Click Apply and complete the online application form or contact recruitment@ tces.org.uk for more information.