Job Title: Assistant Headteacher & SENCO
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £50,000 - £65,000
Location: Finchley, North London
Start: January 2025 or sooner if possible
MLK Search is pleased to be supporting this unique, co-educational school for young people aged 11-18 who have found previous schools overwhelming, and thrive in a smaller, more nurturing and therapeutic environment.
This is a small school with class sizes limited to 8 and a maximum capacity of up to 70 students, allowing for a calm, flexible and supportive learning environment where students can study at their own pace.
Each student has an additional need associated with social, emotional, and mental health. Most have an EHCP, generally related to self-exclusion, anxiety, depression, or self-harm, and require a calm environment in which to learn, as opposed to behaviours that challenge or school exclusions.
The school maintains an academic approach that operates a High School model, accessing GCSEs and providing a BTEC option in Food Technology. Combined with therapeutic interventions anxieties are minimised, encouraging students to develop healthy, positive relationships.
Due to a restructure, there has arisen the need for additional capacity within the Senior Leadership Team for an Assistant Headteacher and SENCO to ensure the school remains an innovative and leading therapeutic provider.
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