Role: Assistant Headteacher - Curriculum and Wellbeing
Salary: £40,000 to £50,000
Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Start Date: January 2025
MLK Search is extremely excited to be exclusively assigned to support this ‘Outstanding’ Independent Special School in west London who are seeking to appoint a confident, creative, and passionate Assistant Headteacher for January to lead on Curriculum and Wellbeing across their Primary and Secondary provisions.
This is an inclusive co-educational provision for children with Autism aged between 5 and 16 years, and split across two sites in West London. It is truly unique, with a student-centred approach, and professional development and wellbeing of staff at the very forefront of everything they do. Not often do you come across such a passionate Senior Leadership Team who live and breathe the core values of the school each and every day.
Whilst underpinned by ABA methodology, the school is continuously developing it's offering to continue providing the most outstanding education and outcomes for its students and the teams around them. Each pupil receives an individually devised programme based on a pupil centred, multi professional approach to learning, aimed at increasing communication and independence.
This is a rare opportunity for a curriculum and wellbeing specialist teacher / middle leader with experience in SEN education (preferably for children and young people with Autism) to join an outstanding organisation, and in collaboration with an exceptional CEO and Headteacher, restructure and embed and exciting new curriculum and wellbeing offering.
Person Requirements
The successful applicant will have:
• A recognised teaching qualification and experience of curriculum design and development.
• Successful teaching and/or leadership experience within a similar setting.
• Excellent knowledge of the UK National Curriculum and relevant accreditations related to SEN/Autism
• Demonstrable experience and/or qualifications related to Mental Health/Wellbeing in schools.
• Additional qualifications related to SEN and/or school leadership would be highly desirable
• Strong understanding of Ofsted expectations and the Independent Schools Standards would also be highly desirable
If this sounds like an exciting opportunity that you would like to pursue, please APPLY NOW!
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