Assistant Headteacher for SEND
Can you provide strategic oversight for two ARPs, catering for over 60 pupils?
Can you lead a team of SENCOs, HLTAs and Learning Support Assistants to ensure that all SEN and ARP pupils excel?
Can you work strategically with external partners to derive best value for the school and to broker the support needed by pupils?
Do you want to change the lives of young people and increase the number of children from Barking Abbey in the top Universities and top employers?
Are you prepared to work hard with exceptional young people and staff committed to going the extra mile?
Commencing: September 2025
Leadership Scale: L14 to L18, £78,000 - £85,092
The remit for this role is simple. To make sure every child, whether SEN support, EHCP or in one of our ARPs, achieves their best possible outcomes- whatever they may be. Whilst the aim is simple what it will take to be successful is hard. You will need to work strategically with teachers, external support, the Borough, parents, pupils and other staff, while all the time keeping QFT at the heart. You will need to understand the importance of parental choice whilst at the same time being able to ensure that the right decisions are made for the child.
The hours will be long, but the reward will be the chance to work with and help shape our amazing students.
They are overwhelmingly polite, respectful, considerate and have a fantastic thirst for learning. They uphold our school motto each and every day and they in return need the very best.
Full details are set out in the Application Pack including a and person spec.
Barking Abbey is an Ofsted Outstanding, heavily over-subscribed dual campus secondary school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, with a well-deserved reputation for academic excellence and a supportive professional environment.
The school is located less than 10 minutes walk from Upney tube and 15 minutes from Barking mainline station.
Barking Abbey celebrates its diversity, and we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. If you are interested in making a difference in young people’s lives whatever your background or history please apply.
In return we offer:
• A supportive and encouraging staff team
• The opportunity to access a wide range of CPD opportunities within and beyond school
• A school which understands the importance of staff well-being and workload management
• A positive ethos with excellent behaviour reinforced by highly visible SLT and centralised behaviour systems.
We are proud that Ofsted recently judged the school to be Outstanding in all areas. The report states; “This is a large and diverse school where difference is valued. Pupils, and students in the sixth form, are supportive and respectful of each other. Pupils’ conduct is exemplary, both inside lessons and around the school.
Leaders have established simple and clear rules that everyone understands. Pupils are focused, engaged and participate well in lessons. Staff feel that their workload and well-being has been carefully considered by leaders. They appreciate their open-door policy”. (Ofsted, February 2024)
Please follow the link to find out more information about what it is like to work at Barking Abbey:
To find out more about how teachers can secure rented accommodation at a discounted rate of 20% please contact: info@bdsip.co.uk
Barking Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and a comprehensive screening process, including Disclosure check, will be undertaken on all successful applicants.
Online searches may be conducted for all shortlisted candidates and will be conducted for all successful candidates as part of our due diligence checks