This is an excellent opportunity for an inspiring Headteacher to join our fantastic team. Our Headteacher will commit to improving our pupils' academic performance, helping students overcome behavioral difficulties, developing their social skills, and raising their aspirations.
As Headteacher, you will continue our vision and ethos of ‘Thinking and Learning Differently’ and promote a relentless focus on high-quality, creative learning, delivering our pupils' educational needs, and maximising achievement while developing strategic responses to complex challenges.
Who we are looking for
The successful candidate will exercise dynamic leadership of the school, ensuring the full development of the vision, its promotion, and continuous improvement. You will create and maintain outstanding educational outcomes for our students.
You will drive our shared vision and strategic plan through inspirational leadership, motivating pupils, staff, and the entire school community. Your leadership should embody core educational values and moral purpose, incorporating stakeholders’ values and beliefs. Strategic planning is essential for sustaining improvement and advancing the school for its pupils.
You will collaborate with the school's senior leadership team and the Regional Director to provide an inclusive approach to outstanding educational and therapeutic provision, well established within the school.
You will have overall responsibility for the strategic leadership of the school, maintaining ongoing communication to ensure high standards across all our schools.
* Relevant experience working with young people with additional learning and communication difficulties.
* Experience as a Head Teacher or Deputy Head Teacher in a SEMH school.
* Experience with Ofsted procedures/inspections and working with School Improvement Partners.
* Ability to manage budgets effectively, ensuring cost efficiency and financial compliance.
* Relevant Teaching Qualification.
About the School
New Barn School offers a broad, balanced, and relevant curriculum to boys and girls aged 6–19 years with Social, Emotional, and Mental Health complexities.
The school utilizes its beautiful setting to foster outdoor learning, including forest school, farm experiences, and horse riding. It is within a commutable distance of Swindon, Oxford, Andover, Basingstoke, Reading, and surrounding towns.
We are proud to be certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ by Outcomes First Group for the fifth consecutive year in 2024.
Our services provide a stable, secure, and supportive environment where pupils and young people can develop skills and confidence to fulfill their potential.
Part of Acorn Education and Outcomes First Group, we lead in delivering innovative approaches with measurable outcomes for those in our care.
Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you'll receive an exceptional reward package including:
* Life Assurance
* Pension scheme with flexible contribution options
* Access to mental health support services and physical health checks through “Your Wellbeing Matters”
Additionally, our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, allows you to choose benefits including:
* Health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
* Discount options in the UK and abroad
* Cycle to Work Schemes
* Electric Car Purchase Scheme
* Critical illness cover
* Family Growth Support, including enhanced maternity and paternity leave and paid fertility treatment support.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will undergo social media checks and a fully enhanced DBS.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
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