Current SEND Leadership Vacancies

Key responsibilities

• Provide clear strategic leadership across the school.
• Maintain the highest standards of safeguarding and pupil welfare.
• Lead school improvement planning, self-evaluation and inspection readiness.
• Ensure that the curriculum reflects pupils’ individual needs and EHCP outcomes.
• Improve teaching, learning, assessment and pupil progress.
• Build a positive culture with high expectations for pupils and staff.
• Recruit, develop and retain a strong multidisciplinary team.
• Lead on behaviour, attendance, inclusion and pastoral provision.
• Manage budgets, staffing, resources and operational performance.
• Work effectively with parents, governors, local authorities and external professionals.
• Support the sustainable growth and development of the provision.

The successful candidate will demonstrate

• Substantial senior leadership experience within education.
• A strong understanding of SEND, safeguarding and regulatory requirements.
• Evidence of improving educational quality and pupil outcomes.
• Experience leading staff through change, challenge or school improvement.
• Confidence managing budgets, staffing and operational priorities.
• QTS or an equivalent recognised teaching qualification.
• NPQH completed, underway or equivalent leadership experience.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Safeguarding

The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, identity and right-to-work checks, qualification verification and satisfactory professional references.

Key responsibilities

• Set and communicate a clear education strategy across multiple provisions.
• Hold Headteachers and senior leaders accountable for school performance.
• Lead school improvement, quality assurance and inspection readiness.
• Ensure consistency in safeguarding, curriculum, assessment and compliance.
• Coach and develop Headteachers and wider senior leadership teams.
• Identify underperformance and implement effective improvement plans.
• Support the opening, mobilisation and integration of new provisions.
• Maintain educational quality during periods of expansion and organisational change.
• Contribute to growth planning, due diligence and new-site development.
• Work closely with governance, regional directors, commissioners and external agencies.
• Use performance data to evaluate quality, risk and organisational impact.
• Ensure that commercial and operational decisions remain aligned with pupil outcomes.

The successful candidate will demonstrate

• Successful experience as a substantive Headteacher, Executive Headteacher or equivalent.
• Evidence of improving schools or specialist provisions.
• Experience leading across multiple sites, schools or leadership teams.
• Strong knowledge of SEND, safeguarding and education regulation.
• Significant inspection and school-improvement experience.
• Confidence operating at strategic, governance and organisational level.
• Strong commercial and operational awareness.
• QTS or an equivalent recognised teaching qualification.
• NPQH, NPQEL or equivalent executive leadership experience.

Safeguarding

The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, identity and right-to-work checks, qualification verification and satisfactory professional references.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the school’s strategic approach to SEND and inclusion.
• Maintain an accurate and effective SEND register.
• Coordinate assessments, interventions and provision mapping.
• Lead EHCP applications, annual reviews and statutory processes.
• Monitor the quality and impact of SEND support across the school.
• Advise teachers on adaptive teaching and inclusive classroom practice.
• Support staff with identifying and responding to additional needs.
• Coordinate external professionals, therapists and local-authority services.
• Build effective relationships with pupils, parents and carers.
• Ensure SEND policies remain current and compliant.
• Contribute to school improvement planning and inspection preparation.
• Manage SEND resources, documentation and relevant funding.
• Provide training, coaching and guidance to teaching and support staff.

The successful candidate will demonstrate

• Qualified-teacher status or an appropriate recognised qualification.
• The National Award for SEN Coordination, NPQ for SENCOs, or eligibility to complete the required qualification.
• Strong knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice and EHCP processes.
• Experience supporting pupils with a range of additional needs.
• Confidence working with families and multidisciplinary professionals.
• Strong organisation, communication and record-keeping skills.
• The ability to influence teaching practice and lead whole-school improvement.

Safeguarding

The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, identity and right-to-work checks, qualification verification and satisfactory professional references.