About the role
1. Assistant Head Teacher for Inclusion & Provision
A strategic leadership role focused on ensuring exceptional outcomes for pupils through high-quality SEND provision, inclusion and preparation for adulthood.
Key responsibilities include:
- Whole-school lead for inclusion, SEND provision and EHCP compliance
- Strategic lead for communication across the school
- Lead for Preparation for Adulthood
- Oversight of external professionals and multi-agency working
- Strategic support for the primary phase
- Designated Safeguarding Lead responsibilities
- Staff appraisal, coaching and professional development
- 20% teaching commitment
We are looking for a leader who can:
- Champion inclusion and personalised learning
- Lead and develop others through coaching and collaboration
- Maintain ambitious expectations for every pupil
- Focus on strengths before barriers and enable all pupils to participate and achieve
- Inspire colleagues through creativity, resilience and a commitment to continuous improvement
2. Assistant Head Teacher for Behaviour & Attendance
A strategic leadership role focused on pupil wellbeing, behaviour, attendance and pastoral support, ensuring every pupil is ready to learn and thrive.
Key responsibilities include:
- Whole-school lead for behaviour and pupil support
- Strategic lead for attendance and compliance
- Leadership of the Pastoral Team
- Lead for neurodiversity and pupil voice
- Strategic support for the secondary phase
- Oversight of pupil transport arrangements
- Team Teach Trainer responsibilities
- Designated Safeguarding Lead responsibilities
- Staff appraisal, coaching and professional development
- 20% teaching commitment
We are looking for a leader who can:
- Champion trauma-informed and restorative approaches
- Remove barriers to engagement and participation
- Build strong relationships with pupils, families and professionals
- Promote resilience, aspiration and high expectations
- Lead strategic improvement while keeping pupil wellbeing at the centre of decision-making
As part of our safer recruitment procedures, all applicants will undergo an online search. The successful candidate will also be subject to an additional social media screening and be expected to provide a full birth certificate and document evidence of any name changes.
Please note that applications must be the creation of the candidate applying. While technology, including artificial intelligence may be used to help the candidate select certain phraseology, if substantial use of AI is used, the application will be disregarded.
Job tags
- Assistant Headteacher
- Education roles
- Education
- FULL TIME
- Full Time
Vacancy source
Listed from DfE Teaching Vacancies — OGL v3.0 · Last checked 21 Sept 2026.
Official public source · Department for Education.
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