Head of School

Head of School

The Meadows School

Required for 1st September 2024

Head of School

Pay Range: L16 - 20

With the impending retirement of our highly respected Head of School we are looking for someone with the passion, drive and dedication to help lead our school into the next stage of its development alongside the Executive Headteacher. Our school is a forward thinking, enterprising and exciting place to learn and work. This opportunity would suit a senior leader and SEND practitioner, with experience, looking for the next step in their career. This is an exciting opportunity to develop as a school leader with the support of an Executive Headteacher and fellow headteachers across our Specialist School Trust.

The Meadows School is part of the Manor Hall Academy Trust, a Specialist School Trust. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with many other Special School leaders across the West Midlands and North west. Our Local Academy Board and Trustees offer strong leadership to the academy and are committed to honest self-evaluation and continual improvement.

The Meadows School is a Generic Special School providing education to young people with a range of needs. We serve over 130 young young people from the age of 11 to 19. The School has expertise in working with students who have profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and those with more moderate learning difficulties. A significant proportion of students have speech, language and communication needs, ASC, SEMH and a variety of other complex needs.

The successful applicant will need to be able to work both strategically and operationally, have a proven record of being creative and solution focused and have the emotional intelligence and resilience to lead staff by example in what is a rewarding but challenging and dynamic environment.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to visit the school before applying. There will be an open day for potential applicants on Thursday 9th May 2024. If you would like to book a place, please contact the school office on or .manorhall.academy

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Please apply with a letter of expression of interest and a completed application form via

CLOSING DATE: 5pm Thursday 16th May 2024

Interviews will be held on: Thursday 23rd May & Friday 24th May 2024

To learn more about Manor Hall Academy Trust please follow the link to the website.

Manor Hall Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The successful candidate will be appointed subject to Enhanced DBS and pre-employment checks, including right to work, confirmation of appropriate qualifications and professional references.

Please also note that if you are shortlisted for the role, we may conduct an online search as part of our due diligence on the shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which may indicate that you are unsuitable to work with children, and that we may want to explore with you at interview.

Please follow the link to access The Meadows School website for details of safeguarding, Safer Recruitment, Online Searches and Data Protection