Head Teacher

Near Bodmin, Cornwall

L18 (£75,675) to L24 (£87,651)

Job type: Full Time, Permanent

Start date: April 2025

Apply by: 17th November 2024

Summary

Long Term Teachers is happy to have partnered with a specialist SEN academy Trust in Cornwall who are opening a new dedicated SEMH school in April 2025. As a result we are seeking to appoint an SEN senior leader or Headteacher who is looking to extend and develop their experience within a specialist Multi Academy Trust.

We are excited to announce the opening of a brand-new school with the ambition to transform the life opportunities of young people with Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. This school will be the only SEMH school within Cornwall providing a continuum of specialist provision and will provide the support to enable pupils to learn, thrive and succeed in their education.

The school will cater for 65 pupils who are aged 4 to 16 and will serve the community of Cornwall.

Our mission is clear: to be a force for good in SEN and make a positive difference to people's lives. We challenge conventions, pioneer excellence, and work tirelessly to create better tomorrows for our young people and their families.

The school will aim to provide an outstanding special school for pupils with SEMH needs; a school which celebrates neurodiversity by accepting, respecting, recognising and responding to developmental differences and thereby shaping the pupil’s educational offer to inform and improve their outcomes.

We are looking for an inspirational leader to be the Headteacher of this new school who can join us in April 2025 to lead and develop the school in preparation for opening in September 2025.

About the role

As the Headteacher, you will develop an outstanding provision, which will transform the educational and future life opportunities of all our pupils.

 You will have an infrastructure of support from central services for Finance, HR and IT including a network of supportive Headteachers from other schools alongside central SEN support. 

The role would suit an experienced SEN senior leader or Headteacher who is looking to extend and develop their experience of headship and leadership, by leading a school within a Multi Academy Trust. The successful applicant should have a strong track record at a leadership level within a SEN School and share the Trust’s vision and values for providing a high quality SEND offer. Candidates will need to be strong communicators with proven strengths in engaging, inspiring, innovating and motivating staff at all levels and working with the local community.

Key objectives of the role, that the Head Teacher is expected to achieve:

• A shared vision, that fits within the overall Trust strategy, which inspires and motivates pupils, staff and all other members of the school community.
• Effective strategic and operational planning, that includes self-evaluation, school improvement and delivery.
• Outstanding outcomes for Pupils and Young People that are a reflection of their needs, abilities and aptitudes. 
• A motivated staff group that is fully engaged in the goal of achieving excellence in all areas of school life and who are committed to continuing personal and professional development.
• A safe environment that protects the welfare of Pupils and Young People and staff in the school.
• Meeting all statutory requirements as defined by the DfE, Ofsted and other external bodies and achieving the highest inspection ratings possible.
• The commercial success of the school as defined by pupil occupancy, the rigorous management of costs and the development and implementation of growth plans as appropriate.

Benefits:

We provide our staff with a diverse range of benefits that support their day to day needs both at work and outside of work. These include:

• Teachers’ Pension with generous Employer contributions and Death in Service benefits.
• Access to ‘Extra Special’, the Trust’s employee reward portal. The portal provides access to all our employee benefits including hundreds of retailer discounts and cash back offers.
• Simply Health Optimise Health Plan – supporting employees and their families with health care costs and also including access to counselling services, health checks and other tools via a myWellbeing App.
• Employees Assistance Programme, designed to help staff deal with personal and professional problems.
• Occupational Health support from Medigold Health Protect and access to Thrive, a clinically led NHS approved mental wellbeing App.
• Cycle 2 Work Scheme via salary sacrifice.
• Discounted gym memberships with Better Leisure.
• Learning & Development/CPD opportunities. The Trust is committed to developing staff and providing access to quality assured training to enable individuals to reach their full potential.