Headteacher

JR United Kingdom; Newbury; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an inspiring Headteacher to lead a school dedicated to supporting young people with social, emotional, and mental health needs. This pivotal role involves dynamic leadership, strategic planning, and a commitment to enhancing academic performance and personal development. The successful candidate will collaborate with a dedicated team to foster an inclusive environment and promote outstanding educational outcomes. With a focus on wellbeing and a forward-thinking approach, this opportunity offers a unique chance to make a lasting impact on the lives of vulnerable students while enjoying a range of exceptional benefits.

Benefits

Life Assurance

Pension Scheme

Mental Health Support Services

Flexible Benefits Platform

Cycle to Work Schemes

Electric Car Purchase Scheme

Family Growth Support

Qualifications

• Dynamic leadership experience in educational settings.
• Proven track record in improving academic performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the school with a focus on high-quality, creative learning.
• Drive the vision and strategic plan for continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic Planning

Budget Management

Experience with SEMH students

Communication Skills

Education

Relevant Teaching Qualification

Job description

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How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four?

Our colleagues’ wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we’re always looking for new ways to improve everyone’s work/life balance. We’re taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent).

If the trial is a success, we’ll be rolling the 4DWW out across the Group – so there’s never been a more exciting time to join #teamOFG!

Location: New Barn School, Newbury, RG20 8HZ

Salary: Up to £85,000 per annum dependent on experience

Hours: Monday - Friday

Contract: Permanent, Term Time only

UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

As part of our continued growth in service, we are recruiting for a Headteacher for New Barn School in Newbury. Our well-established schools support pupils ages 6 to 19 who have social, emotional and mental health needs (SEMH), as well as other complex needs.

About the role

This is an excellent opportunity for an inspiring Headteacher to join our fantastic team. Our Headteacher will commit to improving our pupil’s academic performance, help students overcome their behavioural difficulties and develop their social skills and raise 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 pupil's educational needs, and maximising pupils’ achievement and ability to develop your strategic thinking in response to their complex needs.

Who we are looking for

The successful candidate will exercise dynamic leadership of the school and ensure the full development of the vision for the service, its promotion, and continuous improvement. You will create and maintain outstanding outcomes in the education of our students.

You will continue to drive our shared vision and strategic plan through inspirational leadership and motivate pupils, staff, and everyone within our school community and beyond. Your leadership should express core educational values and moral purpose and include stakeholders’ values and beliefs. The strategic planning process is critical to sustaining school improvement and ensuring that the school moves forward for the benefit of 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 which is well established in the school.

You will have overall responsibility for the strategic leadership of the school whilst maintaining ongoing communication with schools to ensure that the provision and standards are consistently high across the schools.

1. Relevant experience in the specialist area of the service, i.e. relevant experience working with young people who have additional learning and communication difficulties.
2. Relevant experience as a Head Teacher or Deputy Head Teacher in a SEMH school.
3. Experience with Ofsted procedures/inspections and working with School Improvement Partners.
4. Manage budgets effectively and ensure cost efficiency and financial compliance.
5. Relevant Teaching Qualification.

About the School

New Barn School offers a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum to boys and girls, aged 6–19 years who have Social, Emotional and Mental Health complexities.

New Barn School takes full advantage of its beautiful settings and fosters a love for using the outdoor curriculum including forest school, farm experiences and horse riding. The school is within a commutable distance of Swindon, Oxford, Andover, Basingstoke and Reading and other surrounding towns and villages.

We are proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.

Our services offer a stable, secure and supportive environment, in which the pupils and young people we care for can develop the skills and confidence necessary to help them fulfil their potential.

We are part of Acorn Education and can promise you plenty of challenges and a rich variety of opportunities to develop your career. Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education for vulnerable pupils and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

1. Life Assurance.
2. Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions.
3. “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks.

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

1. A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits.
2. 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad.
3. Cycle to Work Schemes.
4. Electric Car Purchase Scheme.
5. Critical illness cover.
6. Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy. 4DWW is subject to successful completion of probation and is not a contractual benefit.*