Provision Lead(s)

Hartmore School; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 41,400 - 50,600; Full time

Job summary

Hartmore School is seeking an experienced leader to manage our Gloucestershire sites (Hartpury Upper School and Stroud Road Girls Site). Starting salary £46,000 with pay award pending, permanent contract, start Sep 2026. You will lead teaching, safeguarding, and SEND/SEMH provision across sites and drive improvements for vulnerable pupils.

Role requires Qualified Teacher Status, strong leadership, and willingness to travel between sites. DBS enhanced and right to work in the UK are standard.

Qualifications

• Qualified Teacher Status and significant experience working with pupils with SEND and SEMH.
• Proven leadership experience with staff appraisal and development.
• Strong safeguarding knowledge and SEND code familiarity.
• Resilience and calm under pressure in challenging settings.
• Full, clean manual driving licence and willingness to travel between sites.

Responsibilities

• Run site day‑to‑day with visible leadership and quick decision making.
• Lead, coach and appraise staff; manage performance and development.
• Act as Deputy DSL and Assistant SENCO with safeguarding responsibilities.
• Ensure EHCP provision is implemented in practice and monitor teaching quality.
• Lead de‑escalation and behaviour support to improve pupil outcomes.
• Own site budget, resources, and quality assurance; report to senior leaders.

Skills

Leadership experience

Staff coaching & appraisal

Behaviour support

Decision making

Travel between sites

Education

Qualified Teacher Status

Job description

Location: Hartpury Site (Upper School) and Stroud Road Girls Site, Gloucestershire. Salary: Starting from £46,000 (pay award pending). Job Type: Permanent. Start Date: From September 2026.

Closing date for applications is midnight the 17th July 2026.

Interviews will be held Thursday 23rd July 2026.

What you'll actually be doing

• Running your site day‑to‑day – visible, present, and quick to act when something needs a decision.
• Leading, coaching and holding your staff team to account, including appraisal, supervision and professional development.
• Acting as Deputy DSL and Assistant SENCO – real statutory responsibility, not just a line on a job description.
• Making sure EHCP provision happens in practice, not just on paper, and monitoring the quality of teaching and adaptive practice across your site.
• Leading de‑escalation, restorative practice and behaviour support that actually changes outcomes for pupils who have been let down by education before.
• Owning your site's budget, resources, and quality assurance – and telling senior leaders what they need to hear, not what's easy to say.

What you'll bring

• Qualified Teacher Status and significant experience working with pupils with SEND and/or SEMH needs.
• Real leadership experience – you’ve managed people, held difficult conversations, and made decisions that stuck.
• Secure knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice, KCSIE, and what safeguarding looks like in practice, not just in policy.
• The resilience to stay calm and regulated when the day doesn’t go to plan – because in this setting, it often won’t.
• A full, clean manual driving licence and the willingness to travel between sites.

Why Hartmore School

You'll be trusted with real autonomy from day one, backed by senior leaders who treat you as a professional resource rather than a name on an org chart. You'll work alongside people who’ve chosen to do the hardest, most important job in education – giving vulnerable young people a version of school that finally works for them. If you want a leadership role with genuine weight and genuine reward, this is it.

Safeguarding

• Enhanced DBS with barred list check.
• Verification of identity and qualifications.
• Right to Work in the UK.
• Requirement for satisfactory references (including most recent employer).
• Online/social media checks in line with statutory guidance.