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Headteacher – SEMH Primary School
Location: Greater Manchester
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience
Start Date: ASAP
About the School
We are recruiting an exceptional Headteacher to lead a small specialist primary school supporting children with Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs and additional SEND.
The school provides a nurturing, structured and highly personalised learning environment where strong relationships sit at the heart of everything. Small class groups enable staff to understand each pupil’s individual needs, remove barriers to learning and support meaningful academic, social and emotional progress.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced school leader—or an ambitious Deputy Headteacher ready for their first headship—to shape a specialist provision and make a visible difference to every pupil and member of staff.
The Role
As Headteacher, you will provide inspirational, strategic and operational leadership across the school. You will be accountable for educational standards, safeguarding, staff development, pupil wellbeing and the school’s continued improvement.
Working alongside senior education leaders and central support teams, you will create a calm, consistent and aspirational culture in which pupils feel safe, understood and able to succeed.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Providing clear strategic leadership and direction for the school
- Creating an ambitious, inclusive and personalised curriculum for primary-aged pupils
- Driving high standards of teaching, learning and assessment
- Ensuring pupils’ EHCP outcomes are understood and embedded across the curriculum
- Establishing consistent, trauma-informed approaches to behaviour and emotional regulation
- Maintaining an outstanding culture of safeguarding and child protection
- Leading school improvement planning, self-evaluation and quality assurance
- Ensuring compliance with Ofsted expectations and the Independent School Standards
- Using pupil progress, attendance and behaviour information to inform improvement
- Recruiting, developing and retaining an effective school team
- Supporting staff wellbeing while maintaining high levels of accountability
- Working collaboratively with parents, carers, local authorities and external professionals
- Managing resources effectively and contributing to the continued development of the wider organisation
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About You
We are looking for a visible, compassionate and resilient leader who combines high expectations with a genuine understanding of children affected by trauma, disrupted education and complex needs.
You will need:
- Qualified Teacher Status
- Successful senior leadership experience as a Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher, Assistant Headteacher or equivalent
- Strong knowledge of primary education, curriculum development and effective teaching practice
- Experience supporting pupils with SEMH, SEND, challenging behaviour or additional needs
- A strong understanding of safeguarding and safer working practices
- Experience contributing to school improvement and raising educational standards
- Knowledge of EHCPs and personalised approaches to learning
- The ability to lead, motivate and develop a multidisciplinary staff team
- Confidence working with families, commissioners, local authorities and external agencies
- Excellent communication, decision-making and organisational skills
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Experience within a specialist school, alternative provision, PRU or therapeutic education setting would be highly advantageous.
An NPQH or equivalent leadership qualification is desirable but not essential.
What’s on Offer
- The opportunity to lead and shape a small specialist primary school
- A supportive and ambitious wider education team
- Significant autonomy within a growing specialist education organisation
- Ongoing leadership development and professional support
- The chance to build a school culture around the individual needs of every pupil
- A role in which your leadership will have a genuine and lasting impact
Safeguarding
The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be subject to enhanced DBS checks, satisfactory references, identity and qualification checks, online screening and all other relevant safer recruitment procedures.
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