Deputy Headteacher - Gloucester House

Deputy Head Teacher

Leadership Salary Range L7-L11 - Permanent

Gloucester House provides an integrated health and education service within a single setting. It offers quality education and therapeutic services for up to twenty one children (aged 5-14 years) with social, emotional and mental health difficulties and their families/carers. It is part of the Children, Young Adults & Families Directorate of the Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust. 

Gloucester House is led by a nurse who is Head of Service and the Clinical Lead. The multi-disciplinary team includes a headteacher, a deputy headteacher progress support workers, specialist nurses, a psychiatrist and child psychotherapists, art therapists and a family therapist, occupational therapist and a speech and language therapist. The school has access to psychology.  

Gloucester House provides a unique clinical and education package for children. There is an emphasis on whole team multi-disciplinary work including identifying which of a range of approaches is best suited to the needs of each child and their family.

We can offer you an opportunity to:

• Hold a key leadership role in a unique setting which offers an integrated health and education package.
• To be part of the leadership development of innovative and creative educational approaches to working with children with complex social, emotional, and mental health needs.
• To be part of an innovative, dynamic & supportive team
• To be part of a team that is committed to reflective practice and CPD opportunities in a unique setting. 

Gloucester House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Deferral and Barring Service.   

We are committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and anti racism. We are particularly keen to attract candidates from underrepresented backgrounds to better meet the needs of the service users and students that we serve.

We are an equal opportunities employer.

Additional information:

For further information please contact:

Nell Nicholson -Head Teacher/ Kirsty Brant Head of Service on 020 7794 3353 Or alternatively email your enquiry to: gloucesterhouseadmin@tavi-port.nhs.uk

(PLEASE NOTE: Gloucester House will be closed for half term between 30th May - 3rd June - all enquiries will processed upon our return - Monday 6th June)

We will be hosting a school visit on: 

• Monday 13th June 2022 at 1 pm (approx. 1 hour) 

Please contact the school admin office on 0207 794 3353 to secure a place. 

• Closing date for applications: 19th June 2022
• Interview date Monday 4th July 2022

Please note:

The closing date given is a guide. We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.  Candidates suitable for shortlisting will be contacted within three weeks. If you have not heard from us within this time then you have not been successful on this occasion