Executive Headteacher

We are seeking an inspiring Executive Headteacher, with substantial and relevant experience - ideally within a small multi-academy trust, or an equivalent leadership role overseeing multiple school sites. You will model and uphold the TCES philosophy through our Six Models of Excellence (The TCES Way) in addressing the complex needs of children and young people ensuring the highest standards of safeguarding, high quality education, leadership and management, embedding high expectations and ensuring outstanding pupil outcomes for our exceptional neurodiverse pupils.

You will be the ultimate role model and champion for young people with neurodiverse identities and support our multi-faceted staff teams to have high expectations of their pupils and high standards in everything they do. You will have proven abilities to motivate staff, communicate and implement clear multi-year strategic plans with measurable impact across multiple schools and provisions.

By supporting all staff create positive opportunities and remove barriers to learning, you will enable our pupils to build on a platform for life-long learning and educational success, a life without labels.

Starting Salary: Upwards from £94,960 per annum (TCES Salary Band 1)

Location: TCES Central Services, Wimbledon (with up to 2 days working from home) and travel required to all TCES sites across London.

Contract: Permanent, Full-time

The Complete Education Solution (TCES)

TCES is an independent social enterprise, providing specialist therapeutic education based in London supporting exceptional neurodiverse children and young people aged 7 to 19 who have special educational needs and disabilities typically associated with autism, social emotional and mental health needs and associated disorders. Most of them will have experienced multiple placement breakdowns and significant trauma, often resulting in behaviour that challenges. On average pupils will have been excluded from other provisions up to three times before reaching us and had significant periods out of education. 

TCES pupils learn at one of our two all-through schools, East London - recognised as Good with Outstanding features in 2022, or North West London - recently inspected as an Outstanding school in all 6 categories.

For those pupils requiring more intensive support, our Nurture Primary school, or Create in the Community service provide our most complex and vulnerable pupils, with highly differentiated and personalised holistic and nurturing therapeutic education programmes, developed for each pupil focusing on development milestones. When they are ready, we aim for pupils to step down from Create into one of our main school, our Sixth Form, or into mainstream provisions.

Additionally our UK-wide National Online School, the first DfE accredited online special school, provides education to a diverse and expanding cohort - with a unique virtual therapeutic provision.

Essential requirements to be successful in the role are:

• A champion of education and advocate for young people, with similar values to ours: Expect the very best from each other; Develop a strong work ethic; Respect and appreciate all difference; Include everyone and exclude no one; Listen to and involve everyone; Never give up on each other!
• Substantial and relevant experience at Headteacher or Executive Headteacher level - ideally within small multi-academy trust, or overseeing multiple schools or services.
• Direct relevant experience with integrating education, health and care provision for young people with neurodiversity or Special Educational Needs.
• Demonstrable strategic and operational experience, with the ability to lead implementation of multi-year strategic plans with measurable impact, through the clear communication of a strategic vision.
• Resilient and robust, role modelling outstanding teaching and professionalism.
• Commercially astute and solutions focused.
• Proven skills in operating at a strategic level as a collaborative and supportive member of a senior team, actively engaging in decision making leading to positive pupil progress and business outcomes.
• Experience of driving inclusive education initiatives to support best practice with vulnerable and complex groups.
• Proven skills in coaching & mentoring.
• Proactive and innovative, collaborating with team members in other disciplines, whilst also with the ability to work flexibly and independently.

In return we offer:

• Competitive salary, terms and conditions.
• An opportunity to join a leading provider of specialist education in one of the most rewarding sectors whilst directly contributing to the positive outcomes for pupils with SEMH and ASC.
• Comprehensive induction process, and excellent CPD opportunities with all staff provided an individual Learning & Development Plan to support career development.
• Regular half termly staff wellbeing days.
• A range of employee support and wellbeing benefits including our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), counselling and contributions towards medical costs and an exclusive rewards platform.
• Gym & Active Health discounts.
• Private Healthcare Insurance

Closing Date:   28 March

Interviews to be held: 7th April and/or 23rd April (dependent on availability of shortlisted applicants).

To apply

Conversations prior to applications advised, please contact Kenny Fraser on 07858 027 773, or email: recruitment@integrityeducationsolutions.co.uk

TCES is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects all staff to share this commitment. The appointment is subject to all relevant checks such as references, medical clearance and a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure.