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Head Teacher

Egham Park School

Surrey

  • £58,000 - £73,000 per year
  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
07 September 2026
Apply by:
26 February 2026

Job overview

Transform Lives Through Exceptional Leadership

Are you an inspiring, compassionate, and visionary school leader ready to make a profound difference in the lives of young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs.

With just 45 pupils Egham Park School is a very small, nurturing independent specialist school dedicated to supporting young people aged 11-16. Our mission is to provide a safe, therapeutic, and aspirational learning environment where every student can re-engage with education, develop resilience, and achieve meaningful outcomes.

We are seeking an exceptional Headteacher who shares our vision and values — a compassionate, dynamic leader committed to ensuring every pupil thrives academically, socially, and emotionally.
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About the Role

As Headteacher, you will:
• Provide strategic leadership rooted in care, inclusion, and high expectations.
• Ensure outstanding quality of education, safeguarding, and pupil wellbeing.
• Lead and inspire staff to deliver a personalised, trauma-informed curriculum.
• Drive compliance with Independent Schools Standards and foster continuous improvement.
• Work collaboratively with the Proprietor, parents and external professionals.

This is unique opportunity to lead a very small highly committed team in a setting where relationships, wellbeing and individual growth sit at the heart of everything we do.
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About you

We are looking for a leader who is:
• Experienced in working with pupils with SEMH or SEND needs.
• Skilled in leading teams with empathy, clarity, and purpose.
• Confident in safeguarding, compliance and school improvement.
• Passionate about trauma-informed, child-centred education.
• Qualified with QTS and proven leadership experience (NPQH desirable)

Whether you are an established Headteacher or an ambitious Deputy ready for your next challenge, this role offers the chance to make a lasting impact in a nurturing, independent school environment.
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Why Join Us?
• Small class sizes and a therapeutic ethos.
• Highly supportive and dedicated staff team.
• Genuine autonomy to share school direction and practice.
• A chance to lead a school where every child’s potential is valued and nurtured.
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The pupils who will attend Egham Park will be placed at the school by the Local Education Authority. Their primary area of need will be Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs (SEMH).

Most will come to us having had previous negative experience of school, resulting in emotional based school avoidance for many. As a result, most will have been out of school for some time, and many will join us late in their secondary educational career.

The school offers a very flexible, low demand, low arousal environment where pupils are at the centre of their learning choices. This will equip them to feel empowered and safe within the environment.

Each pupil will have a bespoke differentiated curriculum. Whilst they will follow a timetable of subjects, they will be able to make choices as to what they are studying under those subject headings, thus motivating them to engage in learning.

Egham Park will offer blended learning in that all the programmes of study can be accessed online, and through workbooks and worksheets. This means that pupils can access their learning within the school environment, or from home, dependent upon their individual circumstances at the time. This then enables pupils to follow a bespoke, differentiated curriculum that is pupil led, motivating and accessible from school and home.

Within the school, there are just two classrooms with a maximum of 10 pupils throughout the school. Students will access their individual learning programme at their own pace whilst being supported by the class teacher and learning support assistant.

Pupils can engage in units and courses that result in a qualification, units and courses that result in a Certificate of Achievement or a combination of both. This will be determined by the students, interests, abilities and time of joining us. The learning journey decided upon is also fluid, dependent upon individual circumstances at any given time.

Our aim for all pupils is that they experience a positive association with education and learning, thus preparing them for the step of their own journey. This may be taking their first qualifications at college, further qualifications at college, employment or an apprenticeship.


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