Headteacher Designate

Due to the pending retirement of our current Headteacher, we are seeking to appoint an exceptional Headteacher to this highly successful special school and allied services for children experiencing Social, Emotional, Behavioural and/or Mental Health difficulties.

New Rush Hall School, consistently judged Outstanding by Ofsted and in Challenge Partner reviews, is a Teaching School and part of the wider New Rush Hall Group, which comprises 2 PRUs, a Behaviour Support Outreach Service, An Early Years Provision, and the education department of Brookside psychiatric adolescent unit. Through a service level agreement with Redbridge LA the current Headteacher is also Head of the Group.

The appointment comes at a pivotal time as the school considers the next phase of its development and a possible move to multi-academy status.

The successful candidate will be:

• Passionate about education and dedicated to achieving the highest possible standards and outcomes for pupils and staff
  
• Able to draw on a high level of resilience and character

• A key role model who demonstrates high levels of professionalism

• Able to inspire staff and pupils to deliver the highest quality teaching and learning

• Committed to understanding behaviour and working in partnership with parents,

  carers and agencies to help children manage themselves and maximise their potential

• Commercially-minded and forward-thinking in championing the school and group to external stakeholders
  
• Dynamic, energetic and innovative; keen to build on the strong ethos the school already has and position it to meet the demands of the future
  
• Highly ambitious and keen for a challenge with plenty of opportunities to grow and develop the school and group, with a supportive Governing Body.

Closing date: Friday mid-day 20thJanuary 2017.
Interviews and assessments will take place on Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 January.

Application forms and further details for the post are available by visiting our website at: www.nrhs.redbridge.sch.uk