Headteacher

Sir Charles Parsons School, Newcastle upon Tyne

Headteacher

Salary: Group 7: L31 – L37 £104,040 - £120,524 per annum, depending on teaching experience.

NOR: 210

Full time as in accordance with the National School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions document.

Required for Start of Autumn Term 2025

Sir Charles Parsons School is a fully subscribed LA Maintained Special school for young people aged eleven to nineteen years old who have a range of additional needs including profound and multiple learning difficulties, complex health issues and disabilities. The school currently provides education for 210 students, including a sixth form provision which caters for 33.

The school moved in June 2011 into a new purpose built Privately Financed Initiative building, which provides outstanding facilities for young people with additional needs. These facilities include specialist art, food technology, music and computing classrooms as well as a swimming pool and a hydrotherapy pool. Additional on-site education hubs have been recently added to take our Planned Place Number from 150 to 210.

We are seeking to appoint an Outstanding Headteacher to lead our School. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong leadership background in specialist education to lead a school that Ofsted have judged to be Outstanding in successive inspections since 2006. The position will appeal to higher calibre candidates where the Headteacher who working with the Governing Body can provide the drive and leadership to delivering outstanding education in the current and future financial and political climate. You will have a proven successful track record in specialist education, excellent analytical, organisational and communication skills, as well as demonstrable evidence of understanding and empathy, for the learning needs of our students.

As well as working with the Governing Body, the successful candidate will be expected to further enforce the links we have forged with the Local Authority which is committed to relational practice. In addition, we are proud to be part of the Compass Foundation Trust collaboratively working with Hadrian Primary School where we are leading the way on national issues in providing effective specialist education.

For further information please download an application pack from www.scp.newcastle.sch.uk  Please note completed applications must be returned to Deb Lant or by email at: deborah.lant@scp.newcastle.sch.uk

The governors are committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. All posts are subject to enhanced disclosure and barring service checks. We expect all adults to share our commitment to safeguarding and the health and wellbeing of our students and staff.

As a disability confident employer, we are committed to employing disabled people and people with health conditions making reasonable adjustments to support disabled applicants when required. 

For a further discussion with the Chair of Governors or to arrange a time to see the school prior to application, please contact the school to make the necessary arrangement.

Closing date: 12.00pm midday on Monday 10th March 2025

Interviews: Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th April 2025