Vacancy: Assistant Headteacher (Inclusion & SEMH Provision)

VJC_057

14 July 2023

Permanent

0.6 FTE

The Mead Trust is made up of three primary schools in Wiltshire: The Mead School and Castle Mead School in Trowbridge and River Mead School in Melksham. The schools are individual learning communities, and their differences are valued. Our Headteachers are enabled to focus on the core task of the development and improvement of teaching and learning through the provision of a strong Trust Central Services team. The Central Team ensures that a range of administration, business and health and safety activity is carried out effectively and efficiently. This includes recruitment, marketing, technical infrastructure, compliance training, estate management and finance / budget support.

To support growth and developments within the Trust, we have a vacancy for an Assistant Headteacher. This role will be based within the Trust Central Team, working with and supporting inclusion and SEMH provision across all of our schools. In particular, the role will be responsible for the strategic management of our early intervention SEMH programme, called The Harbour.

The Harbour is an holistic, collaborative programme that incorporates therapeutic approaches to enable children to develop relationships and positively engage with learning in school. With the child at its heart, The Harbour adopts a holistic partnership approach (alongside families and schools) to support children with social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH) needs. With responsibility for our Harbour practitioners, plus the external experts that support the programme, the Assistant Headteacher will be a lynchpin in the ongiong success of the programme.

In addition to managing The Harbour, the Assistant Headteacher will also be responsible for:
• Developing the Trust’s Alternative Provision offer for children who require support beyond our mainstream classrooms
• Building our Forest School provision
• Working with families of children referred to The Harbour, to ensure their time in the programme is as successful as possible
• Building relationships between the Trust, The Harbour, external practitioners and agencies to ensure our SEMH provision is well-rounded, guided by experts, and meets the needs of all our children

This role will work collaboratively and in partnership with our existing team of Assistant Headteachers with Inclusion responsibility and build meaningful relationships with all Inclusion Team members across our family of schools.

We would like to hear from you if you are:
• Dedicated to, with high expectations of, all children - with a belief that all children can succeed
• Able to demonstrate how your work will impact on the Trust as part of our Trust Central Team
• Able to demonstrate strong leadership in inclusion, with a proven track record of supporting others to improve their practice and be able to hold people to account
• Experienced in working with colleagues (including multi-agency professionals), children and parents to ensure that all learners make good progress from their starting points, and are advantaged by your leadership
• Able to lead staff development and actively contribute to strategic planning for the Trust
• An Advanced Safeguarding qualified professional (or willing to attain this)
• An excellent communicator, with very high levels of interpersonal skills
• Innovative, creative and forward-thinking
• Committed to your professional development and learning
• Enthusiastic about developing strong engagement with the local community and multi-agency professionals