Executive Headteacher

Job Title: Executive Headteacher

Location: Home based with occasional travel across Yorkshire Region

Salary: £60,000 - £75,000*

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Start Date: April 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter

MLK Search is excited to be supporting the UK's leading provider of specialist education to recruit a new Executive Headteacher to take strategic and operational responsibility for multiple sites across Yorkshire. These Independent Specialist Schools offer an alternative curriculum to young people aged between 7 and 18 with a range of special educational needs associated with Social, Emotional, and Mental Health challenges.

Most students have an EHCP and a diagnosis of Autism or ADHD, and a handful of students are referred from the Local Authority Inclusion Service that have been, or are at risk of being, permanently excluded from their mainstream school setting.

About the Role:

The Executive Headteacher plays a lead role in formulating the aims, objectives of the schools within their remit and establishing the policies through which they are to be achieved. You will lead by example, holding and articulating clear values and moral purpose, and focusing on providing excellent education for all pupils. Working closely with the Education Director, you will embed a culture of success, providing direction and line management of the senior leadership teams across your three schools.

You will be responsible for raising the standards and quality of teaching and learning, providing curriculum leadership to support and challenge all students within your remit to achieve their best possible outcomes and achievements. As an Executive leader, you will manage staff development programmes and school resources as well as leading on formulating and reviewing the School Development Plan.

Managing safeguarding across the schools is essential with key actions taken to comply with the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE). You will lead regular reviews of all school systems to ensure statutory requirements are being met and improved on where appropriate. This includes leading on Ofsted and the Independent Schools' Standards audits and inspections.

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Senior Leader in education, preferably within a specialist setting
• A recognised leadership qualification would be highly desirable (e.g. NPQEL or NPQH)
• Successful leadership across multiple sites would be highly desirable
• Demonstrable experience of leading a successful Ofsted inspection and/or ISS audit
• Champion of inclusion and SEND

Benefits:

• Fully funded CPD training for all staff in our schools.
• Enhanced pay scales that recognise both qualifications and experience for all staff.
• Extensive senior management support from Regional Managers and Regional Directors.
• Centralised head office function offering supportive delivery of finance, payroll, HR and recruitment functions.
• Established network of collaborative Executive Headteachers, offering regular conferences, peer support and sharing school improvement ideas across the group.
• Group-wide budgets for a range of critical resources such as estates, job boards and learning and development.
• A dedicated School Administrator to provide an administrative support function to the Headteacher.
• Access to in-house Principal and Assistant Educational Psychologists and providing support for students and leaders within schools.
• Support from our Clinical Team, which includes Psychologists and Attachment Aware Training.
• Weekly Executive Headteacher wellbeing drop in sessions.
• Enhanced programme of 10 INSET days.
• Enhanced company maternity and paternity pay.
• Access to a blue light discount card for all employees.
• NEST Enhanced Pension Scheme.
• Life assurance.

If you are a champion of inclusion, SEND and have a wealth of school leadership experience, then we would love to hear from you.

NB. Applicants will be subject to stringent vetting and induction processes including an enhanced DBS disclosure. School tours are highly welcomed as a part of the interview selection process.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early should we receive a significant number of suitable applications.