Deputy Headteacher (Primary)

Are you an experienced, outstanding senior leader with substantial teaching experience in a specialist school? Have you been successful in leading a provision's education or academic progress focusing on robust teaching and learning? Do you make evidence-based decisions to drive successful outcomes for young people? We are seeking a highly child-centric education professional to lead the education provision of our primary school in Custom House, London.

You will provide advice and guidance to teachers, practitioners and parents in order to fully support the needs of highly complex and vulnerable neurodiverse young people. In this role you will develop the curriculum to ensure it is robust, appropriate and engaging, supporting teachers and practitioners to differentiate learning opportunities and decoding learning for complex young people which others may take for granted. You will lead your staff team to adapt teaching & learning opportunities to allow our vulnerable and complex young pupils to thrive, gain social and academic skills and become successful independent children.

You will provide hands-on expertise in holistic child-focused solutions, ensuring all staff, pupils and parents/carers have the right resources, knowledge and skills to meet individual SEN needs, ensure effective pupil progress, a passion for learning, and a desire to continue to progress and enjoy school.

Essential requirements to be successful in the role are:

• A champion of education and advocate for young people, with similar values to match ours: Expect the very best from each other; Develop a strong work ethic; Respect and appreciate all difference; Include everyone and exclude no one; Listen to and involve everyone; Never give up on each other!
• Able to deliver an engaging and diverse curriculum through outstanding primary school teaching practice.
• Resilient and robust, role modelling outstanding teaching and professionalism.
• Substantial demonstrable experience within specialist therapeutic education provisions or specialist schools, collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams of educators, clinicians and social workers.
• Proven experience of positive performance management & developing teams, inclusive of coaching and influencing staff to deliver innovative ways of working and teaching.
• Demonstrable experience in meeting needs of individuals, providing bespoke interventions, and educational administration linked to Education, Health & Care Plans (EHCPs).
• Experience of driving inclusive education initiatives to support best practice with vulnerable and complex groups.
• Proven skills in coaching & mentoring.
• Proactive and innovative, collaborating with team members in other disciplines, whilst also with the ability to work flexibly and independently.

The Complete Education Solution (TCES) is an independent social enterprise providing specialist therapeutic education based in London. We support exceptional neurodiverse children and young people aged 7 to 19 who have special educational needs and disabilities typically associated with autism, social emotional and mental health needs and associated disorders. Most of them will have experienced multiple placement breakdowns and significant trauma, often resulting in behaviour that challenges.

On average pupils will have been excluded from other provisions up to three times before reaching us and had significant periods out of education. TCES pupils learn at one of our two independent day schools in London, within our Create Service or our National Online School; Create in the Community and Nurture Primary support our most complex and vulnerable pupils, with TCES East London and TCES North West London supporting those who are able to access learning within a school environment. When they are ready, we aim for pupils to step down from Create into one of our main schools or TCES Sixth Form.

TCES Nurture Primary, with support and training from Nurture UK, provide the learning environment for all pupils to find and express their creativity and find an interest in a range of subjects and extra-curricular activities.

In return we offer:

• Competitive salary and terms and conditions, including school holidays and consistent monthly pay.
• An opportunity to make a real difference and join a leading provider of specialist education, directly contributing towards positive outcomes for pupils with SEMH and ASC.
• Excellent CPD opportunities with all staff provided an individual Learning & Development Plan to support career development, including education qualifications at all levels (QTS / QTLS / ECF / NPQs) and enrolment onto our Ofqual registered Level 3 Award in Therapeutic Education and Group Process.
• Comprehensive induction process.
• Regular half termly staff wellbeing days.
• A range of employee support and wellbeing benefits including our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), counselling, gym discounts and contributions towards medical costs and an exclusive rewards platform.

To apply: Please apply with an online application form. Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed in April 2025. TCES is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects all staff to share this commitment. The appointment is subject to all relevant checks such as references, medical clearance and a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure. The Complete Education Solution is an equal opportunity employer.