Assistant Head Teacher

What skills and experience we\’re looking for

Assistant Headteacher (SENDCo, Inclusion & Phase Leader)

Are you an inclusive, reflective leader with a passion for ensuring every child thrives? Do you have the vision, drive and expertise to lead SEND and Inclusion across a diverse school community?

At Dunstall Hill, our values guide everything we do: high expectations, equality, care, respect, inclusion and achievement for all. We are seeking a dynamic Assistant Headteacher to join our leadership team with responsibility for SENDCo, Inclusion and Phase Leadership.

This is a role with real impact, where you will:

• Lead and champion inclusion, ensuring every pupil’s needs are met.
• Drive high standards in teaching, learning and outcomes for pupils with SEND.
• Work closely with staff, families and external partners to strengthen provision.
• Take strategic responsibility for phase leadership and whole-school improvement.

If you are an ambitious leader with the commitment, resilience and compassion to make a difference, we would love to hear from you.

What the school offers its staff

Dunstall Hill Primary School offers:

• A diverse, vibrant school community with a strong sense of belonging.
• Children who are eager to learn, proud of their school and full of potential.
• A committed staff team, focused on inclusion, care and achievement for all.
• A leadership culture rooted in collaboration, respect and shared ambition.

Perry Hall Multi-Academy Trust

Perry Hall Multi-Academy Trust has a singular, clear and unwavering purpose: to improve outcomes for all children across the Trust regardless of their starting point in life.

This is achieved by delivering a world class education, by ensuring pupils perform above national expectations, by providing holistic support to our pupils and their families and by adding value to the pupil experience at every given opportunity.

We safeguard and protect all of our schools, providing a platform from which we can grow and succeed together.

Our ethos is to support, collaborate and empower our schools to succeed. We celebrate their individuality and cherish their respective identities. Every one of our schools is different, with unique challenges, opportunities and personalities. We recognise that as a strength and something to be celebrated.

School to school support and staff CPD is provided by the PHMAT Training and Development team and creates an environment wherein all our schools work together to prosper and share best practice. It also provides a number of opportunities for staff to enhance their careers and share their specialist knowledge to others who are able to benefit from it, resulting in better outcomes and experiences for our children.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.