Online Deputy Headteacher

Are you an experienced, outstanding senior leader with substantial teaching experience in a specialist or online school?

Have you been successful in leading a provision's education or academic progress focussing on robust teaching and learning?

Interested in joining a growing national service provider, at the cutting edge of engaging pupils with lengthy gaps in education?

We are seeking a highly child-centric education professional to lead the education provision of our innovative online special school (the first of its kind accredited in the UK!).

You will provide advice and guidance to teachers, practitioners and parents remotely to fully support the needs of highly complex and vulnerable neurodiverse young people through online virtual learning.

In this role you will develop the curriculum to ensure it is robust, appropriate and engaging, ensuring that pupils are able to access a full curriculum through our online platforms. You will support teachers and practitioners to differentiate learning opportunities, providing all the opportunities of a physical school, as well as opening up opportunities only possible in an online provision.

You will lead your staff team to adapt teaching & learning opportunities to allow our vulnerable and complex young pupils to thrive, gain qualifications and become successful independent adults and leaders.

You will provide hands-on expertise in holistic child focussed solutions, ensuring all staff, pupils and parents/carers have the right resources, knowledge and skills to meet individual SEN needs online, ensure effective pupil progress, a passion for life-long learning and career development, with the skills to positively influence our community and society.

The Complete Education Solution (TCES) is a long-established provider of therapeutic education, and now TCES National Online School - the first Department for Education accredited online special school - provides therapeutic education virtually to young learners with lengthy gaps from formal education, including those displaying Emotional Based School Avoidance (EBSA).

Our multi-disciplinary teams across the organisation work together to provide child-centric support, engaging with clinical, educational and social work experts, as well as partnering with our pupils’ families.

Essential requirements to be successful in the role are:

• A champion of education and advocate for neurodiverse 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 teaching practice.
• Resilient and robust, role modelling outstanding teaching and professionalism.
• Substantial demonstrable experience in providing differentiated and engaging learning opportunities, through online delivery of bespoke education.
• 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.
• Highly competent digital skills, including a good understanding of IT systems and the ability to use and develop them effectively as a leader of an online school.
• Proactive and innovative, collaborating with team members in other disciplines, whilst also with the ability to work flexibly and independently.

In return, we offer:

• Competitive salary & terms and conditions.
• An opportunity to join a leading provider of specialist education in one of the most rewarding sectors whilst directly contributing to the positive outcomes for pupils with SEMH and ASC.
• Comprehensive induction process, and excellent CPD opportunities with all staff provided an individual Learning & Development Plan to support career development and enrolment in our own Ofqual registered Level 3 Award in Therapeutic Education and Group Process.
• Regular half termly staff wellbeing days.
• A range of employee support and wellbeing benefits including our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), counselling and contributions towards medical costs and an exclusive rewards platform.
• Gym & Active Health discounts.

TCES is an independent social enterprise, providing specialist therapeutic education based in London supporting 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 consists of three schools and a community-based service across London, as well as the TCES National Online School, which was recently announced as the very first full-time online special school in the country to be accredited by the Department for Education.

To apply:

Please apply with a CV or TCES application form through the Guardian website. Shortlisted candidates will need to complete a formal application form as per safer recruitment practices in Education.

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.