Assistant Headteacher for Inclusion
Mill Hill County High School, London, NW7 4LL17 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April 2026
Closing date
9 February 2026 at 3pm
Date listed
23 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: Your normal working week is a minimum of 32.5 hours (for full time staff)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L14-18
What skills and experience we're looking for
Overall Purpose: To support the strategic leadership of the school by providing effective leadership and management of school strategy, in the broad area of Inclusion, specifically Pupil Premium, SEND, Looked After and Previously Looked After Children and Student Mental Wellbeing. In addition, to lead a specific strand of the School Improvement Plan.
Responsibilities: The specific duties of the Assistant Headteacher are reviewed on a regular basis and will change as the aims and objectives of the school change. Responsibilities may be rotated through the team as and when the Headteacher deems it appropriate.
Responsible for: Line management of specific middle leaders, pastoral and academic, including the SENCO.
Inclusion responsibilities reflect those in the national strategies including; Pupil Premium and associated budgets; Looked After & Previously Looked After Children; Line-management of our strong SENCO and Inclusion (SEND) Department; Student Wellbeing.
What the school offers its staff
We are committed to support staff wellbeing in a variety of ways and the good working relationships within the staff body, and between staff and students, is why many colleagues have chosen to stay with us for the long term. We invest in a subsidised gym membership scheme for staff and run an Employee Assistance Programme which is free for all staff and supports in areas such as mental health. We are also strong at supporting staff career development and colleagues are successful in securing promotions at all levels. We support colleagues in pursuing NPQs and offer a secondment programme onto the Senior Leadership Team for middle leaders. We will be operating a two-week half-term holiday each October.
Although we achieve excellent results year on year and are heavily over-subscribed, we are not complacent. We know there is always more to do. As a member of our senior leadership team, I will expect you contribute to all strategic decisions, whatever your own strategic responsibilities are – after all, more voices are better than one to form a strategy that will have real impact. I encourage a collegial approach to strategic development and will expect you to be flexible in the way you work so that we create an agile team ready to address any challenges that may lay ahead, especially in the current climate.
Further information about the job
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.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Mill Hill County High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1651 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Mill Hill County High School website
- Email address
- leonarda@mhchs.org.uk
- Phone number
- 02082388184
Mill Hill County High School
Worcester Crescent, London NW7 4LL
One of London’s most over-subscribed schools
11-18 Mixed, Partially-Selective Academy
1666 on roll (423 in the Sixth Form)
Arranging a visit to Mill Hill County High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email leonarda@mhchs.org.uk.
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