24 days remaining to apply

  • Closing date

    28 April 2025 at 3pm

  • Date listed

    1 April 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Assistant headteacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Working pattern

Full time: 25 hours a week, Monday to Friday

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

L12 to L16

What skills and experience we're looking for

We’re looking for an exceptional candidate who:

  • Can demonstrate vision, resilience and empathy and can evidence the capacity to deliver both high support and high challenge
  • Committed and passionate about working with learners with a wide and diverse range of SEN and can embrace the school’s vision, aims and core value of ‘Learning for life’
  • An exceptionally enthusiastic and committed teacher who can motivate our learners and lead and inspire their class team to raise standards in learner outcomes
  • An advocate for our learning for life approach, which puts developing independence and life skills at the heart of our curriculum alongside ambitious academic expectations
  • A role model who is aligned with our values
  • A lifelong learner who continues to develop and grow, personally and professionally
  • Works well with others: we’re one school and one team

What the school offers its staff

We have an attractive employee benefits package, including:

  • Pension scheme with 23.68% employer contributions
  • Opportunity for flexible work hours
  • Supportive learning culture with funded continuous professional development (CPD)
  • Professional networking opportunities
  • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
  • Opportunity to make your mark in a highly rewarding and meaningful role

Commitment to safeguarding

West Lea School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be subject to a full Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure and checks regarding proof of ID, medical clearance and the right to work in the UK.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
How to apply
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About West Lea School

School type
Special school, ages 4 to 19
School size
475 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 19
Ofsted report
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Based in the borough of Enfield, West Lea is a school that provides education to children and young adults with special educational needs and disabilities, from the ages of 4 to 25.

We pride ourselves on creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome. Our four campuses – Meridian, Haselbury, Learning for Life and Horizon – serve nearly 450 learners and are home to 220 employees.

A strong community that works together with the common goal of helping each other to flourish, our learners leave equipped with a ‘suitcase of skills’ that help them to progress onto further education and work.

We’re a disability confident employer that’s Investors in People accredited, with firmly held values placed at our core.

• Our origins are humble. We opened in 1938 as an open air school for ‘delicate’ children
• Our modern-day growth journey began in 2014, starting with 80 learners on a single site
• We now cater for students with a range of complex special educational needs and disabilities
• We’ve grown rapidly in response to increased demand across the borough of Enfield
• Our four campuses serve nearly 450 learners aged
4 to 19 and 25 learners aged 19 to 25
• Throughout their journey, learners develop vital life skills as well as achieve academically
• We actively prepare learners for adulthood, further education and the workplace
• Our provision includes the Attendance Support Service (ASU), Home Tuition Service and a post 16 bridging programme that enables learners to go to a local college
• Our Travel Training Programme enables many learners to travel confidently and independently
• Learners gain work experience with local employers and through our partnership with the Learning for Life Charity (LFLC)
• Our Supported Internship Programme gives young people aged 16 to 25 an opportunity to work
• 80% of our interns get jobs and 90% retain them
• We’re a founder member of the Enterprise Cooperative Trust in Enfield borough

Arranging a visit to West Lea School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email gwhybrow-harris@westleaschool.co.uk.

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