Head of Medical Tuition Provision

Voyage Learning Campus, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, BS24 9AX

31 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  2 September 2025

• Closing date

  23 June 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  21 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £54,939-£59,167
• Pay scale: L5-L8

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you a compassionate, strategic, and experienced school leader ready to make a meaningful impact in the lives of young people who cannot attend mainstream education due to medical or mental health needs?

Voyage Learning Campus is seeking a dedicated and inspirational Head of Medical Tuition Provision to lead and develop our specialist provision for students with medical needs and Emotional Based School Avoidance (EBSA). Based at our Milton site on Baytree Road in Weston-super-Mare, you will oversee day-to-day operations, curriculum delivery, and pastoral care, ensuring that our most vulnerable students receive an exceptional and personalised educational experience.

About the Role

Reporting directly to the Principal, the successful candidate will:

• Lead the strategic planning and day-to-day management of the Medical Tuition provision.
• Provide effective leadership, curriculum oversight, and staff development.
• Work with mainstream schools across North Somerset to offer outreach support and reintegration pathways.
• Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead for the provision.
• Maintain and develop multi-agency partnerships including CAMHS, medical professionals, and the local authority.
• Ensure that statutory education requirements are met, including national exam facilitation and SEND support.
• Deliver a small teaching load (0.2 FTE) tailored to your expertise.

What We’re Looking For

Essential qualifications and experience:

• Qualified Teacher Status and a degree.
• At least 5 years’ teaching experience, including middle leadership.
• A track record in supporting students with SEMH, neurodiversity, and complex medical needs.
• Line management and staff development experience.
• Strong knowledge of trauma-informed practice and restorative approaches.
• Ability to design, lead and evaluate inclusive education provision.

Personal qualities:

• A child-centred approach and strong commitment to inclusion.
• Resilience, emotional intelligence, and excellent problem-solving skills.
• High ethical standards and commitment to safeguarding.
• A proactive, collaborative, and flexible leadership style.

What the school offers its staff

Why Join Voyage Learning Campus?

At Voyage Learning Campus, we are proud to be an inclusive, multi-site alternative provision school making a real difference to young lives. We offer:

• A highly supportive, forward-thinking leadership team and management committee
• Excellent opportunities for professional development.
• The chance to work alongside passionate colleagues and external professionals.
• A meaningful role supporting some of the most vulnerable students in education.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Voyage Learning Campus is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and children. All appointments are subject to all necessary pre-employment checks including; an enhanced DBS, Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable), qualifications (where applicable) and satisfactory references.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@voyagelearningcampus.org.uk

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Additional documents

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About Voyage Learning Campus

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 16
• School size: 47 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Voyage Learning Campus website
• Email address: recruitment@voyagelearningcampus.org.uk
• Phone number: 01934 425522
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/voyage-learning-campus

Pupil Referral Unit and Medical Tuition Service

Arranging a visit to Voyage Learning Campus

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@voyagelearningcampus.org.uk.

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