Head of School
Pathways School, Dagenham, RM10 9NH11 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
21 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
5 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £78,000.00 - £84,246.00 Annually (Actual)
Head of School job summary
Advert (Internal)
Salary point: L14 to L18
Salary: £78,000 to £84,246
Contract type: Full-time, Permanent
Start Date: 01st September 2025
Pathways School, Barking and Dagenham, RM10 9NH
Eko Trust is a family of good and outstanding schools situated across London and Suffolk. Collaborating seamlessly, we are dedicated to cultivating a supportive environment where our collective goal is to constantly learn and innovate, striving to deliver unparalleled educational outcomes for the children under our care. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact in education and thrive in a collaborative, progressive atmosphere, this is the perfect opportunity to contribute to a community committed to excellence.
Pathways School is a small special school, currently catering for pupils from KS2 to KS4 and offering a curriculum based on a child’s right to ‘Learn, Grow and Thrive’. We absolutely believe that all our children and young people deserve to achieve and succeed and will do so, with the right guidance and academic and pastoral support.
A fantastic opportunity for an innovative, creative, courageous and resilient Head of School to grow, nurture and lead in a unique special school in an ethnically diverse inner-city area.
The ideal candidate will have successful experience of senior leadership or strong middle leadership in either a special or mainstream education setting, as we are just as keen to encourage applications from candidates with a relevant mainstream background as those with special school experience. There will be a timetabled teaching requirement also.
The successful person will be supported in post by a trust leadership which ensures our:
schools are vibrant, multicultural centres of learning
children achieve highly
children are happy and love actively learning
children leave with the resilience and motivation to continue their successful learning
community are proud of our schools and excited by what we can achieve together
Our Trust can offer:
- Supportive and friendly staff who work together as a team
- Forward-thinking approaches to learning, professional development, and school improvement
- Continuous professional development & learning opportunities
- Employee benefits scheme offering great discounts from a range of brands
- Salary sacrifice schemes such as Cycle to Work
- Employee Assistance Programme offering 24/7 access to a confidential employee helpline staffed by trained counsellors
- Access to private GP services, counselling, financial wellbeing advice, physiotherapy, and other specialist services
- Family-friendly policies and options for flexible working
- A commitment to your career aspirations and professional development
- A clear vision for the future and strong values of school values
Visits are welcomed. Please contact pathwaysinfo@ekotrust.org.uk ,to arrange this or for any further information.
To apply, please visit ‘My New Term’
Eko Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all pupils attending our schools. As the duties of this post involve regular contact with children, any offer to the successful candidate will be conditional upon an Enhanced DBS check being completed. This post is also subject to a satisfactory probationary period and medical clearance.
Closing date for applications: Friday 21st March 2025 by 12pm
Interviews will be held: Friday 4th April 2025
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 school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Pathways School
- School type
- Free School, ages 6 to 19
- School size
- 56 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 6 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Pathways School website
Pathways is a new all-through special school for pupils with severe Social Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) difficulties, who, for a variety of reasons find mainstream school challenging to manage. The school is part of the Eko Trust family of schools. As an Eko School there is a focus on innovating practice and inspiring teachers and support staff by collaborating with staff from other schools. Eko Trust is now a group of 6 schools, 2 of which are SEMH settings.
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