Head of Specialist Resource Base
Millfield Primary School, North Walsham, Norfolk, NR28 0ES23 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
7 July 2025 at 10am
Date listed
12 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £52,370.00 - £57,528.00 Annually (FTE) L1-5 + SEND allowance
Head of Specialist Resource Base job summary
“Giving every child the chance to succeed”.
Millfield Primary School, part of the Enrich Learning Trust, is a primary school with over 260 pupils and a 16 place Specialist Resource Base in Norfolk. We are a rapidly developing school that has a strong community of dedicated staff who live out our vision and gives every child the chance to succeed. This is underpinned by CARES values that permeate the school.
Our SRB forms part of a county wide programme of SRB provision as part of Norfolk’s Local Offer to children, young people with special educational needs and their families. Our SRB caters for students with a diagnosis of ASD and for students who do not have a formal diagnosis but have barriers to learners associated with the triad of communication, socialisation and flexibility of thinking. The vision is to support this students to access mainstream education.
We are seeking to appoint an inspirational and passionate Head of the Specialist Resource Base who will ensure every child is given the chance to succeed at our school. The successful candidate will:
- Lead the delivery of the school’s Specialist Resource Base (SRB)
- Lead the strategic development of practice, performance, and quality within the SRB
- Be passionate about inclusive education in line with the school's values and vision for SEND
- Manage a staff team of teaching and support staff within the SRB, providing inspirational leadership which enables individuals to operate at their best and continually improve.
- Provide leadership and guidance to teams, colleagues and partners ensuring a culture which promotes true partnership with parents, carers, and families.
- Maintain the highest standards of teaching, learning, specialist support and safeguarding for the pupils within the SRB, enabling pupils to make accelerated progress and to meet their special educational needs.
- Undertake the role of Designated Safeguarding Lead for the SRB and have clear understanding of safeguarding procedures and practices.
- Make suitable plans for a child’s needs by interpreting both how they present as well as specific assessments and knowledge of their specific needs.
- Encourage children to develop in all aspects of their learning, including both socially and emotionally, promoting the school’s nurturing ethos
Professional development opportunities are plentiful and we are always working hard to be innovative around workload- we want you to have a balanced life and enjoy working with our children!
For an informal discussion contact the Headteacher, Mrs Laura Gatward (lgatward@millfieldprimary.school). We welcome visits to the school prior to application.
Enrich Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all those working at the Trust to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
Commitment to safeguarding
Enrich Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all those working at the Trust to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
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 Millfield Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 273 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Millfield Primary School website
Millfield Primary is a thriving school in the market town of North Walsham, and this is an exciting opportunity to join our expanding Multi Academy Trust. Situated approximately 20 miles north of Norwich, we are part of the Enrich Learning Trust family of schools. Millfield Primary School is a fully inclusive setting with a 16 place SRB for Autism.
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