Headteacher

Brownhill School, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL12 0PZ

15 days remaining to apply

Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
25 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
5 March 2025

Job details

Job role: Teacher
Headteacher
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern: Full time: Full time
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £93,400 - £109,275
Pay scale: L27-L33

What skills and experience we're looking for

Brownhill School is a specialist SEMH school in Rochdale for pupils aged 9-16. It is currently federated with Rochdale Pupil Referral Service but from September 2025 they will be defederated. This is a fantastic opportunity for a Headteacher to lead the new school, which will initially have capacity for 100 students, so that it can look forward to a bright future with optimism and is able to meet the needs of learners in a calm, supportive environment in which all can flourish.

The school currently has 87 students on role across two sites, but in September will move to an expanded and refurbished site at Darnhill in Heywood. This will provide an exciting opportunity to expand and also enhance the offer to students and the community of Rochdale and marks a clear step forward towards a new future for the school.

In recent years the school has faced numerous changes of leadership, structural changes, financial pressures, and a challenging Ofsted inspection. The planned changes mark the beginning of a new chapter and the opportunity to transform the educational experiences of the young people and their families. The school community want a Headteacher who shares their optimism and who has the leadership experience, passion for creating fantastic opportunities for its cohort of young people, vision and motivation to lead them to a bright and successful future.

The successful candidate will be a values-based leader and a passionate advocate for vulnerable children, young people and their families. You will have a successful track record as a senior leader, with experience of working with young people with SEMH needs and be a role model for the school community. You must be ambitious for all learners, be optimistic, see barriers as opportunities and lead in a positive way which makes a real difference to learning. Above all, you must share the school’s commitment to ensuring the students are safe, happy and achieve their full potential.

What the school offers its staff

For a confidential discussion about the role, to arrange a visit or to discuss arrangements for making an application, please contact Martin Blair at Hays Leadership Appointments.

T: 07736 791138 E: martin.blair@hays.com.

Further details can also be found at www.hays.co.uk/vacancies/brownhill-school

Closing date – Tuesday 25th March 2025 at 11.59pm

Shortlisting – Friday 28th March 2025

Interviews – 1st and 2nd April 2025

Start date – September 2025

Completed applications should be sent to head.recruitment@rochdale.gov.uk by 11.59pm on Tuesday 25th March 2025.

Brownhill School value equality and diversity and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be subject to safer recruitment practises including satisfactory references and the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check

The ability to converse at ease with customers and service users and provide advice in accurate spoken English is an essential requirement of this post.

Applicants are advised that by applying for this position they are declaring that they are not subject to any immigration controls or restrictions that prohibit them undertaking work in the UK, and that they are able to provide proof of their Right to Work in the UK if they are invited to attend an interview.

The school will carry out an online search as part of their due-diligence for all shortlisted candidates in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024.

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.