Headteacher

The Helix Education Centre, Harrow, Middlesex, HA3 6DH

30 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  17 April 2026 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  18 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £86,764.00 - £95,267.00 Annually (Actual) LG20-24, dependant on experience

Headteacher job summary

The Helix is an Alternative Provision which includes a Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), a Home Tuition Service, and a Hospital School located within the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH).

The Management Committee is seeking to appoint an experienced and dynamic leader who possesses a clear vision and understanding of working with a range of vulnerable learners to maximise achievement and success into independence. This will involve reshaping the designation of the provision to provide for a broader range of children with additional needs including those that are at risk of exclusion.

The successful applicant will be instrumental in working closely with the local authority to drive up standards within the PRU and to be actively involved in shaping the strategic direction reducing exclusions and developing a co-ordinated response to alternative education across Harrow.

Our provision serves pupils aged 5-16 who are unable to access mainstream education for a variety of reasons, including those with medical needs, those who are permanently excluded or at risk of exclusion, as well as other pupils for whom the local authority has a statutory responsibility. The core offer includes short-term placements with the aim of successful reintegration into mainstream settings and achieving accreditation to support pupils into the next stage of their education, employment, or training.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic leadership and management of the PRU.
• Work with the Management Committee to develop and implement policies and strategic direction.
• Lead partnership working with local schools and other service users.
• Ensure high standards of teaching, learning, and pupil achievement.
• Work closely with the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital to ensure educational continuity for hospitalised pupils.
• Manage and deploy staff effectively, ensuring continuous professional development.
• Oversee pupil wellbeing, behaviour, and attendance.
• Maintain effective links with parents, carers, and other stakeholders.
• Attending Local Authority panels to provide specialist input.
• Responsibility for arranging outreach and training to schools

About You:

The ideal candidate will have:

• Recent, successful experience and knowledge of teaching pupils with a wide range of additional learning needs, including significant social and emotional difficulties.
• Proven track record of successful school leadership.
• Experience in performance management and enhancing the professional development of staff.
• Excellent communication, organisational, and leadership skills.
• Commitment to social inclusion and the principles of equal opportunities.

Qualifications:

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
• NPQH or equivalent management qualification
• Relevant in-service training.

Visits from prospective applicants are welcomed; please contact the school office at office@helixeducation.uk to arrange this.

The Helix Education Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To this end, you will be required to undergo pre‐employment checks, including a social media search. This post will come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations and a successful applicant would be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations. An enhanced DBS check will be required.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Harrow is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The Helix Education Centre and Harrow Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, including the barred list, as well as other pre-appointment checks and those outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education (September 2024).

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About The Helix Education Centre

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 16
• School size: 36 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Helix Education Centre website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-helix-education-centre

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