Assistant Headteacher

Assistant Headteacher (Pastoral, Safeguarding, Attendance and Behaviour)

This is a rare and rewarding opportunity to join Bents Green School as an Assistant Headteacher with strategic responsibility for:

Safeguarding

• Lead safeguarding practice for highly vulnerable, often non‑verbal students.
• Ensure concerns are identified, recorded, and escalated promptly.
• Work closely with families and multi‑agency partners to keep students safe.
• Oversee risk assessments and ensure staff understand non‑verbal indicators of harm or distress.

Behaviour

• Lead a whole‑school behaviour approach underpinned by Trauma Informed Practice
• Oversee personalised behaviour plans, functional assessments, and crisis responses.
• Analyse behaviour patterns to identify triggers and reduce distressed behaviours.
• Support staff to implement consistent, communication‑rich, trauma‑informed strategies.

Attendance

• Lead and monitor whole‑school attendance.
• Ensure accurate tracking systems and timely follow‑up.
• Work with families and agencies to remove attendance barriers.
• Promote consistent policy use and a culture of good attendance.

Pastoral care, inclusion and wellbeing

• Oversee pastoral systems that support emotional regulation, communication, and wellbeing.
• Ensure consistent use of visuals and communication systems.
• Promote dignity, agency, and student voice for learners with communication needs
• Support transitions, attendance, and daily routines for students with complex needs.

Staff development, partnership working

• Provide coaching, training, and modelling on behaviour, safeguarding, and communication.
• Support staff wellbeing, especially after challenging incidents.
• Build strong relationships with families and external professionals.
• Contribute to strategic planning, policy development, and whole‑school improvement

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