Assistant Headteacher

Sherwood Foundation School Assistant Headteacher Salary: Leadership Pay Scale, L8 to L15 £65,642 to £77,209 Contract: Full time Start date: Summer Term 2026 Closing date: Friday 8th May 12pm Sherwood Foundation School is a Foundation Special School located in the London Borough of Sutton and made up of three campuses: Sherwood Park Campus: This is a specialist school for learners aged 3 - 19 years who have severe, multiple and complex learning difficulties and/or disabilities. This includes learners who have highly complex access needs resulting from their physical and/or health conditions. All learners require high levels of adult support to access learning. Sherwood Hill Campus: This is a specialist school for autistic learners aged 3 - 19 years who have multiple and complex barriers to learning, requiring high levels of support to access education and learning around their peers. Many of our learners may also have severe learning difficulties and /or struggle to maintain a regulated state for learning. Sherwood Manor Campus: This is a specialist school primarily for Autistic learners aged 11 - 19 years who have moderate to severe barriers to learning. Most of our pupils can access a highly adapted formal learning environment with high levels of adult support. Some of our learners struggle to deal with the demands of an adult led learning environment so may need a highly individualised learning offer to meet their academic potential. Our curriculum ensures that our pupils, who come from a wide range of backgrounds, have exceptional opportunities to excel and access exciting opportunities in school, and beyond school, to develop their physical, social and emotional well-being. We are a senior leadership team who have enormous ambition for our pupils and are looking for a senior leader with a growth mindset and passion for supporting our children to achieve their full potential, to join our team. We will expect you to assist the Head of School in the oversigh