Headteacher

Headteacher - Great Oaks College, Longford Road, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 0LG Salary: £55,000 - £75,000 | Full Time (40 hours/week) Purpose of Role The Headteacher is the lead professional and role model for the school community, responsible for providing visionary and operational leadership that ensures high quality education, safeguarding, and wellbeing for pupils with complex needs and challenging behaviours. This role demands a commitment to the school’s ethos of trauma-informed, therapeutic practice and the EPIC values (Excellence, Passion, Integrity, Caring), fostering a positive, inclusive, and safe environment where every pupil can thrive. At Great Oaks College We are a small independent school who support students which may have previously experienced difficulties in accessing their education. We are committed to ensuring that all students learn and are engaged in the appropriate programme of study, which allows them to successfully re-engage with education and to achieve their very best outcomes. We offer a very broad and balanced curriculum that enables pupils to undertake examinations and gain qualifications including GCSE's. BTECs, and functional skills, we also have access to a wide range of adventurous subjects which include water sports, mountain biking, archery, horse-riding etc. Key Responsibilities Establish and sustain the school’s ethos, strategic vision, and direction Create a culture where pupils and staff experience a positive, enriching, and safe school life, promoting respect, inclusion, and high aspirations. Fostering a trauma-informed and therapeutic environment Establish and sustain high-quality, expert teaching across all subjects and phases, based on evidence-informed practises and understanding of how pupils learn Lead curriculum design and implementation ensuring a broad, balanced, structured, and coherent entitlement, tailored to pupils’ individual needs, including vocational and therapeutic elements Develop and support subject