ASSISTANT HEADTEACHER OF PRIMARY (SEND)

Assistant Headteacher (SEND)

Exhall Grange is a 4 19 maintained school which provides a nurturing environment and meets the needs of children and young people with:

• Social, Communication and Interaction difficulties including Autism
• Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs
• Physical difficulties
• Sensory impairment
• Complex medical needs

Exhall Grange Specialist School fosters a caring and enabling ethos to support and develop our pupils to progress to positive outcomes and destinations. We are very proud of our school and especially our pupils. We are committed to ensuring all our pupils reach their full potential and encourage all of our pupils and staff to "Be Your Best Self" which encapsulates our core purpose.

Pupils are seen and known as individuals and our high quality, experienced staff are caring and have the expertise and attributes to bring out the best in every pupil.

We provide challenge and encourage resilience to develop personal growth.

Exhall Grange strives to be an outstanding school that meets the complex special educational needs of all our pupils and the communities they represent. We constantly improve the quality of the learning outcomes for individuals by refining and refreshing our high quality teaching, reviewing our curriculum and by using assessment and targeting consistently and effectively.

At Exhall Grange Specialist School we ensure that all staff at the school are committed to personal and shared development of skills that strengthen and support our strategic purpose and vision. We remain open minded as we seek to follow opportunities that strengthen our focus.

In our Early Years and primary setting, we currently offer two pathways of learning specific to pupil need, however we encourage our pupils to develop the qualities of our school values: Respect, Resilience, Confidence, Motivation, Aspiration and Integrity.

Roles and Responsibilities

We are seeking to appoint an Assistant Headteacher from September 2026, to lead and manage our diverse and complex cohort of pupils in our primary setting. The school has developed a supportive and nurturing provision and environment for pupils with complex special educational needs and requires an experienced practitioner to lead our team and continue this excellent work.

Qualifications and Experience

• Passion for supporting pupils to learn to the best of their ability.
• Qualified Teacher Status.
• Strong understanding of complex special educational needs and Autism and how this impacts pupils and families.
• Detailed understanding of curriculum provision that supports pupils with complex special educational needs.
• Considerable experience of supporting the learning, progress and development of pupils with complex special educational needs.
• Experience working in a school environment or other educational setting.
• Experience of planning and delivering learning activities.
• Experience of using and implementing communication strategies e.g. PECS, Makaton, visual timetables, in print, objects of reference, AAC devices etc. to develop pupils' understanding and communication skills.
• Experience of supporting and leading CPD for staff to develop their knowledge and skills to work directly with complex pupil cohorts.
• Experience of supporting and leading sensory provision for pupils with complex special educational needs.
• As a designated safeguarding trained staff member, undertake and refresh DSL training to support the Designated Safeguarding Lead in fulfilling the safeguarding requirements in line with KCSiE.

In return, you will have the opportunity to work in this unique Specialist Provision. You will become a valued member of an encouraging and friendly staff group.

The salary range for this position is Leadership Scale L11-15 (£ 66,368 - 73,105 per annum).

The closing time/date is: 09.00 a.m. on Wednesday 29 April 2026. Completed application forms should be sent to:

Mrs P Kane, HR Officer, Exhall Grange Specialist School, Easter Way, Ash Green, Coventry CV7 9JG.

Or via email to . All email applications received will be acknowledged.

Interviews will commence on Wednesday 6 May 2026, some candidates will be invited back for Thursday 7 May 2026.

As part of our safer employment processes we can only accept Warwickshire County Council application forms, so please do not send CVs. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education Guidance, internet searches will be carried out on shortlisted candidates and successful candidates will require an enhanced Child and Adult Workforce Disclosure and Barring check.

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted via email and references will be sought prior to interview.