Assistant Headteacher / SENCO

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Job Title:  Assistant Headteacher / SENCO
Location:  Napier School, Farnborough, GU14 6EF
Hours:  37.5 hours per week| Monday to Friday | 8.30am – 4.30pm
Salary:  £47,000.00 per annum (not pro rata)
Contract:  Permanent | Term Time Only

Start:  June 2026

UK applicants only – no sponsorship available

About the Role

Napier School, part of Options Autism, is looking for a passionate and forward-thinking Assistant Headteacher ready to make a lasting impact on pupils, staff, and the wider school community.

Working closely with the Headteacher, you will play a key strategic and operational role, helping to drive school improvement while maintaining a nurturing, inclusive environment where every pupil feels safe, valued, and able to succeed.

This is more than a leadership position — it’s an opportunity to lead with purpose. You will help shape a vision that enables children and young people with additional needs to build confidence, achieve success, and realise their full potential both inside and beyond the classroom.

Key Responsibilities

• Build strong, supportive relationships with pupils and families, ensuring provision meets individual needs

• Lead all EHC plan processes with accuracy, clarity, and impact

• Oversee smooth transitions into, within, and beyond the school

• Coach staff to adapt teaching and learning for complex and varied SEND profiles

• Work collaboratively with teachers and therapists to embed a robust graduated approach

• Ensure baselining, assessment, and progress tracking are purposeful and personalised

• Shape and drive the school’s annual SEND improvement plan

• Analyse whole-school trends and use insight to refine provision

• Promote staff development through identifying training needs and championing high-quality CPD

• Ensure access arrangements, reasonable adjustments, and equality requirements are met

• Collaborate with behaviour and well-being teams to maintain a calm, supportive environment

• Maintain accurate, up-to-date SEND records across the school

• Provide PPA cover within the school as part of your weekly responsibilities

Requirements / Qualifications

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

• SENCo qualification

• Experience working in specialist or inclusive settings

• Strong understanding of complex and diverse SEND profiles

• Commitment to personalised learning, teamwork, and pupil well-being

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who believes in the potential of every child and wants to make a lasting difference within a specialist SEN school.

About Us

Napier School is a brand-new school, part of Options Autism. Napier School is a primary school for pupils with autism, learning disabilities and/or complex needs located in Farnborough, a town in northeast Hampshire, England.

Our aim is to help pupils excel by providing a structured, nurturing approach, with students accessing a broad, balanced, engaging and extraordinarily rich curriculum.

For over 19 years, Options Autism has provided specialist care and education for children, young people, and adults with autism, complex needs, and learning difficulties. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are pioneering innovative, evidence-based approaches that deliver 

We are really proud to say that in 2025 Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the sixth year running.

Why Join Us?

We place pupils and vulnerable young adults at the heart of everything we do, so every day brings the satisfaction of making a real difference. We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

• Life Assurance

• Pension scheme with options to increase contributions

• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – mental health support and physical health checks

• Flexible Benefits Platform (Vista), including:

  • Health, wellbeing and insurance benefits

  • Hundreds of UK and international discounts

  • Cycle to Work Scheme & Electric Car Purchase Scheme

  • Critical illness cover

  • Family Growth Support, including enhanced maternity/paternity leave and paid fertility treatment support

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Outcomes First Group is committed to carrying out a fair, thorough and efficient recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Whilst we aim to keep applicants informed throughout, Outcomes First Group does not accept liability for any loss of earnings or other associated costs incurred by applicants as a result of delays or changes in the compliance process. All stages of the compliance process are subject to necessary safeguarding checks and compliance with statutory requirements, which may affect timescales.

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