Assistant Headteacher, ALNCo, CARDIFF COUNTY COUNCIL

Role Summary

The governors of Greenhill Special School seek an Assistant Headteacher to work alongside the Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher, leading a team of dedicated and motivated staff committed to maintaining and building on our school’s strengths. Greenhill School is a highly respected special school with 150 pupils, located in the village of Rhiwbina and other sites across Cardiff. We are a friendly, trauma‑informed school with high aspirations for all pupils, and every staff member is a trauma‑informed practitioner. Practitioner status is an essential requirement for this role.

Key Responsibilities and Attributes

• Bring a wealth of experience as an excellent practitioner.
• Share our ethos that education is a partnership between pupils, school staff and parents.
• Prioritise the welfare of children and staff at the centre of all development and action.
• Demonstrate excellent senior leadership and management experience with clear examples of impact at whole‑school level.
• Bring creativity and innovation to the development of the school.
• Demonstrate an excellent understanding of curriculum design and reform.
• Be strongly committed to working closely with governors, parents and the wider community.
• Ensure that our ethos of “Nurture Inspire Achieve” is maintained in all activities.
• Have a passion for the Curriculum for Wales and Welsh culture; the ability to speak Welsh is highly desirable.
• Have a proven track record of successfully sharing good practice with a range of other schools.

Benefits

• An established, experienced and dedicated trauma‑informed staff team.
• A happy, motivated and enthusiastic senior leadership team.
• A dedicated governing body.
• A caring, supportive and encouraging ethos.

Equal Opportunities

• Aged under 25.
• Not in employment, education or training.
• From local communities, especially disabled individuals, carers and those from the Cardiff BAME and LGBT+ communities.
• Ability to communicate fluently in Welsh.

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