Wider Leadership
Salary: Teachers Pay Spine M1 to U3 - £37,870 - £56,154 (+ 1 or 2 points for SEN + TLR2b)
Contract: Full Time Permanent
Start Date: September 2026
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.
We have high aspirations for all our pupils and we pride ourselves on putting the child at the centre of everything we do. 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.
This post will be based at the expanding Sherwood Manor site and will have responsibility for a teaching department. There is some potential flexibility in the department of responsibility to be discussed within the interview stage. All staff are expected to work across campuses when required.
The main purpose of the role is to:
● Take specific responsibility and accountability for the day-to-day management and organisation of the allocated department’s provision within the Sherwood Manor site of Sherwood Foundation School.
● Be an excellent classroom practitioner, modelling to other teachers and staff, with a teaching timetable of 70%.
● Have an impact on educational progress beyond your assigned pupils.
● Line manage, performance manage and appraise identified staff.
● Assist in the smooth running of the school at all times, including being responsible with the other TLR holders for the school in the absence of the Head of School and Assistant Head.
● Contribute to the development and successful implementation of the School’s Development Plan as part of the Wider Leadership Team.
● Manage effectively the transition of pupils to and from your department and within it, including, home visits, nursery/pre-school visits, review of admissions paperwork
Please note applicants must demonstrate how they meet all sections and subsections of the person specification for this role.
Safeguarding Recruitment Statement
Sherwood Foundation School is committed to equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are made subject to receipt of a completed application, satisfactory references and an Enhanced DBS check
For an informal discussion about the post please contact Emma Digby, Head of School.
Closing Date for Applications: Midnight, Sunday 12 April, 2026
Interviews: TBC
