Job Description:

Interim Headteacher | Early Years | North West London | September Start

Brava Education is working with a welcoming maintained early years school in North West London to appoint an Interim Headteacher for the full academic year, September 2026 to July 2027.

This is a rare part-time headship, around 3.5 days per week. However 5 days will be considered if that is the candidates preference.

About the school

• A small, warm and well-regarded early years setting
• A wonderfully diverse community, with most children speaking English as an additional language and a high proportion on SEN support
• An experienced and settled staff team

The role

• Provide confident leadership for a settled school community
• Lead the school through its Ofsted window, which opens in September
• Work within a managed budget plan agreed with the local authority, which is on track
• Full handover from the outgoing headteacher at the start of term

About you

• An early years leader, or a primary leader with genuine early years experience
• Established headteachers and experienced deputies ready to step up to a first headship are both encouraged to apply
• Ofsted experience is a strong advantage given the timing
• General SEND experience is welcome; specialist SEND is covered in-house
• Comfortable leading a small, close-knit setting

Details

• Full academic year, September 2026 to July 2027
• Around 3.5 - 5 days per week
• Interim, daily rate basis 
• Interviews are being arranged immediately for a first-week-of-September start

To apply or find out more, send your CV through this advert and I will call you for a confidential chat. Brava Education is a specialist education recruitment agency placing senior leaders in schools across the UK.