Inclusion Assistant Headteacher and SENCO

Full time and permanent

L4 - L8

Are you looking for the next step in your career, a new challenge and opportunity to widen the positive impact you have?

Following the promotion of our current Assistant Headteacher for Inclusion to a Deputy Headteacher in Specialist Provision, we are delighted to offer a vacancy to join our Senior Leadership Team from January 2026, or sooner if possible, as our Assistant Headteacher for Inclusion.

The most important thing to us, is that we find the right person for our children, team and community. 

You will be passionate about making a difference and share our belief in the importance of relationships and our core values of: respect, inclusion and growth. 

You will want to work in a large, diverse, urban primary school and understand the wonderful and unique opportunities and challenges this can bring.

Applications are invited from experienced teachers who are successful leaders (at either a senior or middle leadership level) for this exciting role in our school. You must have a proven and demonstrable track record of raising pupil achievement and previous experience at a senior leadership level or substantial experience at a middle leadership level. You might be an experienced Assistant Headteacher and / or SENCO within a smaller primary school or an experienced phase lead / SENCO within a large primary school – either way, you are looking for the next step in your career, a new challenge and opportunity to widen the positive impact you have through excellent leadership and managemenT.

What can we offer you?

The opportunity to have impact within a large and diverse primary school.
A school committed to wellbeing of all staff - evidenced through our actions, provision, policies and systems.
Our children are the highlight of our school and there is something very special about them all.
An incredibly supportive and effective governing body.
A strong, committed and collaborative leadership team including senior and middle leaders with a distributed leadership model.
An inclusive, warm and welcoming team of staff – from our teachers and TAs through to admin, premises, cleaning and lunch time staff.
Parents / carers and wider community who are respectful, positive about school and from very diverse backgrounds.
You will find more information about our school in the attached letter from our Headteacher and accompanying information specific to this role. 

We look forward to welcoming an application from you.

Closing Date: 9:00am on Tuesday 7th October

Shortlisting: Tuesday 7th October

Interview: Tuesday 14th October

Start Date: 1st January 2026 or ASAP

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Inclusion AHT and SENCO job description and person specification 

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