Associate Assistant Headteacher Inclusion

Associate Assistant Headteacher Inclusion

The role

As part of our planned expansion we are looking for an Associate Assistant Headteacher to join our school and lead Inclusion across the school. This will include the leadership of the SEND Department, Pupil Premium, Alternative Provision and Interventions for identified students. This is a role that would suit an existing SENDCo looking for the next step into senior leadership. You will be someone who can bring passion, enthusiasm, drive, determination and ideas for driving forward the inclusion agenda and contributing to strengthening student outcomes. You will be supported by a strong leadership team as well as experts from the United Learning advisory team. This is an opportunity to be able to develop teacher’s pedagogy, positively impact on student outcomes whilst still being able to strengthen your own practice and leadership. In such a new and developing school, this is a unique chance to introduce and create a lasting legacy of strength and success.

About You

Trumpington Community College is a small, family and community orientated school on the southern fringe of Cambridge. It’s a school where every child and staff member is known, developed and supported. This is an exciting time to join us.  We have recently joined United Learning (whilst retaining our place in the local Cambridge Academic Partnership cluster). Our relatively new state-of-the-art school offers excellent facilities and the opportunity to influence how our environment and community will continue to evolve. We are looking for the right people to join our team, to grow our strengths and to make the right mark for our young people. Candidates are expected to be reflective practitioners who are informed by evidence to deliver quality first teaching that demonstrates their passion for the subject. You will be joining a school that is ambitious for its future as well as the future of all its students and so are looking for colleagues who share that ambition and are uncompromising in their commitment to doing what it takes to secure the potential of the young people here. 

Our SEND Department currently has two teaching classrooms, external teaching and learning spaces, office and meeting spaces. There are facilities designed to support students with specific physical needs. The department has a separate entrance and enclosed garden. There is the opportunity to consider how these spaces may be used even more effectively: there is a need to develop the SEND area into one that will support students with anxiety and contribute to improvements in attendance and behaviour. All our classroom spaces are equipped with audio-visual capabilities, and whiteboards may be used interactively. Our students are equipped with Chromebooks and make use of G-Suite for Education: Trumpington Community College is a Google Reference School. Opportunities exist to make use of other spaces in the school including a multi-use Dance Studio, Lecture Theatre and the main Atrium. There is an external performance space on the school grounds. 

We believe in developing the individual and offer unrivalled professional development experiences through the school, its cluster, Cambridge Academic Partnership, or the United Learning Institute. 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment.

What we offer

• More than 10% statutory PPA time.
• We have 8 non-pupil days annually, with three specifically for teacher prep-time and/or marking. 
• Free membership for teachers to the Chartered College of Teaching: 
• Includes access to the world’s largest education research database, a subscription to the College’s peer reviewed journal and networking opportunities. 
• £5 monthly gym membership at Trumpington Community College Sports Centre. 
• Les Mills ‘On Demand’ free trial scheme. 
• You will join a school, and MAT, who prioritise career development – we have a wide range of Continuous Professional Development courses including fully funded programmes through the Apprenticeship Levy Scheme.
• Access to United Learning’s ‘Step Up’ leadership programme courses.  
• Staff discounts at local Adult Learn & Train courses. 
• United Rewards remuneration scheme including Perkbox partnership (offers employees 250+ exclusive benefits: accessed through app):
• Includes discounted cinema tickets, gym memberships and holidays, money off at restaurants nationwide, savings on food, technology and clothes shops. 
• Salary sacrifice schemes such as childcare Vouchers and Cycle to Work (tax and NI savings on new bikes and childcare), competitive car lease scheme and season ticket loan schemes. 
• Zurich Support Service offering free and confidential counselling services to all staff.
• Sodexo 40% cinema discount at Cineworld and PictureHouse Cinemas in Cambridge. 
• Reduced school fees at a number of independent schools within the United Learning organisation. 
• You will join a school with hugely supportive colleagues, be provided with a buddy and be part of a community committed to supporting the wellbeing of staff.
• Eye tests are reimbursed and there are a range of discounts for local services.
• Our pension scheme is one of the most competitive on the market.
• Use of the school car park is free, with easy access to Cambridge city centre from Trumpington.
• You can have post and parcels delivered to school.
• We provide laptops for staff.