Hub Inclusion Lead

About us and the role

Would you like to join an organisation with exciting opportunities? Would you like to work in a Trust that values you as a person?

This is a hugely exciting time for our family of schools. We are seeking an experienced Inclusion Lead to develop and provide strategic oversight of SEND provision across our Bishop’s Stortford hub. This role will provide operational and strategic leadership around the opening and running of the Specialist Resource Provision (SRP) and will sit on the Senior Leadership Team of Avanti Grange to help shape and drive the Hubs’ strategic objectives.

Why should you apply

You will be working in a fantastic environment.

Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.

What will you do?

• Lead and manage the opening of Specialist Resourced Provision at Avanti Grange and Avanti Brook
• In collaboration with Principals and the MAT Lead for Inclusion develop a hub-wide strategy for Inclusion aligned with the core principles of The Avanti Way
• In conjunction with the MAT Lead for Inclusion develop an annual SEND review cycle for the Bishop’s Stortford Hub
• Analyse school performance, diagnose issues, broker support, monitor impact and build outstanding leadership capacity for all aspects of Inclusion

For a more comprehensive list of the job responsibilities, please view the full Job Description

What are we looking for?

• Qualified teaching status
• Significant experience at a strategic level in a high-performing school or MAT
• Knowledge and understanding of the SEND Code of Practice and Keeping Children Safe in Education
• Proven track record of influencing the creation, direction and implementation of assessment and curriculum
• Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students

Please view the full Job Description for more information on the essential criteria and skills required for this role.

Further information

Pre-employment checks

Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.

Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

Diversity and Inclusion

We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.

Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.