Alternative Provision Lead
SGS Forest High School, Cinderford, Gloucestershire, GL14 2AZ14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
2 September 2026 at 9am
Date listed
19 August 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
- Pastoral, health and welfare
- Other support role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £29,064 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
What the school offers its staff
Why Join the Forest High School?
At the Forest High School, we are committed to providing a supportive and inclusive environment where both students and staff can flourish.
We offer:
- A welcoming and supportive staff team.
- High-quality professional development opportunities.
- Opportunities to develop leadership skills and safeguarding experience.
- A strong commitment to staff wellbeing.
- The opportunity to make a genuine difference to the lives of young people.
- A culture of high expectations, inclusion and ambition.
Further information about the job
Alternative Provision Lead
£29,064 per annum, pro rata to £25,221 for term time only working
Contract Type: Permanent Term Time Only
Hours: 37 per week
The Forest High School is seeking an exceptional, resilient and highly organised Alternative Provision (AP) Lead to join our Inclusion Team.
This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in supporting students to make positive behaviour choices, overcome barriers to learning and successfully reintegrate into mainstream education. The successful candidate will co-lead our Alternative Provision and help maintain a calm, structured and purposeful environment that supports both individual student success and high standards across the school.
As a key member of our Inclusion Team and a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL), you will contribute significantly to the welfare, safeguarding and personal development of students, ensuring that every young person receives the support, challenge and guidance they need to thrive.
The Alternative Provision sits at the heart of our behaviour systems, helping to ensure disruption-free classrooms while providing students with a supportive environment in which to reflect, learn and improve.
The successful candidate will:
- Lead the day-to-day operation of the school's Alternative Provision (Isolation Room)
- Create and maintain a calm, structured and highly effective learning environment.
- Coordinate and oversee the school's detention system.
- Support students in reflecting on their behaviour and making positive choices.
- Facilitate successful reintegration into mainstream lessons.
- Identify and respond to behavioural, pastoral, attendance and SEND concerns.
- Work closely with Heads of Year, tutors, teachers, the SENCo and senior leaders.
- Maintain accurate records of student placements, interventions and outcomes.
- Coordinate restorative conversations and behaviour mentoring.
- Support students' academic engagement while attending Alternative Provision.
- Act as a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead, supporting the school's safeguarding systems and culture.
- Contribute to the ongoing development of behaviour and inclusion systems across the school.
Why Join the Forest High School?
At the Forest High School, we are committed to providing a supportive and inclusive environment where both students and staff can flourish.
We offer:
- A welcoming and supportive staff team.
- High-quality professional development opportunities.
- Opportunities to develop leadership skills and safeguarding experience.
- A strong commitment to staff wellbeing.
- The opportunity to make a genuine difference to the lives of young people.
- A culture of high expectations, inclusion and ambition.
This is an exciting opportunity for a committed professional who is passionate about helping young people overcome challenges, improve behaviour and achieve their full potential.
Closing Date: 2nd September 2026
Interview Date: W/C 7th September 2026
Start Date: ASAP
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About SGS Forest High School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 255 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- SGSATHRServiceDesk@sgsat.org.uk
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