Assistant Head Teacher, Inclusion Lead with SEND
Leesons Primary School, Orpington, Kent, BR5 2GA37 days remaining to apply
Start date details
22 April or 1 September 2025 for the right candidate
Closing date
14 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
3 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £53,991.00 - £60,558.00 Annually (Actual) Leadership Pay Scale, L1 – L6 (£53,991 - £60,558)
Assistant Head Teacher, Inclusion Lead with SEND job summary
Vacancy: Assistant Head Teacher, Inclusion Lead with SEND
Contract: Permanent
Grade: Leadership Pay Scale, L1 – L6 (£53,991 - £60,558)
Hours: Full Time
Start date: 22 April or 1 September 2025 for the right candidate
Are you a highly motivated, talented, inspirational classroom practitioner with significant SEND/Inclusion experience? We can offer you an inclusive, friendly two form entry school with a very supportive staff team and opportunities for continuous professional development, where every member of staff strives to ensure that every child achieves their personal best.
The role is based out of class and involves leading on achievement for children in vulnerable groups, including children with SEND. The role is supported by an SEN assistant. The role also includes a wider responsibility for developing teaching and learning throughout the school.
We are looking for a strong practitioner with experience of leading SEN provision with excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to lead, motivate, inspire and support colleagues and who is passionate about raising standards and life chances for all children. The suitable candidate will have the National SENCo Award.
As a member of the school’s Senior Leadership Team the successful candidate will work closely with Teachers and manage TAs support and interventions. This role will help to develop an inclusive school practice and develop existing systems of tracking and reviewing provision. Responsibilities include, leading the school provision map; developing class profile of needs; the analysis of data, line management of Teaching Assistants; leading areas of performance management; assisting in the delivery of CPD, developing positive relationships with families.
Our Schools/Trust and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. For all short-listed candidates, references will be requested in advance of an interview and an online search will be carried out. The successful applicant will be subject to a full Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure and checks regarding proof of ID, medical clearance and the right to work in the UK.
We are proud of our diversity and inclusive culture in our workplace. We welcome all applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership.
If you would like to find out more about us please visit our school website: https://www.leesons.bromley.sch.uk/
You are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible as due to volumes and quality of applications received, the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy sooner than the specified closing date. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of the closing date, unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Closing Date: 14th March 2025
Interview Date: week commencing 17th March 2025
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Leesons Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 362 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Leesons Primary School website (opens in new tab)
Leesons Primary School is set in an attractive grounds incorporating sports fields and a mature forest school developing opportunities for further outdoor learning and the Opal play curriculum. The school was expanded in 2014 and will be at full capacity as a two form entry primary school by September 2020. Recent building works have resulted in a new nursery, classroom block, hall and dance studio.
The school is a member of the Spring Partnership Trust multi academy trust and works especially closely with neighbouring schools of St Mary Cray Primary Academy and Midfield Primary School. Our executive Headteacher, Mrs Gulcin Sesli, supports the three Heads of School. The wider trust partnership of six schools offers many opportunities for professional development as well as mutual support. School leaders are currently working on a range of improvement strategies to further develop well being and raise standards across the trust.
The Spring Partnership Trust, partner schools:
Castlecombe Primary School, Mottingham, London, SE9 4AT
Dorset Road Infant School, Mottingham, London, SE9 4QX
Hayes Primary School, George Lane, Bromley, Kent, BR2 7LQ
Leesons Primary School, Orpington, Kent, BR5 2GA
Midfield Primary School, Grovelands Road, Orpington, Kent, BR5 3EG
St Mary Cray Primary Academy, Orpington, Kent, BR5 4AR
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