Assistant Headteacher Inclusion

Bridge Learning Campus, Bristol, BS13 0RL

30 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  9 January 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  24 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £67,896.00 - £75,048.00 Annually (Actual) L12-L16 £67,896 - £75,048

Assistant Headteacher Inclusion job summary

This is an exceptional opportunity for someone looking for their next step in their career progression. Bridge Learning Campus is part of Trust in Learning Academies, and being part of a Trust means you are never alone, you will have support through working with SENCOs across the Trust. If this sounds like the right next step in your career, we would love to hear from you.

Salary: L12-L16 £67,896 - £75,048

Contract: Permanent, All year round

Closing date: Friday 9th January, 9am

Interview date: TBC

Start Date: As soon as possible

We are looing for:

A dedicated and experienced SENCO, with senior leadership experience, who will strategically lead Bridge Learning Campus’s SEND strategy. The successful candidate will be a strategic thinker with a deep understanding of the SEND Code of Practice and other national guidance that supports the implementation of effective inclusion. The successful candidate will support the further development of an inclusive culture across the campus, where behaviour is understood to be a form of communication and where additional needs are identified at an early stage of need.

This is a key leadership role, working closely with staff, families, and external agencies to drive the whole-school SEND strategy, and ensure outstanding outcomes for all pupils with SEND. This role will lead the SEND team in both the primary and secondary phase of the campus, ensuring the effective implementation of EHCPs and individual support plans for pupils on the SEN Register. The AHT Inclusion will ensure effective collaboration between departments that support pupils with SEND, to support high-quality teaching and learning for pupils with SEND, including adaptive pedagogy. This will guarantee a high-quality education for all SEND pupils.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategically lead inclusion to ensure an inclusive culture, where high quality provision for pupils with SEND is built into all leadership and teaching
• Line manage the SENCO (primary) and SENCO (secondary)
• Lead the SEND team in both the primary and secondary phase of the campus
• Ensure all statutory responsibilities are met, as laid out in the SEND Code of Practice
• Work collaboratively with other leaders to ensure that all students with SEND receive high-quality support and inclusive teaching, including through adaptive pedagogy. This includes ensuring high expectations for all pupils with SEND are embedded across the school.
• Work collaboratively with pastoral teams, including safeguarding, behaviour and attendance, to facilitate excellent engagement and outcomes for pupils with SEND.

We offer:

• Enhanced CPD, including access to professional networks across the Trust
• Paid induction and training suited to the role
• Confidential access to an Employee Assistance Programme
• Free parking
• Use of the Cycle Scheme
• Paid completion of a DBS check
• Flu vaccination vouchers
• Free eye tests (where the employee is desk-based)
• Where eligible, automatic enrolment to the relevant pension scheme
• Honouring of continuous service earned in the Local Authority

Fluency Duty

This role has been identified as falling within the definition of requiring fluency in spoken English. You will be required to speak English with confidence and be able to conduct a conversation and answer questions for extended periods of time.

Safeguarding Statement

Trust in Learning (Academies) is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance. Our policy and practice is in line with the Department for Education’s ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ most recent Guidance. We ensure that all appropriate measures are applied in relation to everyone who works for the Trust who is likely to be perceived by the children as a safe and trustworthy adult. Safer recruitment practice includes scrutinising applicants, online checks, verifying identity and academic or vocational qualifications, obtaining professional and character references, checking previous employment history and ensuring that a candidate has the health and physical capacity for the job.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Trust in Learning (Academies) is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance. Our policy and practice is in line with the Department for Education’s ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ Guidance.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

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About Bridge Learning Campus

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 16
• Education phase: Through
• School size: 1241 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bridge Learning Campus website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bridge-learning-campus

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