Assistant Principal (Inclusion and SEND)

Ark White City Primary Academy, London, W12 7PT

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Easter or September 2026

• Closing date

  17 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  24 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
  • SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Leadership scale, point 2-6 (£62,784 - £69,369)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Ark White City Primary Academy is looking to appoint an Assistant Principal for Inclusion & SEND to join the senior leadership team and champion inclusion across the school. This is the ideal role for a high-quality teacher who is passionate about supporting pupils with special educational needs and is ambitious about leading and developing others. The Assistant Principal will be responsible for ensuring that inclusion drives whole-school standards so that pupils with SEND achieve highly within the same ambitious culture as their peers. The appointed candidate will join Ark White City this Easter (April 2026) or September.

The Assistant Principal for Inclusion & SEND will be a core member of the senior leadership team and share collective responsibility for the day-to-day leadership and strategic direction of the school. The successful candidate will also be a member of both the Teaching and Learning Team and the Safeguarding Team, ensuring inclusion is embedded across school standards, safeguarding practice and staff development.

Please note: Applications are welcomed from candidates who do not currently hold the NASENCo qualification.

What the school offers its staff

• Salaries 2.5% higher than main pay scale.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Access to Ark rewards – a scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers
• Interest-free loans – up to £5,000 available for season ticket or to buy a bicycle.
• Gym discounts – offering up to 40%.
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme – providing free, confidential counselling, legal advice and a range of different support.

Find out more about the benefits of working for Ark athttps://arkonline.org/careers/why-work-with-us/.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Ark White City Assistant Principal (Inclusion & SEND) JD PS.pdf - 131 KB (opens in new tab)

About Ark White City Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 283 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ark White City Primary Academy website
• Email address: info@arkwhitecity.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ark-swift-primary-academy

Ark White City brings together Ark Swift Primary Academy and Ark Burlington Danes Primary Academy to create a two-form entry school, in a brand-new purpose-built and modern building which will form part of the EdCity development. EdCity is a £150m investment which will bring an education hub, affordable housing, and improved community facilities to White City that will make a real difference to local people.

Our new school building will have state-of-the-art facilities including a roof terrace with growing gardens for each year group, a space for outside lessons and a high-quality playground area. It will also have a multi-purpose cooking, DT, science and art room and a sensory room. The school has been designed with extra wide learning corridors which can be used as flexible breakout spaces from the classrooms.

Guided by our values of Excellence, Friendship, Courage and Determination, Ark White City Primary Academy strives to build a community committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Our values are important to us and we will ensure that we promote them and recognise where others ‘live the Ark White City Primary Academy values’.

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