Assistant principal - Inclusion

Lift Kingsley, Hounslow, TW3 1AX

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2027

• Closing date

  2 November 2026 at 9:06am

• Date listed

  12 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £73708 - £80884 per annum

Assistant principal - Inclusion job summary

Lift Kingsley is looking for an ambitious and committed leader to join our Senior Leadership Team as Assistant Principal (Inclusion). This is an important role at the heart of school improvement, combining strategic leadership with responsibility for SEND provision to ensure every child receives an excellent education, every day, in every classroom.

As SENDCo, you will lead and develop SEND provision across the school, ensuring it is inclusive, effective and meets statutory requirements. You will work closely with staff, families, external agencies and the Resource Provision Lead to remove barriers to learning, improve outcomes and ensure students with additional needs can access a broad and ambitious curriculum.

Alongside this, you will help shape the strategic direction of the school, leading key priorities that improve teaching and learning, raise achievement and promote positive behaviour, wellbeing and a strong school culture.

This is an opportunity for an experienced practitioner and leader who believes in the importance of inclusion, has high expectations for every student and wants to make a real difference to young people's lives.

Key responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for SEND, ensuring provision is inclusive, effective and meets statutory requirements.
• Identify and remove barriers to learning so that students with additional needs can achieve their full potential.
• Work in partnership with staff, families, external agencies and the Resource Provision Lead to improve provision and outcomes.
• Monitor and evaluate the impact of SEND provision, using evidence and outcomes to identify areas for improvement.
• Contribute to the strategic leadership and ongoing improvement of the school as a member of the Senior Leadership Team.
• Lead key priorities that strengthen teaching and learning, raise achievement and promote high standards of behaviour, culture and wellbeing.
• Line manage teaching and support staff, providing clear direction, support and challenge to help colleagues develop and succeed.
• Promote an inclusive school environment where every student feels supported, valued and able to thrive.

What we're looking for

• An experienced and effective practitioner with a strong commitment to inclusion and improving outcomes for all students.
• A proven leader who can set clear expectations, support colleagues and drive improvement.
• The ability to lead SEND provision strategically, ensuring high-quality support and compliance with statutory requirements.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work effectively with staff, families and external professional.
• The ability to evaluate provision, identify areas for development and use evidence to improve practice.
• A commitment to high standards in teaching, learning, behaviour and student wellbeing.
• A collaborative approach, with the confidence to provide support, challenge and direction to colleagues.
• A genuine belief that every young person deserves the opportunity to succeed, whatever their individual needs or circumstances.

About Lift Kingsley

We are incredibly proud of our students' phenomenal achievements and the progress the school has made in recent years. At Lift Kingsley, a warm and welcoming community, students benefit from excellent teaching, strong support, and positive staff-student relationships, achieving well above national averages.

Recognised by Ofsted (Good in all areas, 2025), Lift Kingsley has transformed rapidly and has outstanding potential. At the heart of our community, we develop knowledge, ambition, and kindness, preparing students for university and beyond.

Who is Lift Schools?

Lift Schools is made up of 62 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 35,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives - and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.

How we support you

We want you to feel supported, valued and able to grow throughout your career with Lift Schools. From high-quality professional development and career progression to wellbeing support and opportunities to connect and collaborate across our network, we invest in you so you can do your best work.

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

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Applying for the job

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

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Lift Kingsley

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 971 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Lift Kingsley website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kingsley-academy

Lift Kingsley is a thriving 11–18 secondary school rooted in the local community, focused on developing knowledge, ambition, and kindness. Staff at Kingsley are collaborative, well-supported, and deeply invested in our shared vision for student success.

Lift Kingsley is rated 'Good' by Ofsted in all areas and is proudly part of Lift Schools. Since 2019, the academy has made rapid and impressive progress, reflected in significant academic improvements and growing student numbers across all year groups. With a culture of high expectations and no excuses, we are unapologetically ambitious for every student.

Our mission is to deliver academic excellence through a broad, balanced and aspirational curriculum that prepares students for success—whether that’s at top universities like Oxford and King’s College, or in high-quality careers supported by our strong employer partnerships. Beyond the classroom, students benefit from a rich extra-curricular offer designed to build skills, confidence and ambition.

Our Culture
We are committed to disruption-free classrooms, where teachers can teach and students can learn without compromise. At the heart of our school is our ‘DNA’, a set of shared values that guide all we do:

Walk the Talk – We model the standards we expect
High Expectations – We never lower the bar for anyone
No Excuses – We believe every student can succeed
Outstanding Learning – Excellent teaching is our core purpose
WHY JOIN OUR ACADEMY

Who is Lift Schools?

Lift Schools is made up of 57 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 33,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives – and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.

Our mission:

We will provide an excellent education to every child, in every classroom, every day.
With excellent leadership and teaching in every school, we will help children go on to lead successful and happy lives.
We will work with others beyond our network to benefit more children and communities.

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