Assistant Principal – Inclusion

Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV10 8BL

11 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  19 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  8 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: £68,691.00 - £75,664.00 Annually (Actual) Leadership Scale 11 - 15

Assistant Principal – Inclusion job summary

At Our Lady & St Chad, inclusion is at the heart of our mission: "Together we will emulate the love of Christ and become the people God created us to be."

We are seeking an exceptional, compassionate, and strategic Assistant Principal - Inclusion to join our Senior Leadership Team. You will lead our whole-school inclusion agenda, combining high academic ambition with strong relational practice to ensure barriers are removed, need is identified early, and every pupil belongs and succeeds.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Drive the whole-school inclusion, SEND, attendance, and wellbeing strategies.

• Academic Ambition: Partner with curriculum leaders to embed high-quality adaptive teaching across every classroom.

• Early Identification & Targeted Support: Oversee data-driven interventions, internal inclusion provision, and alternative provision to minimise disengagement and suspensions.

• Culture & Collaboration: Build strong partnerships with families, multi-agency teams, and staff through high-impact professional development.

About You

• A proven leader with a track record of driving outcomes for SEND, disadvantaged, and vulnerable learners.

• An advocate for high expectations who leads with warmth, accountability, and strong relational values.

• Committed to upholding the distinctive Catholic ethos of our Academy and Trust.

Safeguarding Commitment
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, and pre-employment medical clearance. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), online searches will also be carried out for shortlisted candidates. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

St Gabriel the Archangel CMAT

The successful candidate will be part of St Gabriel the Archangel CMAT, a family of 64 schools, with access to Trust-wide expertise, collaboration, professional development and exciting opportunities to grow your career.

As the school grows stronger, so can your influence, with opportunities to contribute to excellence across our wider Trust.

One school. An immediate mission. 64 schools of future opportunity.

Make a difference now. Build something that lasts. Grow 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

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1222 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/our-lady-and-st-chad-catholic-academy

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