Assistant Principal - Inclusion (SENDCo)

St Mark's Church of England Academy, Mitcham, Surrey, CR4 1SF

21 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  17 April 2026 at 1pm

• Date listed

  27 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Highly competitive Leadership Pay Range (Inner London)
• Additional allowances:

  Highly competitive Leadership Pay Range (Inner London)

Assistant Principal - Inclusion (SENDCo) job summary

This could not be a more exciting time to lead within the St Mark's family. Following our full graded Ofsted inspection in May 2024, St Mark’s CoE Academy achieved an Outstanding judgment in all areas of the framework. During the inspection, “pupils said the school’s values of Love, Hope and Trust are ‘not just words’ but are demonstrated by all members of the community.” Inspectors also reported that “working relationships between staff and pupils are warm, caring and respectful. This means that pupils behave exceptionally well and are very happy and safe.” 

St Mark’s Academy are looking for an exceptional senior leader of inclusion and SENDCo, to further develop the Academy’s Outstanding SEND provision, on its infinite commitment to ‘Transformation of All’. This is a highly influential role within the strategic leadership of the academy and one that will offer incredible development potential and genuine professional reward, for the suitable candidate. The postholder will work alongside a highly experienced team of Senior Leaders and SEND specialists; including a Deputy SENDCo and Teaching Assistants. Outcomes for Children with SEND are consistently well above the national average, and we are looking for the right candidate to ensure this trend continues.

The pivotal role will work alongside the Senior Leadership Team to actively promote inclusive strategies of SEND and Inclusion within the academy including leading on CPD in this area.

• Will contribute to the school’s Inclusion programme, alongside the SVP and wider Leadership Team to actively promote the Academy’s Adaptive Teaching and Inclusion strategies, through a combination of theoretical knowledge and values-based implementation.
• Will drive the Academy’s Inclusion practices in lessons, to ensure all students can reach their God-given potential, by assessing their barriers to learning.
• Manage the Inclusion and SEND teams, to embed a consistent and supportive SEND offer, through our academic, pastoral and enrichment curriculum.
• Contribute to and support the Senior Leadership Team in achieving the Academy’s five school priorities, with particular focus on Inclusion and enrichment
• Will support St Mark’s vision of transformation for all, so that every child can realise their God-given potential
• Believes in building strong relationships with our students and who is willing to go above and beyond to allow them to transform and live life in all its fullness.  

This role also offers a suitably experienced colleague the additional opportunity to support as a system leader across Anthem Trust, to play a leading role in shaping our approach to the DfE White Paper (September 2026).

Successful candidates will transform their practice through our instructional coaching offer. As one of 10 nationally selected Steplab Hub Schools, staff benefit from this expertly led programme underpinned by cutting edge research into cognitive science.

St Mark’s Church of England Academy is part of Anthem Schools Trust, a multi-academy trust serving over 8,000 children and young people in 15 schools across the East Midlands, London and the Thames Valley. Full details of the responsibilities can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification for this post. Applications will be reviewed and shortlisted as received and therefore early application is strongly advised. Anthem Trust remains the right to close or extend this advert at any time.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and require all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification and will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks which will, where applicable, include a health check, an enhanced DBS check, the Children’s Barred List check and satisfactory references. It is an offence for an individual who has been disqualified from working with children to knowingly apply for, offer to do, accept, or do any work in a ‘regulated activity’. The position advertised is a ‘regulated activity’ and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 [Exceptions] Order 1975.

Anthem will undertake a basic online check for all shortlisted candidates.

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

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 St Mark's Church of England Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 944 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Mark's Church of England Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-mark-s-church-of-england-academy

St Mark’s Church of England Academy is a 11-18 Academy based in the South London borough of Merton. The Academy is rapidly improving as demonstrated by its rapid increase in GCSE headline figures. The Academy is a community founded on our key values of Trust, Hope and Love and these values permeate our school community.

The Academy is located on the outskirts of London and is well served by Mitcham Eastfields train station which runs regular services towards Central London and Sutton and Wimbledon.

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