DSL/Inclusion Manager
St Joseph's College, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 5NTThis job expired on 13 April 2026 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
13 April 2026 at 3pm
Date listed
17 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday Term Time only + 3 weeks
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Starting at £48,227
What skills and experience we're looking for
Be the difference for the students who need it most.
We are seeking a passionate, dedicated, and highly organised DSL/Inclusion Manager to lead and coordinate our school’s inclusive provision. This is a pivotal role focused on ensuring that every pupil-regardless of background, need, or ability – can thrive academically, socially and emotionally.
You will be a part of the Senior Leadership team, work closely with senior leaders, staff, families and external agencies to remove barriers to learning and promote a culture of belonging, high expectations and equitable opportunity for all.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the school’s strategic response to safeguarding
- Manage the school’s safeguarding caseload
- Lead day-to-day inclusive provision across the school
- Lead the school’s attendance strategy
- Lead the school’s mental health strategy
- Track attendance, behaviour, and wellbeing data to drive intervention
- Line-manage inclusion and intervention staff
- Liaise with families, parishes, and external professionals
- Ensure statutory processes and documentation are robust and compliant
- Experience working in safeguarding
- A strong commitment to inclusive education and equal opportunities
- Experience working with children or young people with additional needs
- Excellent communication and organisation skills
- The ability to build positive relationships with pupils, staff and families
- A calm, proactive and solution-focused approach
- Join a school graded ‘Outstanding’ in every category
The Ideal Candidate Will Have
- Experience working in safeguarding
- A strong commitment to inclusive education and equal opportunities
- Experience working with children or young people with additional needs
- Excellent communication and organisation skills
- The ability to build positive relationsh8ips with pupils, staff and families
- A calm, proactive and solution-focused approach
What the school offers its staff
What We Offer:
- Talented and supportive colleagues
- Combination of traditional character and modern facilities
- Close to bus and train links
- Ample staff car parking and EV chargers
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension Scheme
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
St Joseph's College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Joseph's College
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1132 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Joseph's College website
- Email address
- fuschmann@stjosephsmail.com
- Phone number
- 01782 848008
St Joseph’s College is an outstanding highly successful, mixed Catholic School in the trusteeship of the Congregation of Christian Brothers. We are an outstanding school, an Academy since 2011 and in 2012 were designated as the only secondary Teaching School in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire.
In our last two Ofsted inspections we have been judged as outstanding in all areas.
The school has grown considerably in size in recent years and there are currently over 1,100 students on roll including a sixth form of 400. A full range of AS and A2 courses are offered in our and we draw on schools from across the city to study in our sixth form.
Arranging a visit to St Joseph's College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email fuschmann@stjosephsmail.com.
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