Education Consultant – Attendance, Safeguarding, SEND & Inclusion
Amethyst Academies Trust, Wolverhampton, WV4 5HP20 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Autumn Term
Closing date
18 March 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
26 February 2026
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
- Headteacher
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- (£78,702 - £86,803)
Pay scale
- Leadership L18 – L22
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking a professional leader who shares our core belief: background, disadvantage or need must never define a child’s future. To be successful, you will bring:
- Significant senior leadership experience (SLT or equivalent) within a school or Trust.
- A track record of demonstrable impact in improving attendance, safeguarding, SEND or inclusion.
- Exceptional knowledge of statutory frameworks and Ofsted inspection expectations.
- Experience driving change across multiple schools, settings or local authorities.
- Sharp analytical skills with the ability to translate complex data into actionable strategy.
- The emotional intelligence to challenge constructively and support empathetically.
- A deep, unwavering commitment to social justice and safeguarding.
What the school offers its staff
Flexible/Hybrid working
Access to Employee Assistance Programme
Additional days off during school term for disaggregated days
Extensive CPD and development opportunities
Staff discounts via Vivup and other platforms
Further information about the job
This is a high-profile, Trust-wide role with significant strategic influence. You will shape, strengthen and assure our practice across attendance, safeguarding, SEND and inclusion. Your mandate is clear: ensure that every child, particularly the most vulnerable, is safe, present, supported and positioned to thrive.
This is not a single-school post. It is an opportunity to drive systemic improvement and equity at scale.
The Opportunity
Working directly alongside the Director of School Improvement, you will operate as a trusted professional partner to our schools. Combining credibility, analytical rigour and compassion, you will:
- Provide strategic oversight across all Amethyst Academies Trust schools.
- Support and challenge Headteachers and senior leaders to elevate standards.
- Strengthen systems and culture, ensuring statutory compliance is embedded within a genuine culture of care.
- Build sustainable capacity in safeguarding, attendance and inclusive practice.
- Drive measurable improvements in outcomes and life chances for vulnerable learners.
Areas of Strategic Leadership
Attendance Strategy
- Drive Trust-wide oversight of attendance data, trend analysis and risk mitigation.
- Develop and embed evidence-informed strategies to eradicate persistent and severe absence.
- Provide rapid, decisive intervention and challenge where attendance falls below expectations.
- Integrate attendance protocols seamlessly with safeguarding and inclusion systems.
- Identify, share and scale highly effective practice across the Trust family.
Safeguarding Leadership
- Lead the strategic quality assurance of safeguarding systems and school cultures.
- Provide expert coaching and guidance to DSLs and safeguarding teams.
- Ensure absolute compliance with all statutory safeguarding guidance.
- Conduct robust audits, deep-dive reviews and safeguarding evaluations.
- Provide high-level support for complex cases and multi-agency collaboration.
SEND & Inclusion
- Strengthen SEND leadership, strategy and provision across the Trust.
- Monitor and evaluate the impact of EHCP implementation and provision mapping.
- Champion inclusive, high-quality teaching for pupils with complex needs.
- Implement strategies to reduce exclusions and accelerate outcomes for disadvantaged pupils.
- Advocate relentlessly for equity of access to education.
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Amethyst Academies Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- jlines@aatrust.co.uk
Amethyst Academies Trust is a high-performing multi-academy trust committed to raising aspirations and delivering academic excellence. With a strong emphasis on consistency, high standards, and inclusive education, we work collaboratively across our schools to provide outstanding opportunities for all students and staff. Our professional development offer is sector-leading, and includes extensive leadership training, and a clear pathway for career progression. As a trust, we are driven by our belief that all children, regardless of background, can achieve exceptional outcomes.
Arranging a visit to Amethyst Academies Trust
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jlines@aatrust.co.uk.
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