Engagement and Provision Lead

Northern House Academy, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 7JN

9 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  12 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  3 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,694.00 - £34,881.00 Annually (Actual)

Engagement and Provision Lead job summary

Northern House Academy is seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Engagement and Provision Lead to join our Extended Leadership Team. Reporting to, and working alongside, the Assistant Headteachers (Pastoral and SEND), the successful candidate will play a key role in leading identified aspects of the academy's engagement and pastoral provision.

Working collaboratively with Gallery Leads, teaching staff, families and external professionals, you will coordinate bespoke pupil pathways, oversee targeted interventions, support admissions and transitions, and lead identified operational systems that promote pupil engagement, behaviour, attendance and wellbeing. You will provide guidance and support to colleagues, ensuring restorative and relational approaches are implemented consistently across the academy.

As part of the Extended Leadership Team, you will contribute to the implementation of whole-school priorities, supporting the delivery of the Raising Achievement Plan and translating strategic priorities into effective day-to-day practice. Through the effective use of behaviour, attendance and engagement data, you will identify emerging needs, evaluate the impact of provision and contribute to continuous school improvement.

The role is underpinned by our core values of happiness, high expectations, nurture, consistency, understanding and positivity.

Who this role suits

The Engagement and Provision Lead role is ideal for someone who:

• Has experience leading or coordinating pastoral, therapeutic or engagement provision within an educational setting.

• Is confident supporting colleagues to deliver consistent, high-quality pastoral practice.

• Has experience working with children and young people with SEMH.

• Is skilled in building positive relationships with pupils, families and external professionals.

• Is organised, proactive and confident managing multiple priorities and operational systems.

• Is able to use behaviour, attendance and engagement information to identify need and evaluate impact.

• Is committed to restorative, relational and trauma-informed practice.

• Is adaptable, resilient and motivated by improving outcomes for children and young people.

• Values reflective practice and is committed to continuous professional development.

What success looks like in this role

At Northern House Academy, success is defined through being values-led and through relationships, consistency and impact. In this role, you will:

• Lead identified aspects of engagement and pastoral provision with consistency and professionalism.

• Support colleagues to deliver high-quality, relational and restorative practice.

• Ensure pupils receive timely, responsive support that enables them to engage positively with learning.

• Coordinate effective interventions and bespoke pathways that remove barriers to learning.

• Develop positive, trusting relationships with pupils, families and external professionals.

• Use behaviour, attendance and engagement data to monitor impact and inform next steps.

• Contribute to a consistent and joined-up approach across the academy.

• Champion high expectations, nurture and inclusion in all aspects of your work.

• Engage in reflective practice and supervision to continually develop your leadership and practice.

• Contribute to positive outcomes for pupils, including improved engagement, attendance, wellbeing and readiness to learn.

In return for your energy and enthusiasm, we offer the opportunity to work within a successful, growing and secure public sector organisation, supported by a well-resourced and highly committed team.

Our benefits package includes access to high-quality continuing professional development (CPD), membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, regular reflective supervision on a one to one and group basis.

This post is subject to satisfactory references which will be requested prior to interview, an Enhanced DBS check, health check, evidence of qualifications and verification of the right towork in the UK.

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 Northern House Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• School size: 85 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Northern House Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/northern-house-academy

We are a special school for pupils who have been identified as having Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) difficulties. All our pupils have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) therefore SEND is at the centre of everything that we do at the school.

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