Head of Cohort - ABA (UKBA cert or BCBA)

Forest Bridge School, Maidenhead, SL6 1BN

28 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  11 May 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  13 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £57,211.00 - £72,064.00 Annually (Actual)

Head of Cohort - ABA (UKBA cert or BCBA) job summary

Alongside the Head of Cohort - Teaching, take a strategic lead in the quality assurance of education at Forest Bridge School. Bringing together all evidence to evaluate quality and consistency across cohorts.

Provide strategic leadership for the design, delivery and continuous improvement of ABA-based learning across cohorts, ensuring alignment with school ethos, safeguarding expectations, and an evidence-informed approach.

Support the day-to-day running of ABA provision alongside other SLT members, ensuring effective systems, appropriate deployment, and consistent practice across learning environments.

Oversee consistent, high-quality data collection and analysis aligned with ABA best practice and the school ethos, ensuring reliability, accessibility and meaningful use of data to inform decision-making.

Act as the go to person for data and assessment on the Senior Leadership Team

Quality assure that the school’s use of ABA remains child-centred and compassionate, with approaches that respect dignity, reduce distress, and promote meaningful outcomes

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.

Skilled Worker visas can 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 Forest Bridge School

• School type: Free School, ages 4 to 19
• School size: 122 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Forest Bridge School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/forest-bridge-school

Forest Bridge School is a Special Free School for children (4-16 years) with autism which opened in September 2015 and has moved into our purpose built building in March 2021. The school’s vision is: To be a leading provider of education for children and young adults with the primary diagnosis of autism. Combining Applied Behaviour Analysis, evidence-based therapy and effective personalised curriculums to enable pupils to fulfil their potential, prepare for adulthood and lead happy lives.

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