Head of Inclusion

South East Essex Academy Trust, Benfleet, SS7 2TD

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Spring 2026

• Closing date

  18 December 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  7 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Leadership – salary negotiable based on previous experience and impact
• Additional allowances:

  Leadership – salary negotiable based on previous experience and impact

Head of Inclusion job summary

Despite our successes in the last few years, we know we can be better. In particular, there is work to be done in terms of raising achievement and outcomes for pupils. A Trust of nine schools in a close geographical area should have the capacity to provide greater opportunities for pupils. The key objective must be to raise achievement for all pupils regardless of their background or ability.

We want pupils to achieve more and make better progress by attending a SEEAT school than would otherwise be expected. True equity does not mean lowering the bar. It means helping every pupil reach it - with challenge, high expectations and teaching to the top.

We will pay particular attention to children from disadvantaged backgrounds because the disadvantage gap is widening.

We will put those pupils with SEND first because if it works for our SEND pupils, it works for everyone.

All of this is in line with our SEEAT Mission: ‘To raise and sustain educational standards in our schools through high aspirations for all.’

As Head of Inclusion, you will play a pivotal leadership role in shaping inclusive education across SEEAT. You will lead on strategy, policy, and professional development to remove barriers to achievement for disadvantaged pupils, those with SEND, EAL, and other vulnerable groups. This is a unique opportunity to influence practice across a growing multi-academy trust and ensure that all pupils—particularly those facing additional challenges—have access to high-quality teaching and learning.

This is a part-time role, working 0.4 FTE, and would suit someone who may be looking to take a step back from a full-time leadership role or to balance other professional or personal commitments.

Whether you are an experienced inclusion leader seeking a new challenge, or ready to step into a trust-wide role, this position offers the chance to make a lasting impact on the lives of children and young people across our schools. You will be a qualified teacher with an appropriate SEND leadership-level qualification, with a demonstrable track record of improvement and impact in terms of inclusion, ideally across more than one school.

You will be working at the very heart of our ambitious central team and will be a key point of contact for the SEEAT Executive team, Trustees and Headteachers, so it is essential that you have strong interpersonal skills and that your personal values align with our Trust ethos. In return, we can offer flexible working in an interesting environment where no day is the same.

The SEEAT central team is based at The Deanes, however the nature of the role means that travel to all SEEAT schools should be expected, so the successful postholder must have the ability to travel between all nine of our schools, ideally with a full UK driving licence.

For information about SEEAT and the Head of Inclusion role, including the job description for this role, please see our Head of Inclusion Recruitment Pack.

All applicants will be contacted to have an informal chat with us before shortlisting, but if you'd like to arrange a conversation before applying, please don’t hesitate to contact Jade Blackburn, Director of People and Operations, on 07858 376941 or email hr@seeat.org. We reserve the right to close the role earlier than the closing date if sufficient applications are received so please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

South East Essex Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects its entire staff to share this commitment. All postholders working in our schools will be considered to work in Regulated Activity and will be required to have an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS). In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance all shortlisted candidates may be subject to online searches that may include social media. For further information please contact HR@seeat.org

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 South East Essex Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/south-east-essex-academy-trust

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