Inclusion and Wellbeing Team Manager

The Iffley Academy, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 4DU

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  6 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  11 February 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: £40,476.00 Annually (FTE)

Inclusion and Wellbeing Team Manager job summary

Are you highly skilled in building positive relationships with young people, to support them to thrive? Do you have strong interpersonal skills and an ability to build trust with young people? Do you have a passion for supporting young people with SEND? Do you have experience of line managing and managing a team? Do you have experience of precise decision making and problem solving to ensure risk reduction?

Iffley Academy is Oxfordshire’s largest special school, with 180 students on roll, catering for students in Key Stages 3,4 and 5 with a primary need of cognition and learning difficulties and associated needs: social emotional mental health difficulties and communication and interaction difficulties. We are a vibrant community which offers excellent teaching and learning and therapeutic care to our learners. The academy’s behaviour and relationship policy is based on the principles of Restorative Approaches, and respectful and positive relationships are demonstrated across the student body.

We are seeking a gifted relational practitioner who can inspire and motivate staff and students, exhibit excellence in operational management, and demonstrate skills to support the strategic development of our special academy. You will be skilled in understanding and supporting students with special educational needs, and be an enthusiastic and organised individual who leads with integrity and passion. You will be a good team player and be able to contribute to our school, through excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

In return for your dedication and commitment to raising achievement, we can offer you the prospect of furthering your career in a working environment which is well resourced and committed to high standards.

Iffley Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, Occupational Health check and a probationary period of 6 months. The Iffley Academy is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from a range of ethnic backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our school community.

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.

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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 The Iffley Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 18
• School size: 179 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Iffley Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-iffley-academy

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