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  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    21 April 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    8 April 2025

Important

This teaching role is at more than one school in the trust. You can find out more in schools overview.

Job details

Job role

  • SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
  • Other support roles

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 37 hours per week, term time only plus 6 days

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£25,584 - £25,992

Pay scale

Grade 4 (scp 7 - 8)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you a passionate professional ready to build your future?

Do you want to work in a supportive environment where your skills and contributions are valued?

Join us!

At Futura Learning Partnership, we are committed to creating an environment where every employee - whether in teaching, support, or leadership - can flourish. We strive to attract, develop, and retain the very best talent by creating a culture that values professional development, wellbeing, and inclusion.

Your Role in Building Brighter Futures

As an Inclusion Assistant at Clevedon School, you will play a key role in contributing to the delivery of Futura’s mission statement of “Building the brightest future for all, enabling every individual to flourish”. We are looking for an individual who is passionate about living our values and making a positive impact on all the young people in our Trust.

At Clevedon School, we believe all our students have the potential to achieve anything they aim for in life. We provide a stimulating curriculum experience, and a culture of aspiration and ambition by developing leadership of self, others and the wider community. Every member of our community is encouraged to 'belong' through a sense of contribution, responsibility, ownership and confidence which is seen in the pride our students have for their school. Please see the school’s website to find out further information Clevedon School - Home

Purpose of the role of an Inclusion Assistant:

The postholder will work as a member of Clevedon School Student Support Department which supports students with a range of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities to access, achieve and enjoy education and school life. The role is to act as keyworker for a student with significant visual impairment by working in partnership with the student, their parents, school staff and other professionals. You will work with the student directly and indirectly to support their learning, communication, social, emotional, mental health and independence ensuring they are fully included, safe, happy and reach their potential in all areas of development. You will be required to work closely with the Sensory Support Service to become the school’s ‘expert’ in sensory impairment. It is essential that you be committed to developing your own knowledge and practice through continuing professional development to ensure you have the competencies needed to effectively support a student with vision impairment - this will involve specialist skills such as Braille (training will be given)

You will be responsible for (see the JD for full list of principal accountabilities):

  • Building relationships - collating and sharing information effectively
  • Acting as champion for the child - ensuring their voice is heard
  • Fostering a positive relationship with the child’s family, communicating regularly

What You’ll Bring to Futura:

We are looking for an inspiring Inclusion Assistant who:

  • Has a sound Level of Secondary experience
  • Is able to build warm and positive relationships with students, their families and teaching/ support staff
  • Can motivate and build rapport with learners whilst encouraging independence
  • Is committed to safeguarding children, with basic knowledge of child protection procedures
  • Demonstrates a passion for creating a supportive and inclusive environment for all members of our school community.
  • Aligns with our trust-wide values by bringing a positive, collaborative approach to their work and a willingness to continuously develop professionally.

What the school offers its staff

What We Offer to Support Your Growth

  • Professional Growth: Continuous Professional Development (CPD), inset days, rotation and secondment opportunities, and leadership succession programmes.
  • Wellbeing Support: Initiatives like ‘Wellbeing Moments,’ flexible working arrangements, and access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for mental health support.
  • Comprehensive Benefits: Generous defined pension schemes, Health Cash-back Plan (covering dentist, physiotherapy appointments etc.), and multiple retail discount schemes.
  • Sustainability Commitment: Reducing our carbon footprint through our Climate and Nature initiatives across all schools.
  • Inclusive Culture: A collaborative environment where diversity is celebrated, helping staff bring their best selves to work and thrive in their roles.

Key Information:

Application Deadline: Monday 21 April 2025 23:59

Interviews are likely to be held soon thereafter

Expected start date: As soon as possible

Hours: 37 hours per week, term time only plus 6 days

PLEASE NOTE: Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement.

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.

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Additional documents

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About Futura Learning Partnership

Type
Multi-academy trust
Phone number
0117 946 1229

Futura Learning Partnership is a partnership of schools which span 5 local authority areas: Bath & Northeast Somerset, Bristol, North Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset, and South Gloucestershire. Working together to provide a high-quality educational experience for all students in their care and be a truly inclusive provider of 3-18 education in the area. We are a mixed MAT, comprising 6 secondary, 21 primary and a special school. We work in partnership with the Diocese of Bath and Wells, which brings considerable benefit to all our schools.

School Details

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1391 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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