Inclusion Base Lead

The Beaulieu Park School, Chelmsford, CM1 6DT

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  21 September 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  10 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Scale 7 Pt. 19-24

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for someone who:

• Has experience working with vulnerable, disengaged or hard-to-reach young people.
• Understands the challenges associated with EBSA, SEND, attendance and barriers to learning.
• Has experience of developing and delivering successful intervention programs.
• Can build positive, trusting relationships with pupils and families.
• Is confident leading support plans and coordinating provision for individual pupils.
• Has excellent organisational, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Has the confidence to work collaboratively with external agencies and school staff.
• Believes that every child deserves the opportunity to succeed.

What the school offers its staff

We offer:

• The opportunity to establish and lead a high-impact Inclusion Base.
• A supportive and ambitious leadership team.
• The chance to make a genuine difference to the lives of vulnerable young people every day.
• A culture that values inclusion, wellbeing and professional development.
• The opportunity to influence whole-school practice and improve outcomes for some of our most vulnerable learners.
• Excellent opportunities for professional growth within a successful and ambitious trust.

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.

Job Title: Inclusion Base Lead

Grade: Scale 7 Pt. 19-24

Term time (including inset days) + 3 weeks holiday working (42 weeks)

37 hours per week

Actual salary: £33,119 – £36,581

Help us change lives through Inclusion

Are you passionate about inclusion? Do you believe every child deserves a pathway to success, regardless of the barriers they face?

The Beaulieu Park School is seeking an exceptional Inclusion Base Lead to establish and lead our new Inclusion Base, providing targeted support for pupils experiencing barriers to learning, including Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA), SEND, anxiety and attendance difficulties.

This is a unique opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed practitioner to shape a new provision that will play a pivotal role in improving attendance, supporting vulnerable learners and ensuring that every pupil remains connected to education.

The role

As Inclusion Base Lead, you will lead a specialist provision designed to support pupils experiencing barriers to attendance, engagement and learning.

Working closely with senior leaders, pastoral teams, SEND staff, subject leaders, families and external agencies, you will:

• Lead the day-to-day operation of the school's Inclusion Base.
• Deliver structured learning programs that support pupils to remain engaged with education.
• Design, implement and evaluate targeted interventions to improve attendance, engagement and outcomes.
• Lead reintegration programs for pupils experiencing EBSA, persistent absence and reduced timetables.
• Act as Lead Professional for pupils accessing the provision.
• Provide day-to-day leadership and guidance to teaching assistants and mentors working within the Inclusion Base.
• Build strong relationships with pupils and families to remove barriers to learning and attendance.
• Coordinate multi-agency support and review meetings.
• Monitor attendance, engagement and reintegration outcomes, evaluating the impact of provision and contributing to school improvement.
• Work collaboratively with subject leaders to ensure pupils maintain access to a broad and ambitious curriculum.

This is a newly created role reflecting the school's commitment to strengthening inclusion, improving attendance and ensuring vulnerable pupils receive the support they need to thrive.

About you

We are looking for someone who:

• Has experience working with vulnerable, disengaged or hard-to-reach young people.
• Understands the challenges associated with EBSA, SEND, attendance and barriers to learning.
• Has experience of developing and delivering successful intervention programs.
• Can build positive, trusting relationships with pupils and families.
• Is confident leading support plans and coordinating provision for individual pupils.
• Has excellent organisational, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Has the confidence to work collaboratively with external agencies and school staff.
• Believes that every child deserves the opportunity to succeed.

Why join us?

We offer:

• The opportunity to establish and lead a high-impact Inclusion Base.
• A supportive and ambitious leadership team.
• The chance to make a genuine difference to the lives of vulnerable young people every day.
• A culture that values inclusion, wellbeing and professional development.
• The opportunity to influence whole-school practice and improve outcomes for some of our most vulnerable learners.
• Excellent opportunities for professional growth within a successful and ambitious trust.

Join us and Make a Difference

If you are resilient, compassionate, solution-focused and committed to helping young people succeed, we would love to hear from you.

This is more than a job. It is an opportunity to change lives.

Apply today and help shape the future of our Inclusion Base.

The school reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date. Applications will therefore be considered as they are received, and early application is encouraged.

The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed within its schools to:

• Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual and cultural development of children and young people;
• Promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued;
• The fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share in this commitment.

As an equal opportunities employer, The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join The Chelmsford Learning Partnership.

In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on an application form, CVs will not be accepted.  This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references. The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is an equal opportunities employer.

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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About The Beaulieu Park School

• Organisation type: Free School, ages 4 to 19
• Education phase: All through school
• Size: 1763 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Beaulieu Park School website
• Email address: GTravers@CLPTrust.com
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-beaulieu-park-school

The Beaulieu Park School is Essex’s first ‘All Through’ school and the primary phase opens for reception students in September 2018 with the secondary phase opening in September 2019. The Beaulieu Park School will welcome its first cohort of 60 reception aged children in two classes. In September 2019, 180 Year 7 students will be admitted. Year on year the school will grow, providing 420 places for local children between four and eleven years old by 2024 and 900 places for local children between 11 and 16 years old by 2023.

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