Inclusion Lead (2 days teaching)

Hawkedon Primary School, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 3AP

6 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  22 April 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  31 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time, part time: Permanent, full-time, Monday to Friday (part-time considered)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: L3-L5

What skills and experience we're looking for

Essential

• Qualified Teacher Status
• SENDCO qualified
• Experience of working with children/young people with SEND and/or short-term difficulties (e.g. behavioural difficulties, mental health, physical disabilities).
• Experience of leading a team to improve performance
• A proven track record of leading initiatives
• Experience planning and delivering targeted interventions
• Evidence of leading Teaching and Learning from groups, in particular SEND and Disadvantaged pupils
• Experience of collaborating with external colleagues and agencies
• An outstanding classroom practitioner
• Successful experience of monitoring, evaluating and improving the quality of teaching and learning
• Understanding of health and wellbeing, safety and child protection

Desirable

• Evidence of level systems to understand progress and outcomes more effectively
• Proficient with school online systems: Arbor, CPOMS
• Knowledge of external agencies in the local area who may be called on

Personal Qualities and Attributes

• To model the school’s vision and values
• To be creative, warm, engaging and transparent
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Adaptable, approachable, calm and self-motivated
• Able to quickly engage and build appropriate relationships with children
• To have high levels of emotional literacy
• To be dependable and reliable
• To be an effective team member and a model of professionalism
• To be flexible, able to respond to changes and think on your feet.

What the school offers its staff

What you will gain from working at Hawkedon:

• Being part of a school which fosters an environment of Belonging, Kindness and Ambition in all we do
• Significant support from experienced staff
• Training opportunities for professional development within the school and the Trust
• Free childcare at our breakfast and after school club (for our employees’ children attending Hawkedon Primary School).
• Employers contribute to Teachers Pension of 28.6% (as of 1.4.24)

Further details about the role

We are able to offer an exciting opportunity for an Inclusion Lead to champion our SEND provision. This role will be part of our dedicated Senior Leadership Team and will be open to those teachers with a SEND qualification.

Main responsibilities will be:

• To ensure disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND have equity of access to education at Hawkedon Primary School
• To contribute to the leadership of the school through participation in the implementation of policies, plans, targets and practices.
• To support in strategic planning for Inclusion provision at the school
• To secure and sustain effective teaching for individuals, groups and classes.
• Experience of leading, managing and work collaboratively with staff and pupils as appropriate
• To develop, monitor and control resources within the school.
• To contribute to the oversight of Safeguarding at the school
• To work alongside colleagues in the OLA and other external settings.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Inclusion Lead job description - 2025.pdf - 192 KB (opens in new tab)

About Hawkedon Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: Up to 630 pupils
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hawkedon Primary School website
• Email address: vacancies@hawkedon.wokingham.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hawkedon-primary-school-reading

Arranging a visit to Hawkedon Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vacancies@hawkedon.wokingham.sch.uk.

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