Inclusion Lead

Fir Tree Junior School, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 0NY

37 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  24 April 2026 at 1pm

• Date listed

  17 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Monthly

Inclusion Lead job summary

Fir Tree is a vibrant, successful two-form entry setting in the town of Wallingford, south Oxfordshire. 230 pupils are currently on roll (Year 3 - Year 6).

An exciting and eagerly awaited project is underway which will culminate in September 2026 when Fir Tree officially converts from a Junior to Primary setting.

We envisage appointing an experienced Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator (SENDCO) but would consider applications from a candidate with less experience who is undertaking the appropriate national professional qualification or who is committed to doing so.

This is a dual role. The successful candidate will spend 2 - 2.5 days each week focussing on the inclusion element. For the remainder of the week, they will focus on delivering high quality teaching in classes across the school. This will be to cover subject leadership release and PPA time.

At Fir Tree, school leaders have worked to craft sensible policies which take the workload and wellbeing of colleagues into account. In short, we focus on approaches that make a difference where it matters most; in the classroom. The school’s values underpin all of its work, and we strive for kindness to be the default in all interactions across the community.

The school and the community it serves benefits greatly from being part of the Oxford Diocesan School Trust (ODST). This organisation provides bespoke professional learning for colleagues, regardless of their role, while at the same time offering colleagues frequent opportunities to gain expertise in formal and informal networks across a family of 47 schools.

The school has excellent transport links with Oxford, Reading and multiple south Oxfordshire towns and villages.

Visits to the school are warmly encouraged and these can be arranged by contacting us by phone or email (01491 836341/admin.2578@fir-tree.oxon.sch.uk)

Closing date for applications: Friday 24th April 2026 (midday). We plan on interviewing shortlisted candidates during the week commencing Monday 27th April, but reserve the right to Interview on receipt of sufficient applications and close the application process early.

We are firmly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, candidates will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record, including family members, may prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.

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 Fir Tree Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 235 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Fir Tree Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/fir-tree-junior-school-wallingford

Fir Tree is a two-form entry junior school with close links to our feeder infant school St Nicholas C of E, and currently we have 218 children on roll. We take pride in our ethos, which is underpinned by the values of: respect, responsibility, courage, tolerance, friendship and perseverance.

We are fortunate to have a fantastic school site, with a forest school and pond, a vegetable garden (supplying our chef, Siva, with home-grown produce to be cooked for lunches in our school kitchen), a large playing field, play equipment and an outdoor classroom which we call ‘The Castle’.

This is an exciting time for Fir Tree Junior School. Whilst currently a two form entry junior school, due to housing growth in the town we expect to become a one-form primary school and whilst we can’t put an exact date on this yet, we anticipate the change is likely to happen within the tenure of our next Headteacher. As such, the appointed candidate will need to be able to demonstrate strong planning skills and an ability to work collaboratively - with our colleagues at St Nicholas C of E Infants’ School, with colleagues within ODST and with those at Oxfordshire County Council. Although planning is still at a relatively early stage, the eventual project will provide a rare opportunity to support the transition of a junior school into the full primary phase.

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