Inclusion Leader

Boorley Park, Botley, Hampshire, SO32 2SH

15 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  4 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  20 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £27,779.00 Annually (FTE) Grade D – Step 1 FTE £27,779, Actual Annual Salary £22,536.84

Inclusion Leader job summary

Inclusion Leader - 35 hours per week, 8.30am to 4.00pm Monday to Friday, Term time only (39 Weeks). Grade D - Step 1 FTE £27,779, Actual Annual Salary £22,536.84.

This role is of a temporary nature until August 2026 but the contract could potentially be extended.

We are part of the RAISE Education Trust which comprises Wildern Secondary School, Deer Park Secondary School and Boorley Park School. Our staff form a collective team that makes a difference to the lives of our students.

Boorley Park School is looking for an enthusiastic, innovative and approachable Inclusion Leader.

The successful candidate will coordinate and support school strategies for vulnerable children. They will also work with the Senior Leadership Team to address the needs of children who need support to overcome barriers to learning both inside and outside school in order to achieve their full potential.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Manage, mentor and supervise the team of Inclusion Practitioners, conducting regular one-to-one meetings to review approaches and ensure the implementation of behaviour plans.
• Allocate staff duties and ensure adequate coverage within the nurturing space and throughout the school environment.
• Lead continuous professional development (CPD) for the inclusion team, focusing on best practices in behaviour management, emotional regulation strategies and inclusive education.
• Oversee and lead the Inclusion Practitioners in supporting children to regulate effectively throughout the school day, with the goal of maintaining high standards of behaviour and quality classroom learning environments.
• Establish, manage and maintain the regulation space, ensuring it is a safe, therapeutic and effective environment for children experiencing dysregulation.
• Develop and implement clear procedures for children moving between the classroom and the regulation space, including leading the team in supporting children to successfully transition back to class following a period of dysregulation.
• Work alongside the Assistant Headteacher to analyse behaviour data to identify trends, evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and inform future support strategies.
• You will have very good interpersonal skills and be confident in dealing with students, staff and parents on a day to day basis.

Benefits of working for our trust include:

• Friendly and sociable colleagues
• Staff membership rates to our modern Leisure Centre at Wildern School
• RAISE a Hand day: One day per academic year — a fully paid day off to support personal events.
• Two-week October half term: Providing staff and students with an extended break during the autumn term.
• Enrolment in one of the UK’s Largest public sector pension schemes
• A tax efficient Cycle-to-Work scheme through salary sacrifice

Application Process:

If you currently work in a school, please ensure one of your references is from your current Headteacher.

Please submit your application as soon as possible as we may invite candidates to interview before the closing date. Closing Date: Midday, Tuesday 4th November 2025.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if we receive applications that meet the criteria. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

RAISE Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.

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.

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 Boorley Park

• School type: Free School, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 318 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Boorley Park website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/boorley-park

Boorley Park Primary School opened in September 2019.

We have two forms of entry and the school was built to fill the basic need for more school places as existing schools in the area are at capacity or oversubscribed. Our purpose built school provides a safe and nurturing environment for children and sits at the heart of the community in the new housing development at Boorley Green.

We are part of the Wildern Academy Trust which includes Wildern School, a further 7-form entry secondary school is planned to open September 2021. This is an exciting time for the trust and all colleagues present and future.

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