Inclusion Leader

Leeds East Academy, Leeds, LS14 6HA

25 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  2 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  5 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week, term time only plus 10 days
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: SO2 (Actual Salary £33,034 to £34,693)

What skills and experience we're looking for

General Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the day-to-day operations of the Connect provision, ensuring a calm, safe, and structured learning environment for all students at all times.
• Deliver high-quality, targeted interventions in line with the provision specified in Section F of pupils’ EHCPs, ensuring consistency, fidelity and impact.
• Develop and manage a weekly intervention timetable, coordinating with staff and students to ensure all EHCP-required sessions are logistically achievable and delivered within statutory expectations.
• Track, monitor and evaluate intervention outcomes, using data, session records and student feedback to assess progress and adapt provision where needed.
• Maintain accurate documentation of all intervention sessions, attendance and progress, ensuring records align with EHCP requirements and school policies.
• Liaise with the Connect Manager and wider staff team to ensure interventions are integrated into pupils’ personalised learning plans and that provision remains coherent, responsive and compliant.
• Support the implementation of the delivery of a personalised, adapted curriculum that meets the wider development needs of students with SEMH barriers.
• Implement targeted interventions, including Thrive, emotional literacy, anger management, and cognitive behavioural strategies to support self-regulation, resilience, and well-being.
• Support the monitoring, tracking, and evaluation of student progress—both academic and behavioural—using data to inform provision and adapt support strategies.
• Support the development of the provision with enthusiasm and positivity, ensuring that academy initiatives and strategies are embedded within the provision and modelled through high expectations, professionalism, and commitment to inclusion.
• Work closely with the Connect Manager to ensure the student’s wider development is embedded within the wider graduated response framework; this will include being responsible for collating, referring and being accountable for the graduated approach of pupils who access Connect, supporting the next appropriate steps.
• Coordinate reintegration plans for students returning to mainstream lessons, liaising with subject teachers, year teams, and external professionals as needed.
• Develop and maintain strong communication with families, offering regular updates, engaging parents/carers in support plans, and fostering positive home-school relationships.
• Support planning and risk assessments for students within the provision, ensuring a proactive and restorative approach to behaviour management.
• Track, monitor and implement clear structures and processes surrounding the transition in and out of Connect, ensuring the graduated approach is documented carefully to address any barriers to learning which impact attending mainstream lessons.
• Ensure safeguarding is prioritised at all times, identifying concerns promptly and following academy procedures in line with statutory guidance.
• Contribute to the development of whole-school strategies that promote inclusion, emotional well-being, and positive behaviour.

What the school offers its staff

Terms and Conditions

All of our employees benefit from nationally negotiated terms and conditions including STPCD (teachers) or NJC Green book (support staff). This includes our commitment to the Real Living Wage Foundation.

Long Service Recognition

After 5 years continuous service, support staff will receive 5 additional days of annual leave entitlement (pro rata).

Flexible Working

We offer flexible working arrangements from term time only, part-time, job share opportunities, as well as hybrid working where possible. Flexible working can also be requested for colleagues undergoing fertility treatment.

Wellbeing

Wellbeing champions and Mental Health First Aiders are available in each of our academies, demonstrating our commitment to, and support for staff.

Family Friendly Policies

At the heart of our policies we strive to be family orientated to support work/life balance. This includes a policy to support emergency and special leave where required.

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

All colleagues and their families have access to Health Assured, a confidential service to support our colleagues with their wellbeing. This includes access to a Health Assured app.

Generous Pensions Schemes

All employees benefit from wither Teachers Pension Scheme or LGPS.

Eye Test Vouchers

Employees using Display Screen Equipment (DSE) are provided with a free eye test and up to £69 towards selected glasses* , funded by the trust. If glasses are needed solely for DSE use, the trust will pay. (*Subject to terms and conditions).

Colleague Recognition Schemes

We have a variety of schemes across our schools that allows our staff to be recognised and thanked for their hard work.

Our Commitment to Wellbeing

Through our commitment to wellbeing we have committed to the staff wellbeing charter. This is in addition to being accredited as a Mindful Employer.

Car Parking

Through our commitment to wellbeing we have committed to the staff wellbeing charter. This is in addition to being accredited as a Mindful Employer.

Headspace

We are delighted to offer access to Headspace which is available for free, for all of our colleagues. Headspace helps you create life-changing habits to support your mental health and find a healthier, happier you through science.

Salary Sacrifice Schemes

All colleagues have access to both the Tech Scheme and the Cycle to work scheme, which allows colleagues to spread the cost of these purchases, making NI savings of up to 12%.

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.

We are seeking an exceptional Inclusion Leader to join Connect, our internal alternative provision. In this role, you will deliver bespoke support that removes barriers to learning, both in and beyond the classroom, ensuring every student can thrive. You will champion a restorative, relationship‑driven approach and work closely with our Inclusion and Pastoral teams to secure the best outcomes for vulnerable learners.

A core part of the role is ensuring full compliance with each pupil’s Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP)—with particular focus on delivering the high‑quality, targeted interventions outlined in Section F. Working alongside the Connect Manager and SENDCo, you will coordinate and monitor personalised learning plans, ensuring statutory entitlements are met consistently and effectively.

As a key member of the Inclusion team, you will help drive meaningful, lasting change across the academy. Your work will directly support the development of inclusive practice and provide targeted academic and emotional support for students accessing the Connect provision.

Connect is a newly established, strategic provision designed for students with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. It forms a vital part of our wider SEND and Inclusion offer, providing a nurturing, structured environment where pupils can re-engage with learning, build emotional resilience and overcome barriers to education. The provision supports students who are currently unable to access mainstream lessons, offering tailored and flexible approaches that meet their individual needs.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students and expects all staff and volunteers to share the commitment. Appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures and an enhanced DBS check.
Please note this role will involve contact with children and you will be engaging in regulated activity. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds. Applications are welcome, irrespective of
sex, sexuality, race, religion, marital status, age or disability.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

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

WRAT Recruitment Pack 2026.pdf - 2.79 MB (opens in new tab)

2765 - Inclusion Leader Job Description and Person Specification.pdf - 270 KB (opens in new tab)

About Leeds East Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1016 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Leeds East Academy website
• Email address: wrat-hr@whiteroseacademies.org
• Phone number: 0113 2731964
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/leeds-east-academy

Leeds East Academy is an over-subscribed 11-16 academy that has recently achieved the title of UK Parliament School of the Year. We are a vibrant, diverse and welcoming academy community who are committed to securing our highly ambitious vision of ‘Everyone Exceptional’ for every single member of our wonderful school. Over the last three years the school has been on a rapid journey of transformation which has resulted in significant improvements in attendance, progress, and behaviour. We received a ‘good’ judgement in our 2019 Ofsted inspection and every member of our community is determined to convert this to outstanding and beyond at our next inspection.

We are proud to be an academy who forms part of the High-Performance Learner international community and our vision of ‘Everyone Exceptional’ is underpinned by the principles of High-Performance Learner. The principles simply foster the belief that every child can and will perform highly and are able to excel both academically and personally within the right climate and culture. We have worked closely with our academy community to develop a culture and climate in which both staff and students can flourish.

Our academy is committed to delivering an outstanding education to each and every one of our students. We provide exceptional life training; harnessing the skills and fortifying the aspirations of young people, who we know will transform the region and provide a positive, progressive contribution to society.

White Rose Academies Trust is a local trust dedicated to raising and fulfilling the ambitions of young people. Our academies throughout Leeds are at the heart of the communities they serve, which is why we are committed to delivering an outstanding education to every one of our students.

Arranging a visit to Leeds East Academy

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