Inclusion Manager
St James' Catholic High School, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 6PZ11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
8 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
26 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time, Permanent 37 hours per week (term time only), Scale 5 £26,421 - £28,770 (pro rata) (Actual salary £22,598 - £24,608)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £22,598 - £24,608
What skills and experience we're looking for
School Mission Statement
St James’ Catholic High School aims to ensure everyone
within our school family achieves their full potential,
to encourage learning and development through faith,
and to strive for excellence.
Purpose
• Under an agreed system of supervision, to work with the
Assistant Headteacher, Heads of Year and Form Tutors
to address the needs of pupils who require support to
overcome barriers to learning
• To lead the Damascus room offering pupils the chance to
reflect on poor choices they have made
• Inspire and engage pupils in the vision for the school
• To promote positive behaviour management by modelling
and suggesting effective strategies in class and around
school, including break and lunchtimes
Pastoral Support
• Take a lead role in delivering pastoral support to pupils
through the Damascus room
• Provide advice to pupils relating to their social, health,
hygiene and emotional development needs
• Assist the teacher with the development and
implementation of individual Education/Behaviour/
Support/Mentoring plans
• Establish productive working relationships with pupils,
acting as a role model
• Arrange and develop 1:1 mentoring for pupils and provide
support for distressed pupils individually or in small groups
• Support the reintegration of those who have been absent
e.g. through long term illness, exclusion
• Provide information and advice to enable pupils to
make choices about their own learning/behaviour and
attendance and consequences of their actions
• Facilitate restorative conversations between pupils and/or
staff
• Challenge and motivate pupils, promote and reinforce self
esteem
• Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress,
achievement, behaviour, attendance etc. Establish
constructive relationships with parents/carers, exchanging
information, facilitating their support for their child’s
attendance, access to learning and supporting home to
school and community links
• Take a lead role in the development, implementation
and monitoring of systems relating to attendance and
integration e.g. registration, truancy, pastoral systems etc.
• Be responsible for recording the SLT lunchtime detentions
• Deal as appropriate with administration e.g. dealing
with correspondence, compilation/analysis/reporting on
attendance, exclusions, making phone calls
• Investigate incidents occurring in a school context and
reporting the results of those investigations to the Form
Tutor, Head of Year or Assistant Headteacher as appropriate
• Updating the behaviour log on SIMS
• Update the Damascus data on Google sheets
Teaching and Learning Support
• Support pupils’ access to learning using appropriate
strategies and resources
• Work with other staff, including specialist staff and
professional agencies in planning, evaluating and adjusting
learning activities as appropriate
• Monitor and evaluate pupils’ responses and progress
against action plans through observation and planned
recording
• Provide objective and accurate feedback and reports as
required to other staff on pupil’s achievement ensuring the
availability of appropriate evidence
• Manage record keeping systems and processes
• Take a key role in the development and implementation of
appropriate behaviour management strategies
• Actively seek support for pupils to broaden and enrich their
learning
School Support
• Comply with all policies and procedures within school
• Establish constructive relationships with staff and external
agencies to support achievement of pupils
• Attend and participate in meetings as directed, these
will include calendarised evening events e.g. parents and
curriculum evenings
• Participate in training and other learning activities as
required
• To undertake supervisory duties as directed by the Assistant
Headteacher
• To have an involvement in other activities assigned by the
Headteacher
School Ethos and Culture
• Help foster the spiritual development of pupils in
accordance with the school’s Mission Statement
• Ensure that the school’s vision is understood and clearly and
effectively articulated to all pupils
• Promote the school’s ethos and culture to the broader
community
Other Specific Duties
Many specific responsibilities will require collaborative
working with other team members which, as the Inclusion
Manager you will develop proactively
This post is subject to Enhanced DBS disclosure and basic
online searches. Whilst every effort has been made to
explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each
individual task may not be identified
The post holder will be expected to comply with all reasonable
requests from the Headteacher to undertake work of a similar
level that is not specified in their job description
What the school offers its staff
We are a good oversubscribed school (OFSTED 2022) located
in Stockport, South of Manchester. Our school is made up of
825 students and 100 staff. St James’ Catholic High School
is a thriving Catholic community that places children at
the centre of everything we do. The Diocese of Shrewsbury
judged our school to be an “Outstanding” Catholic school.
St James’ is a highly academic performing school:
• Impressive positive progress 8 scores for the previous
four years
• In 2024, 77% of students attained a Grade 4 or above in
both English & Mathematics (the equivalent to the old
Grade C) with 59% achieving a Grade 5 or above in both
English & Mathematics
• 87 grade 9s and 128 grade 8s were awarded to our
students in 2024, demonstrating exceptional attainment
across a wide range of subjects
• Exceptional results in open, Maths and English subjects
placing us in the top 20% of similar schools nationally
Our school is at the cutting edge of teaching and learning
and thrives on providing outstanding opportunities for the
young people we serve. All our staff work to provide our young
people with the skills, knowledge and understanding in order
to achieve their full potential.
Inspired by the example of St James, the purpose of our
school is ‘To educate and develop global Catholic citizens’.
Our three school values of Family, Faith and Excellence
are lived out every single day by staff, students and all
stakeholders.
The reputation of our school is exceptional within Stockport
and across the Shrewsbury Diocese for academic excellence,
impeccable pupil conduct and for providing outstanding
additional opportunities for our young people. The result is
that our young people develop into global Catholic citizens
who are proud to profess their faith and who make a positive
contribution to society.
At the root of our success is our St James’ community. This
is built on strong, positive relationships between all staff,
students and parents. Our parents support our school and
develop their children at home whilst our dedicated staff
are relentless in driving excellence by providing the best
educational experiences and opportunities for our students.
Underpinning this excellence are our unique values, Catholic
ethos and our mission. We are inspired and driven by the
Gospel where we are told: ‘With God all things are possible’
(Matthew 19:26).
Commitment to safeguarding
St James’ Catholic High School is an equal opportunity employer which is “Positive about Disabled People”. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently under-represented in the workforce, who meet the person specification for the post
St James’ Catholic High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to headteacherpa@stjamescheadle.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St James' Catholic High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 823 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- headteacherpa@stjamescheadle.co.uk
The St James’ Catholic High School Mission:
To ensure everyone within our school family achieves their full potential, to encourage learning and development through faith, and to strive for excellence.
Applications are welcome regardless of the personal faith of the applicant, providing they are supportive of the school’s Catholic ethos.
St James’ Catholic High School is a popular and oversubscribed 11-16 mixed comprehensive Catholic High School which was judged by OFSTED to be a “Good school in April 2022, with “Outstanding” Outcomes for Pupils.
The Diocese of Shrewsbury judged our school to be an “Outstanding” Catholic school.
Arranging a visit to St James' Catholic High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email headteacherpa@stjamescheadle.co.uk.
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