Inclusion Officer
Kirkburton Middle School, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD8 0TJ23 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
16 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
23 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week term time only plus 5 days
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 8
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking an enthusiastic and energetic person to join our friendly and forward-thinking pastoral team as our Inclusion Officer. You will be joining our friendly and forward-thinking school at a very exciting time; a school that genuinely values the well-being of all and one that is committed to supporting your ongoing professional development.
The role will involve actively supporting and maintaining the already high standards of behaviour and welfare in school. This includes undertaking on call duties and pastoral investigations. It will also involve managing day to day behaviour issues and supporting pupils to find resolutions. The role will often include liaising with parents/carers. This role may also involve providing some support to the school’s SENDCO, particularly in the management of SEND paperwork and other associated administrative tasks.
In summary the role will include:
- To help address any pastoral needs of pupils who require assistance in overcoming barriers to learning in order to achieve their full potential.
- To work with pupils and in partnership with parents, appropriate staff and other agencies to bring about improved behaviour and attendance.
- To promote positive attitudes from pupils and families towards education to ensure pupils benefit fully from the opportunities available to them.
- To work with identified vulnerable pupils and any others requiring support.
- Under the supervision of the school safeguarding lead, to manage, respond to and forward safeguarding concerns about the pupils of Kirkburton Middle School.
- To support the SENDCo in the management of SEND plans through administration management.
- To take on supervisory duties as determined by the school.
What the school offers its staff
- Annual salary increments plus inflation linked increases.
- Automatic enrolment into a Teacher Pension or Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution rates.
- Enhanced occupational benefits (such as maternity, adoption and parental leave).
- Automatic enrolment into our Employee Assistance Programme which gives you and your family members free access to Health and Wellbeing services including, GP consultations, Private medial operations, Physiotherapy, Counselling and mindfulness, wellbeing clinics, nurse support services, chronic illness and cancer support, menopause support.
- Flexible family friendly policies from day one.
- Extensive CPD opportunities
- Funding of a wide range of accredited training courses and apprenticeships.
- A range of working patterns dependent upon the role.
- For employees on all year-round contracts, a minimum of 28.5 days plus bank holidays (this increases with length of service) holiday entitlement.
- Death in service benefit.
Commitment to safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding cuts through everything we do at school and the safety of our pupils is our top priority. There is a designated senior member of the Leadership Team who is responsible for referring and monitoring any child protection concerns. All members of staff will receive training in line with our child protection and other related policies.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Kirkburton Middle School
- School type
- Academy, ages 10 to 13
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 502 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 10 to 13
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Kirkburton Middle School website
- Email address
- gdean@themast.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01484 222737
KMS provides a welcoming and secure environment in which pupils enter as young children and leave as confident young adults, each developing at the rate that is right for them. We specialise in supporting, nurturing and guiding young children through this time in their lives – emotionally, socially and academically – in order that they are able to achieve well and feel safe.
We believe strongly in the importance of the principle of inclusion, the development of the whole child and meeting the needs of the individual. To this end we provide a broad and balanced curriculum together with an extensive range of enrichment and extra-curricular activities.
Arranging a visit to Kirkburton Middle School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email gdean@themast.co.uk.
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