Internal Alternative Provision Manager (IAP)

The Dean Academy, Lydney, Gloucestershire, GL15 5DZ

30 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2027

• Closing date

  18 September 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  19 August 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £31,022.00 - £32,597.00 Annually (FTE) Salary: Point 17 - Point 20 (£31,022 - £32,597) FTE Pro Rata

Internal Alternative Provision Manager (IAP) job summary

Internal Alternative Provision Manager (IAP)

Start Date: January 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter

Salary: Point 17 - Point 20 (£31,022 - £32,597) FTE Pro Rata

35 hours per week, 8.30 a.m. - 4.00 p.m., term time only, including inset days

We are looking to appoint an Internal Alternative Provision Manager (IAP) to run and coordinate our PACE hub (Personalised Academic and Character Education hub) at The Dean Academy. The successful candidate must have a passion for working with young people to support them to embody our core values of “We are Respectful, We are Responsible, We are Ready”. You will have responsibility for establishing, supervising and coordinating the implementation and delivery of the school’s internal alternative provision programme, as a core part of the school’s behaviour management procedures, ultimately reducing the number of students excluded from school, supporting in the maintenance of a productive learning environment and facilitating successful access to education for all.

You will have the presence, experience and personality to manage, supervise, challenge and motivate students. This role forms a core part of the school’s pastoral team and you will need to work closely with students, other school colleagues and parents/carers. As an individual, you will be motivated, positive, have a flexible and calm approach and be able to respond to the needs of the individuals you are working with.

This post is offered to both teaching and non-teaching staff. If you are interested in applying, please speak to Hannah Rowlands for further details, including the possibility of flexible working and adjusting working hours to encompass this new role.

The Dean Academy is proud to be part of The Athelstan Trust and benefits from collaboration and challenge. The Athelstan Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check along with standard pre-employment safeguarding checks. As the role includes working with children, it is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants must, therefore, disclose all spent and unspent convictions. References will be sought for shortlisted candidates before interview. Please also be aware that you will be subject to an online check and that you may be questioned about the findings of such a check at your interview.

We are a flexible working employer, and we are willing to make any reasonable adjustments you require during your interview so please ask us.

Closing Date: Friday 18th September 2026, 12 Noon —Interviews To be confirmed

Applications will be considered as they are received; we reserve the right to make an appointment prior to the closing date.

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

The Athelstan Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. If successful in being called for interview, all candidates are expected to apply for an enhanced DBS before appointment is confirmed. References will be sought for shortlisted candidates before interview. Please also be aware that you will be subject to an online check and that you may be questioned about the findings of such a check at your
interview.

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 The Dean Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 816 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Dean Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-dean-academy

The Dean Academy is an 11-16 school with approximately 700 students on roll in Lydney, in the beautiful Forest of Dean. As a small, local and fully comprehensive school, The Dean Academy is part of the highly successful Athelstan Trust. We are a school who have been on an incredible journey of rapid improvement and were judged as “good in all areas” in September 2021 leading to the school growing quickly. The successful candidate will share the drive and ambition of our dedicated staff and will be keen to deliver exceptional education in a “school where students thrive” (Ofsted, 2021).

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