Lead Learning Manager

Outwood Academy Acklam, Middlesbrough, TS5 7JY

12 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  6 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  24 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Working Pattern: 37 Hours Per Week, Monday to Friday, Term Time only plus 15 days
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Salary (Actual Salary): £34,073

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you an experienced leader ready to take strategic and operational ownership of student welfare and safeguarding? As the Lead Learning Manager, you will manage the Learning Manager team, ensuring high-quality support maximizes student attainment and life chances. This senior inclusion role involves acting as the Child Protection lead, championing positive mental health, and coordinating complex multi-agency interventions for our most vulnerable young people.

You will provide strategic and operational leadership for child protection and student welfare, often acting as the Safeguarding Deputy Designated Lead and maintaining all child protection records. A core function is the formal supervision and management of the Learning Manager team, ensuring effective tracking and intervention utilizing the MIS system and Praising Stars.

You will lead on promoting student positive mental health and manage multi-agency case work, including undertaking referrals, recording safeguarding incidents, and chairing meetings such as Team Around the Child. Furthermore, you will support readmission meetings and provide emergency support across the academy via the internal radio system.

Essential qualifications include Safeguarding Level 3, along with a willingness to complete Level 3 safeguarding supervision training and Mental Health First Aid training within the first six months.

Candidates must have significant experience managing and leading teams, coupled with extensive knowledge of issues affecting young people and mental health within a school setting.

Required skills include the ability to communicate effectively with diverse audiences to gain credibility, utilize multiple school software systems, and chair and manage meetings effectively. A satisfactory DBS check is mandatory.

What the school offers its staff

As Principal, I'm incredibly proud of our GOOD-rated, vibrant, and diverse 11-16 academy in Middlesbrough. We have nearly 1,200 students who benefit from our spectacular building, state-of-the-art facilities, and strong, inclusive community.

Our energetic and passionate academic and pastoral teams are committed to making a significant impact. This is evident in our consistently improving student outcomes, including being the highest performing school in the town on the Fairer Schools Index with 'Well Above Average' progress. Everything we do is driven by our ACKLAM values.

We are an outward-facing school that celebrates diversity and widens opportunities for both our students and the community. Staff love working here, and we trust you will too. We encourage you to submit an application or come for a look around.

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

Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.

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.

INC028 Lead Learning Manager JD.pdf - 152 KB (opens in new tab)

INC001 Learning Manager PS.pdf - 224 KB (opens in new tab)

About Outwood Academy Acklam

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1185 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Outwood Academy Acklam website
• Email address: g.gill@acklam.outwood.com
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/outwood-academy-acklam

Outwood Academy Acklam, which was the first Outwood school in Teesside, has almost 1200 students on roll. At its latest inspection, it was judged to be a GOOD school with OUTSTANDING leadership. We are a diverse and vibrant 11-16 academy, based in the friendly, north-east town of Middlesbrough.

We are a welcoming and supportive academy, with a relentless determination to provide the very best education for every child. We place students at the centre of everything we do, with a focus on creating a culture of success and a positive climate for learning. In a beautiful setting, enjoy the state-of-the-art facilities that the academy has to offer.

We have a holistic and inclusive approach to the work that we do. The Academy has received accolades and external recognition, with the awarding of the Inclusion Quality Mark - Centre of Excellence, alongside the Carnegie ‘Gold’ Mental Health Award for the work we do to support our diverse and dynamic student body.

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