Lead Practitioner for Inclusion and Pupil Advocacy
Springfield School, WITNEY, Oxfordshire, OX28 1AR18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
30 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
9 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £48,710.00 - £51,802.00 Annually (Actual) Green Book, G13 (39 – 42), 37 hours a week, 52 weeks
Lead Practitioner for Inclusion and Pupil Advocacy job summary
Springfield School is seeking to appoint a compassionate, skilled and driven Lead Practitioner for Inclusion and Pupil Advocacy to join our senior leadership team. This is a permanent position offering an exciting opportunity to influence whole-school practice, lead with integrity, and ensure our most vulnerable pupils are fully supported to thrive.
The successful candidate will take a lead role in ensuring pupils with medical needs, safeguarding concerns, and behavioural needs receive the highest standard of care, advocacy and support. Working closely with the Head Teacher and Trust colleagues, you will drive inclusive practice across the school and contribute meaningfully to the school’s Self-Evaluation and Raising Achievement Plan.
This role is central to Springfield’s ethos and vision and will suit a professional with a strong foundation in behaviour support, safeguarding and therapeutic practice, alongside excellent communication and leadership skills.
The successful candidate will:- Be an experienced and knowledgeable practitioner with a strong understanding of behaviour as communication and the ability to develop regulation and support plans based on need.
- Hold DSL training and demonstrate practical safeguarding experience including managing concerns and liaising with multi-agency teams.
- Be trained in (or willing to train in) Team Teach, ideally to instructor level, and capable of modelling outstanding practice across the school.
- Have deep experience of working with children and young people with complex SEND, including SEMH and medical needs.
- Demonstrate commitment to inclusive education and pupil voice, acting as an advocate for learners and their families.
- Be confident in contributing to strategic planning, policy development, and school evaluation.
- Be passionate about building strong relationships with pupils, staff, and families, and nurturing a culture of safety, dignity and aspiration.
- Show the drive to make a measurable impact on pupil outcomes, wellbeing, and engagement in learning.
This role offers the opportunity to work within a forward-thinking, values-driven special school, and to contribute to the development of practice across The Gallery Trust. We are looking for a leader who will embody our commitment to inclusion and be a visible champion for the rights and potential of every pupil.
More information about the role can be found in our candidate information pack.
How to Apply
To apply please complete and application form on MyNewTerm.
For the full candidate information pack and application details, please visit: www.thegallerytrust.co.uk.
- Closing date for applications: 9am Monday 30 June 2025.
- Interviews will be held: Thursday 3 July 2025
Safeguarding & Equal Opportunities
The Gallery Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children. We expect all staff to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to rigorous safeguarding checks, including ID verification, qualifications, right to work in the UK, health clearance, and an Enhanced DBS check.
As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and communities.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Gallery Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any offer of employment with The Gallery Trust is subject to verification of ID and qualifications, satisfactory evidence of the right to work in the UK, health clearance, NCTL and Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check. The Gallery Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from
candidates from all ethnic and community backgrounds.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Springfield School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 16
- School size
- 107 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Springfield School website
Springfield School is a special school for Early Years, primary and secondary age children who have been identified as having Severe or Profound Learning Difficulties. We currently have 104 pupils on roll and all our pupils have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
We believe in creating opportunities for both pupils and staff to succeed in their own goals. It is essential for us to work closely with parents, carers and other professionals to promote support for everyone and sharing of good practice.
We strongly believe in the benefits of integration and inclusion to all, and our Early Years and Primary classes are co-located with Madley Brook Community Primary School in a uniquely integrated and purpose-built site. Our Secondary classes are also located in a purpose-built building adjacent to the Wood Green Secondary School site. We work hard to promote inclusive activities with our partner schools and the wider community.
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