Pupil Inclusion Coordinator

The Parkside School, Norwich, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 3JA

14 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  12 October 2026 at 1am

• Date listed

  28 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time, part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £15.56 – £16.61 per hour

Pupil Inclusion Coordinator job summary

Tel: 01603 441126

Email: office@parkside.norfolk.sch.uk

Website: https://www.parkside.norfolk.sch.uk/

• Headteacher: Mrs C Ellis-Gage
• Salary - Scale F, £15.5617 – £16.6101 per hour / £30,023 – £32,046 FTE
• Permanent
• Full Time / Part Time options available
• Term Time plus 1 week

About our school

Located in the heart of Norwich, The Parkside School is an outstanding specialist school dedicated to pupils with significant learning disabilities and complex needs. We champion high, individualised expectations and focus on teaching independence, communication, and self-regulation to help our young people become confident citizens.

The role

We are seeking an empathetic, resilient, and highly organised Pupil Inclusion Coordinator to play a critical role in our safeguarding and pastoral team.

Key Responsibilities

• Safeguarding Leadership: Act as a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), managing pupil welfare and participating in multi-agency casework.
• Attendance & Re-engagement: Track attendance patterns, conduct supportive home visits, and create tailored plans for pupils facing barriers to attendance including young carers and refugee status.
• Mental Health & Family Support: Coordinate referrals to CAMHS, Early Help, and local specialist organisations.
• Alternative Provision Quality Assurance: Carry out routine check-ins and quality

 checks for pupils attending off-site Alternative Provisions.

What we are looking for

✔ Proven experience or willingness to work with children and young people with SEND or SEMH needs.

✔ Strong working knowledge of safeguarding statutory guidance.

✔ Excellent communication skills and the ability to build trust with families.

✔ Full UK driving license and access to a vehicle for home and AP visits.

To find out more about the role please visit our school website: https://www.parkside.norfolk.sch.uk/

How to apply

A job description/person specification is available from ‘Attachments’.

For this vacancy, if you click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, you will be redirected to our website and then onto our recruitment website to apply via the online application form.

Closing date: 12 October 2026, 9am

Interview date: 16 October 2026

The Parkside School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references are required for this post.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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 Parkside School, Norwich

• Organisation type: Special school, ages 7 to 18
• Size: 199 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Parkside School, Norwich website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-parkside-school-norwich

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