SEND Leads

Lift Schools, London, W12 7TF

28 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  7 December 2026 at 11:49am

• Date listed

  9 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £65000 - £70000 per annum

SEND Leads job summary

Two opportunities. Regional impact. National influence.

Take your SEND leadership further. Make a difference across multiple schools.

What if your next role gave you the opportunity to influence inclusive education beyond a single school?

We're looking for two exceptional SEND Leads, one covering the North and one the South, to strengthen SEND provision, develop school leaders and improve outcomes for children and young people.

This is an exciting opportunity to combine your SEND expertise with strategic influence, working closely with schools and local authorities across your region while helping to shape and strengthen our national approach to inclusion.

Our mission is to deliver an excellent education for every child, in every classroom, every day. You'll play an important part in making that ambition a reality for pupils with SEND.

The opportunity

Working alongside Principals, SENCOs and regional education leaders, you'll provide the expertise, support and professional challenge that help schools strengthen inclusive practice and deliver sustainable improvement.

You'll have the opportunity to:

• Influence at scale: Strengthen SEND provision and inclusive practice across a portfolio of primary and secondary schools.
• Develop SEND leaders: Coach, support and challenge SENCOs, building confidence, capability and sustainable leadership.
• Drive meaningful improvement: Use evidence and quality assurance to identify priorities, address risks and evaluate impact.
• Champion inclusion: Strengthen early identification, adaptive teaching and provision so pupils with SEND can participate, belong and achieve.
• Shape national practice: Lead an area of specialist SEND expertise, sharing knowledge and influencing approaches across Lift Schools.

What we're looking for

You'll be a qualified teacher and SENCO with successful experience of leading SEND improvement and a strong understanding of what effective inclusive education looks like in practice.

You'll bring the credibility to work alongside school leaders, the ability to influence and develop others, and the professional judgement to balance support with constructive challenge.

You don't need to have worked across multiple schools before. We're equally interested in talented school-based SEND leaders who are ready to take the next step and extend their impact.

This is your opportunity to turn your SEND expertise into lasting impact for children across multiple schools.

Ready to take the next step?

If you're passionate about inclusive education and excited by the opportunity to influence change on a wider scale, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and help us ensure every child has the opportunity to thrive.

Start date: ASAP

Location: Regionally based - North or South, with regular travel to schools and occasional national travel, including London.

Interview date: Tuesday 8 December 2026

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

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

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 Lift Schools

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Lift Schools website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/academies-enterprise-trust

Who is Lift Schools? Lift Schools is made up of 59 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 33,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives – and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential. Our mission: 1.We will provide an excellent education to every child, in every classroom, every day. 2.With excellent leadership and teaching in every school, we will help children go on to lead successful and happy lives. 3.We will work with others beyond our network to benefit more children and communities. Every adult in a school has the power to transform lives, and that’s why talented people are essential to us. Our ambition to give every pupil the best start in life relies on our dedicated teachers, teaching assistants, senior leaders, and admin teams. We attract dynamic individuals and provide the space to reimagine what’s possible. That’s why your career is as important to us as it is to you. We want you to develop, we want you to grow, and we want you to feel valued.

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