Trust Head of Inclusion and SEND
Hightown Primary School, Southampton, Hampshire, SO19 6AA27 days remaining to apply
Start date details
To be negotiated with the successful applicant
Closing date
12 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
16 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £51,773.00 - £57,137.00 Annually (FTE) Leadership Scale 1-5: See Trust Pay Policy
Trust Head of Inclusion and SEND job summary
Suitable for ECTs: No
This is a permanent role.
Are you passionate about creating a culture where every child thrives?
Inspire Learning Partnership is seeking a dynamic and visionary Head of Inclusion and SEND to champion equity and excellence across our Trust. This is a unique opportunity to combine strategic leadership with hands-on impact, driving innovative inclusion practice, empowering staff and transforming outcomes for pupils with SEND and additional needs.
This role is central to delivering our Vision 2030 and our Big Moves, particularly:
🌟 Big Move 1: Securing the highest outcomes for all
🌟 Big Move 2: Being the employer of choice
🌟 Big Move 5: Serving our communities
As a SENDCO based at Hightown Primary School, you will also have dedicated time to fulfil your Trust-wide role, offering exceptional career development and the opportunity to shape the future of inclusive education within our growing Trust.
You'll be a fantastic fit if you are an exceptional leader who:
✨Brings deep expertise in SEND and inclusive practice, with a proven track record of improving outcomes for vulnerable learners.
🛡️ Combines strategic vision with operational excellence, able to lead Trust-wide initiatives while acting as SENDCO in a school setting.
🤝 Inspires and develops others, delivering high-quality professional development and coaching to build capacity across our schools.
🌍Thrives on collaboration, working closely with school leaders, families, and external agencies to secure the best support for pupils.
🏗️ Is innovative and outward-facing, ready to challenge existing practice and drive forward-thinking approaches that promote equity, belonging and ambition
📅 Values the flexibility and career development the role affords
Why Choose Us?
Inspire Learning Partnership is a forward-thinking, evidence informed Trust that puts people first. Our Big Moves are not slogans, they shape how we lead, invest and make decisions. When you join us, you are not just taking a job, you are joining a community where your voice is heard, your development is invested in and your wellbeing is genuinely prioritised 💛
What We Offer:
🧘 Staff wellbeing and development is at the core of our culture, supporting Big Move 2: Being the employer of choice
💫 Be part of a Trust that’s small enough to know you, but big enough to invest in you
🌱 A tailored induction and clear, supportive, career development pathways
🧠 An evidence informed culture where innovation, curiosity and brave thinking are encouraged
🏖️ Longer holidays than maintained schools, including a two-week October half-term
💬 Access to high quality professional development, collaborative networks and inspiring colleagues
💰 Competitive salary
🚴 Blue Light Card, Cycle to Work scheme, Halfords & Tredz discount
Ready to apply?
If you are curious about the role and would like a confidential conversation or further information, please contact:
📧 amanda.johnston@ilpartnership.org
If you would like to arrange a visit to the base setting, Hightown Primary School, please contact:
📧 james.williamson@ilpartnership.org
Early applications are strongly encouraged — we reserve the right to interview exceptional candidates before the closing date.
Our Commitment to Safeguarding
Inspire Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
An enhanced DBS check is required for all roles in regulated activity. The specific safeguarding responsibilities of this role are outlined within Part One of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025.
Further details concerning our safeguarding policies and procedures, including our statement on the Rehabilitation of Offenders, can be found on the Trust website.
As part of our due diligence and in line with the recommendation made in Keeping Children Safe in Education, the Trust reserves the right to undertake online searches on shortlisted candidates. Further details about our searches can be found within our Recruitment Policy.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Hightown Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 226 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hightown Primary School website
Hightown Primary School is a member of the multi-academy trust Inspire Learning Partnership and benefits from the many opportunities being part of this Trust offers to all its staff and pupils. The school benefits from a fantastic large outdoor space, which enhances our teaching and learning journey.
We are situated on edge of Southampton with great access links to the motorway and all the surrounding areas.
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