Inclusion Lead

Inclusion Lead

Salary; £31,650 - £49,084 per annum

Location: Bridport

Job Term: Full Time 

This is a Temporary, Full Time vacancy.

St Mary's C of E Primary School is looking for a Inclusion Lead to join our fantastic team. Could this be you?

Actual Salary £31,650 - £49,084 per annum (M1 to UP3) 

In addition a SEN Allowance is offered Min SEN1 £2,679- Max SEN2 £5,285 per annum. 

This job is Full Time for 1265 annual hours.

It is offered on a Temporary basis until 10 April 2026.

Approximate start date is 22 April 2025. We will also consider an earlier start date of 24 February 2024 and a later start date of 01 September 2025.  

An exciting opportunity has arisen for our school to recruit an enthusiastic and conscientious Inclusion Hub Lead working with our senior leadership, SEND teachers and Learning Support Team in championing our SEND students. 

We are looking to appoint a team member who is hardworking, dynamic and energetic. You should have experience in inclusion and working with students with additional needs. The role will involve coordinating SEND provision across the school and within our Inclusion Hub provision, which provides support for CCN students.  

As the inclusion lead, this person would collaborate with teachers and teaching assistants to ensure that pupils with SEND can access the curriculum and make progress towards their outcomes with responsive feedback to support their progress.

They would be responsible for deployment of TA staff to meet pupil's needs and supporting staff through coaching and training opportunities. 

We are seeking to appoint a team player who is passionate about making a real difference to the lives of the students and the community surrounding the school and to be part of the inclusion team that takes the school onto the next stage of its exciting journey.  

Our core purpose is to support students of all abilities and backgrounds to develop high aspirations and achieve their potential. We do this by nurturing and building ambition for our students, we open opportunities, broaden horizons and introduce challenges ensuring everyone can thrive, both academically and personally, to be the best that they can be.  

While with us, we encourage every member of staff to stretch themselves and we give everyone access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities. We aim to develop highly effective evidence-based practices including teaching, learning and assessment, where we collaborate as a whole staff to persistently improve our pedagogy and where we evaluate our practice habitually. 

A clean driving licence and your own transport is essential for travel across the Trust’s multiple sites and schools.

Please refer to the attached job description for more details about the role.  

If you have any further questions, please contact the recruiting manager Sarah Elliott on 01308 422291 or by emailing recruitmentwest@initiolearning.org

About our School

St Mary's is located on the edge of Bridport, just a short walk from West Bay and the beautiful Jurassic coastline! Once located across three sites in the town the current school was opened in 1991 by Dick King Smith. Visitors regularly comment on the friendly, family feel that is tangible when you spend time in the school.  

Our vision at St Mary's is to 'build a caring community where all can learn and shine!'  We are very blessed to have a highly experienced and dedicated team of staff who care deeply about nurturing and encouraging children to achieve their very best. We aim to work in partnership with parents, to ensure all the children in our care achieve their full potential.

Each child is unique and our staff work together to deliver a broad curriculum with many varied and exciting opportunities to enable children to learn in different ways, achieve their best and develop their talents and abilities. We want children to be proud of, and enthusiastic about, being part of our school.

We hope that by visiting our school and looking at our website you will feel this is a team that you want to join, bringing your strengths and experience to St Mary's. If you would like to arrange a visit please refer to the contact details above.

For more information please visit our school website: https://www.stmarybridport.co.uk/

Initio Learning Trust offers a welcoming and supportive environment and can provide:

• a genuine commitment to supporting professional development
• a supportive and flexible working environment which offers equal opportunities for all
• free onsite parking
• access to the local government or teachers pension scheme 
• a range of employee benefits including Cycle to Work and Health Cash Plan

About Initio Learning Trust

Initio Learning Trust comprises 18 schools across Dorset, with our head office based in Wimborne. Formed in February 2023 from the merger of The Minerva Learning Trust and Wimborne Academy Trust, we offer outstanding education through every stage of schooling, from nursery through to upper sixth form. We believe in enabling every person to thrive within their role, and our core values of Ambition, Collaboration and Respect underpin the pride we take in offering genuine professional development opportunities for all our staff; and in our focus on staff wellbeing.

Initio Learning Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer and aims to provide an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process. If you would like to discuss any changes or support you may need as part of this process, please call or email the recruiting manager (see contact details above). 

Initio Learning Trust values and respects the diversity of our workforce, and encourages employees to be their unique selves. Having a diverse and inclusive workforce underpins our core values of collaboration, ambition and respect, and we welcome applications from all sectors of the community regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief. Applicant shortlisting is done without reference to any personal data including your name. 

Applying for a job with us - other things you need to know

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be verified.

Initio Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

In line with current safer recruitment guidance, we may collect further information for applicants who are shortlisted for interview including criminal record and social media checks, references and verification of qualifications.

All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and, where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2023). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.

Fluency in English is required for all student and public-facing roles, in accordance with the “fluency duty” (Immigration Act 2016). Please refer to the Job Description for further details.