MAT Recruitment is working with a dynamic secondary school in London to appoint a motivated and forward-thinking Assistant Principal - Student Inclusion. This is a fantastic opportunity for a dedicated leader to make a significant impact on the school's student Inclusion, SEND provisions, and overall culture. This is a full-time, permanent role to start ASAP.

As Assistant Principal - Student Inclusion, you will play a key role in the development and implementation of strategies to ensure that all students make outstanding progress. Working closely with the Headteacher, you will uphold the school’s values and contribute to fostering a positive and inclusive environment that supports the success of both staff and students.

Key Responsibilities:

• Fulfil the responsibilities of a teacher, meeting the Teacher Standards and demonstrating excellent learning for students in timetabled lessons allocated.
• Hold strategic leadership of the full additional needs work of the school, ensuring that it identifies, provides for and meets the needs of all.
• Play a key role in building a culture of engagement, understanding where and why students are not engaged and what can be done to rapidly address this so that students are able to flourish and achieve.
• Fulfil the role of SENCO for the school, ensuring that all statutory responsibilities are conducted to a high standard.
• Take full responsibility for the curriculum and provision of all aspects of the additional needs department including Bright Space, EAL, whole-school reading and all SEND and therapeutic interventions.
• Ensure that quality assurance provides all the information required to keep the standard being provided across all aspects of the additional needs work to a consistently high level.
• Make strong use of all data and other information available to ensure that additional needs and SEND work is responsive, appropriate and comprehensive.
• Work with teachers, support staff, senior leaders, parents feeder schools and external agencies to identify students who have barriers to learning and plan appropriate support and intervention programmes for these students.
• Work closely with pastoral, safeguarding, attendance staff and others as appropriate to ensure that the
widest needs of students receiving additional support
are supported and met with strong teamworking supporting students to thrive.
• Work collaboratively with students, parents/carers, the staff team and external agencies to promote learning and progress, helping students overcome barriers to learning and flourishing.
• Ensure tracking of all students receiving additional needs support (including SEND) and devise appropriate intervention strategies as required to ensure that no-one is left behind.
• Ensure that access arrangements are fully met and in place for all students receiving additional support. Work with the Exams Officer to meet the needs of all students relating to exams.
• Provide training, coaching and other input to support the staff team as they seek to meet the needs of all, leaving no-one behind.
• Promote a safe and inclusive school environment which meets the needs of all.
• Ensure that all documentation, website requirements and reporting requirements for SEND and other additional needs is completed to a high standard, in a timely manner and shared appropriately.
• Work with the Principal to ensure that the right provision is costed and prioritised in line with needs and with wider whole-school factors.
• Support strong community links (including parents) that build connections and help vulnerable learners to value education and find support networks to help them to succeed.
• Through robust community engagement, support EAL families in easy access to school admissions and support so that no families are left behind or unable to engage easily with the school and feel a sense of belonging to the school community.
• Ensure strong financial and resource management, ensuring effective partnership with those responsible for finance, transparency over funding streams including EHCP income, deploying this efficiently and effectively, and ensuring that budget targets are met.
• Ensure a robust line management and support structure across the additional needs team.
• Act as line manager to the appropriate staff and ensure that the whole team receive good support and training to enable them to fulfil their roles to a high standard and with strong impact.
• Uphold and promote school and Trust policy and practice at all times.

This is an exceptional opportunity for an experienced middle or senior leader looking to take the next step in their career and join a dynamic school committed to delivering educational excellence.