Details:
- Salary: £60,170 - 65,582 - Annum
- Location: The South West
- Date: 1 week ago
Description:
Director of Inclusion
Permanent | Full-Time | 37 hours per week
Location: the South West
Salary: £60,170 – £65,582 per annum
Start date: As soon as possible
Are you an experienced FE, education or SEND leader looking for a senior strategic role where you can shape inclusion across a large organisation?
About the Role
You'll join a further education provider in the South West, leading its approach to Inclusion, SEND and learner support across multiple sites. This is a senior strategic role, giving you responsibility for ensuring learners can access, participate in and succeed in high-quality education regardless of their individual needs or circumstances.
You'll provide strategic leadership for inclusion and SEND, working closely with curriculum leaders, local authorities, families and external partners to drive improvements across the organisation.
Your responsibilities will include:
Leading and developing the organisation-wide Inclusion and SEND strategy.
Managing and developing multidisciplinary inclusion, SEND and learning support teams.
Driving improvements in attendance, engagement, achievement and progression.
Overseeing SEND, EHCP, ALS and high-needs provision.
Using data, learner voice and quality assurance to identify areas for improvement.
Supporting curriculum leaders to embed inclusive teaching and adaptive practice.
Ensuring compliance with SEND, funding and regulatory requirements.
Working with local authorities, families and external partners.
Leading improvement activity across multiple sites.
Supporting positive destinations and reducing NEET risk.What We're Looking For
Essential:
Significant leadership experience within FE or a similarly complex educational environment
Strong knowledge of SEND, Inclusion and Additional Learning Support
A proven track record of leading strategic change and improving learner outcomes
Experience managing and developing large teams, ideally across multiple sitesIf you're ready to take on a strategic, organisation-wide role shaping inclusion for the learners who need it most, we'd love to hear from you.
Important Notice
Dovetail and Slate is a specialist education recruitment company. If this role isn't quite right, we welcome your CV and a call to explore other opportunities.
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