Assistant Principal - Inclusion

Tes is supporting the appointment of a Assistant Principal - Inclusion to join a Academy based in Brent.

Location: Wembley – excellent transport links to Central London

Salary: Highly competitive - Leadership Scale 13-17 (£73,422-£80,062)

Contract: Permanent

Working hours: Full-time

Start date: September 2024

Interview date: Monday 13th May 2024

Do you have high expectations, a big heart and an attention to detail? 

Their mission is to ensure that every pupil leaves Elvin… confident, articulate, and culturally aware; able to pursue careers they are passionate about, contribute to society and live happy, healthy and fulfilled lives. 

Does their mission inspire you to join their team to do your best work and ensure their most vulnerable pupils work hard and are happy at school?

Their school has been on a transformational journey and they are looking for a new Assistant Principal to be part of their team that will lead the next exciting leap forward as they challenge educational disadvantage by defining an ambitious, replicable and sustainable school model that supports children from communities like their to thrive at top third universities and highly competitive apprenticeships. 

About the role:

You will lead their large, experienced Inclusion Team - including their SEN department, their safeguarding team, their award winning Place2Be programme and the work they do with a range of external providers to meet the needs of their most vulnerable pupils. 

Their inclusion model has been developed over the last 7 years but is constantly reviewed and improved. At the heart of this model is ‘Elvin 35’ designed to create a team approach to supporting their most vulnerable pupils to thrive at school. 

Your key responsibilities will include being their designated safeguarding lead and line managing their safeguarding team, directly line managing their SENCO, coordinating their treasured Place2be programme and working with the range of external providers they bring in to support their pupils. 

You will play a leading role in their senior leadership team to continue to develop their impact as a team and build their nurturing and rigorous school culture.

In recruiting their next Assistant Principal Inclusion, they are seeking the following from applicants: 

• High expectations for pupil behaviour and conduct
• An ability to inspire and nurture pupils
• A commitment to serving their diverse community in Brent
• A passion for school culture, inclusion and teaching and learning
• An excellent teacher with a proven track record of improving outcomes
• Ideally experience and qualification in SEND and/or safeguarding
• Experience of leading impactful line management and developing others
• A keenness to learn and develop in your role and as a leader
• A great team player with high standards of reliability, professionalism and courteousness.  

Why join their school?

At the Academy they are proud of the excellent education they offer each of their pupils. Their team of enthusiastic, high expectations staff have transformed their school from special measures to outstanding. But their work is not done – far from it – their mission is big and bold for their pupils and they are just as excited about the next step in their school improvement journey as they work together to deliver the transformative education their community need and deserve. 

‘Pupils are happy. They behave extremely well and thrive in this warm, purposeful and safe community.’

‘Leaders have established a highly ambitious curriculum. This is reflected in pupils’ exceptional achievement across the subjects studied.’ 

They are a large, over-subscribed non-selective secondary school in the London borough of Brent, with excellent transport links to central London. They are committed to ensuring teachers can focus on teaching and have the opportunity to refine and develop their practice in the classroom and develop their leadership skills, they have: 

• twice as many training days as is standard
• weekly professional development for all staff. 

You will become part of a close-knit professional community of enthusiastic colleagues who benefit from the training, guidance, and support from the network, one of the country’s top performing school groups.

 All applicants need to have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for the role.

By applying to this job advertisement, you are providing consent for the Tes Recruitment team to propose and discuss your application with the employer.

Tes Recruitment Services (UK) represent Schools and Academies across the globe, supporting them to secure a great teacher/leader for every role. 

To learn more about this role please email managedrecruit@tes.com for an information pack that includes school name, role specifics and context. 

Please include REF: LC2046366 in the email subject line. Please note that we are unable to accept CVs sent to us via email so please use the stated application route.