Director of Learning for Inclusion (QUE)

Hours of Work: 32.50 hours per week
Contract type: Permanent
Salary including allowances: Leadership Scale – L6 to L10 (£56,316 – £62,202)
Start date of role: September 2025
Enhanced DBS Check Required: Yes

Queensbury is a large Secondary Special School with a satellite 6th Form Centre (approximately 343 11 – 19 year old students in total), all with Educational Health Care Plans, which caters for students with Autism, Moderate Learning Difficulties, Severe Learning Difficulties and a range of complex needs. Our positive, caring ethos provides a safe, stable, hardworking learning environment where everyone is valued.

Required as soon as possible. We are seeking to appoint an aspirational, outstanding practitioner to join our Senior Leadership Team.

This role is an integral part of the strategic leadership of Queensbury School. The Director of Learning for Inclusion will be a leader with a proven track record whose role will focus on:
• The key purpose of the Director of Learning for Inclusion is to establish, lead and manage appropriate provision and support for pupils across the school who are complex and vulnerable and require additional support through targeted SEND specialist teaching strategies, assessment and intervention.
• Providing outstanding leadership on school improvement to embedding wider neurodiverse, communication and autism specialist teaching strategies with staff teams across Queensbury School and New Horizons.
• Co-constructing school improvement solutions and sharing best practice with school leaders, within individual schools and across the Trust, which contributes to the overall success of the Education Impact Academy Trust.
• Designing, implementing, and evaluating training programs to enhance employee skills and staff development, knowledge, and performance, ultimately fostering a culture of continuous learning and development.
• To be the Children in Care Lead for the school and work with appropriate multi agencies to ensure these students are not disadvantaged and thrive.
• To raise standards, challenge performance and support improvement and school effectiveness, including compliance with Ofsted, DfE requirements and wider specialist SEND good practice.
• Postholder will work closely with the Executive Headteacher, Heads of School, Lead SENCo and the Senior Leadership Team.
• To be part of the Senior Leadership Team in effectively leading and managing Queensbury School.

We can offer:
• A collaborative and inclusive culture
• A committed, hardworking team who strive to provide the best education for all students
• Comprehensive induction and probation support and regular opportunities for professional development and growth.
• We offer 10 staff training days across the academic year; one or two of these days may be aggregated which means you complete training outside of normal working hours in twilight sessions
• Employee Assistance Programme via BHSF – free totally confidential support,
• Access to discounts and offers via BHSF
• Access to a generous pension scheme known as the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for support staff or Teachers Pension Scheme for Teachers
• Generous annual leave entitlement for support staff based on length of service, starting at 29 days pro-rata, rising to 32 at 5 years’ plus service and 34 following 10 years’ plus service. Teachers annual leave is in line with Teachers Pay & Conditions
• Onsite parking at all schools
• We are the only Trust to provide SEN Allowances to ALL roles who work with students, including Teachers, TA’s, Care Assistants, Pastoral Care, Guides, Drivers

If you are determined, ambitious, hardworking and you meet our requirements, then we would love to hear from you.

Informal conversations are warmly welcomed. If you would like to arrange an informal visit please email; hr@queensbury.eiat.org.uk

The trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS, Childcare Disqualification (where applicable), qualifications, medical fitness, identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search (and a prohibition check for teachers) will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

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This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement of the role.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020 Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide:
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How to apply:

Please apply online: https://educationimpact.org.uk/jobs (or scroll to the bottom of this page)

Closing Date: Monday 28 April 2025 at 12.00pm
Interview Date: Week commencing 12 May 2025

Please note that only Trust application forms will be accepted. We will not read accompanying Curriculum Vitaes (CVs) or accept them instead of an application form.

If you have not heard from us two weeks after the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.