Alternative Provision Quality Assurance Officer

Calderdale Council; Halifax; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job sharing

Job summary

Calderdale Council in the United Kingdom is recruiting an Alternative Provision Quality Assurance Officer to ensure AP providers deliver high-quality, safe and inclusive learning for vulnerable learners.

The role involves monitoring education and safeguarding across AP settings, working with schools, social care, providers and other agencies to meet national expectations and support inclusion ambitions.

Qualifications

• Experience working in Alternative Provision settings.
• Knowledge of AP statutory guidance and safeguarding.
• Ability to monitor education quality and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Monitor quality, safeguarding standards and compliance across AP settings.
• Collaborate with schools, social care, providers and agencies.
• Support Calderdale's inclusion strategy and improve outcomes for learners.

Skills

Experience in Alternative Provision

Safeguarding knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Please note: Internal at risk or redeployee applicants will be seen in the first instance.

The SEND and Alternative Provision strategy 2025-2030 outlines the vision and goal to ensure children and young people with SEND to live fuller lives. Part of this strategy is to develop and meet strategic goals, one being an inclusive mainstream education. The approach includes the three tier Alternative Provision model, where children are supported across a continuum from their local mainstream school, support through Alternative Provision placements and specialist Alternative Provision settings. This role supports Calderdale’s wider inclusion strategy and is vital in improving outcomes for learners in non-mainstream settings, working in partnership with schools, social care, providers, and other agencies.

The Alternative Provision Quality Assurance Officer will play a key role in ensuring that alternative education providers commissioned by Calderdale Local Authority deliver high-quality, safe, inclusive, and effective learning experiences for vulnerable learners. You will monitor the quality of education, safeguarding standards, and compliance with national expectations across a range of Alternative Provision (AP) settings, ensuring they meet the needs of children and young people at risk of exclusion, disengagement, or with complex needs.

If you have experience of working within Alternative Provision and have the knowledge and understanding of the Alternative Provision statutory guidance, we would welcome your application. The successful candidate will be educated to a degree level and hold a valid driver’s licence.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants to posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act will require a DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed.

Interview Date: 25th September 2026

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year (unless exceptions apply) and meet the other eligibility criteria. Ensure you are eligible before applying.

As part of our Vision (https://www.calderdale.gov.uk/vision/) we aim to be a talented, resilient and inclusive community.

We welcome applications from all.

• flexible working / job share opportunities.

All applications are anonymised before being seen by the selection panel.

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