Director of Inclusion (non-teaching)

Ellis Guilford School; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 57,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Ellis Guilford School seeks a Director of Inclusion to lead the inclusion strategy and support students with additional needs. The role involves managing a team, developing positive behaviour, and ensuring equal opportunities for all students. A strong background in inclusion and leadership is essential.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Qualifications in inclusion, ideally SENDCo qualified.
• Therapeutic background preferred.
• Minimum of two years' experience with students with challenging behaviour.

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall inclusion and intervention strategy across the school.
• Support achievement of all children and develop positive behaviour.
• Oversee the school’s intervention offer, including internal and external interventions.

Skills

Leadership

Resilience

Collaboration

Education

SENDCo qualified

SEMH qualification

Job description

Job Title: Director of Inclusion

Location: Nottingham

Salary:Leadership scale L7- L11, £57,830 to £63,814

Start Date: As soon as possible

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full time, non teaching support role.

About Our School:

The Ellis Guilford School is a growing and thriving, larger than average, Secondary School with a clear mission ‘to ensure that the children attending our school have a better chance of success than if they attended any other school’. We deliver a broad curriculum, including emphasis on the creative subjects, to support our children to become confident, independent and balanced individuals, allowing them to excel.

Graded ‘Good’ by Ofsted in 2023, Ellis Guilford School is at an extremely exciting point in its development journey. We strive for ‘EGScellence’ in all that we do!

About the Inclusion/SEND Team

Inclusion at Ellis Guilford School spans our behaviour and SEND teams. This includes our teaching assistants, pastoral support officers, SENDCo and Assistant SENDCos and Alternative Provision staff.

We have a number of specialist provisions in school including our Inclusion Centre and our INTEX provision. We will also introduce a newly created SEMH provision in September, alongside a Forest School provision.

Arguably, the star of our Inclusion team is our school dog Coco.

Our whole inclusion team work to support and promote an inclusive culture throughout the school and to put appropriate measures in place to enable all children to overcome barriers to learning. We prioritise professional development for our staff and make an ongoing commitment to this.

Our collaborative approach aims to enhance SEND provision, working closely with the pastoral and inclusion team to coordinate support across the school.

About You:

We are looking for a talented and experienced individual to lead the overall inclusion and intervention strategy across the school, including the leading of colleagues involved in inclusion, supporting achievement of all children and developing positive behaviour and learning habits. To ensure that the schools’ inclusion and intervention offer, supports children who need additional help to overcome barriers to learning. This role is vital in supporting the holistic development of students with a variety of needs including SEMH, ensuring they have equal opportunities to succeed academically and socially. The post holder will oversee the school’s intervention offer, including internal and external interventions.This role will be line managed by the Vice Principal for Behaviour and Culture and will support children with a wide range of additional needs, including SEMH.

Our ideal candidate will

• Have a therapeutic background, with a trauma-informed specialism preferred.
• Have experience of secondary-aged children in any setting.
• Be resilient and relentless in the pursuit of ‘EGScellence’.
• Bring a ‘can do’ and ‘will do’ work ethic.
• Set high expectations and foster a culture of where pupils respect others and their physical surroundings.
• Have a strong commitment to our school values of integrity, ambition and equality.

Requirements:

To apply for the Director of Inclusion opportunity, you must hold:

• Qualifications and training in inclusion (ideally SENDCo qualified and/or SEMH qualification)
• Have a therapeutic background (a trauma-informed specialism preferred)
• Experience of leading and managing a team of staff
• Experience of working with secondary aged children in any setting
• Minimum of two years’ experience working with students with challenging behaviour

About Creative Education Trust:

Creative Education Trust was established in 2010 to work in England’s post-industrial and coastal towns and cities. We are now a network of 17 schools educating 14,500 children and young people.

We have chosen to work with schools in challenging circumstances. We have successfully transformed schools previously deemed to be inadequate into good ones in order that all our students can have the best start in life. We are committed to providing educational opportunity for children of all abilities and to building cultural capital through a wide range of co-curricular activities. Curricular innovation through our Knowledge Connected programmes promotes creative, integrated and pro-active thinking so that our students are equipped for the challenges of the 21st century.

CET Benefits & Continual Professional Development:

CET are committed to your learning and development, which is a continuous process that starts with your induction. The opportunities include a wide range of subjects from middle leadership and DSL training to autism awareness. We run annual conferences including Safeguarding and Learning and Teaching and have regular network meetings across the Trust.

We have a wide range of benefits that you are more than welcome to explore further in our Staff Benefits brochure attached.

Next Steps:

Applications close Thursday 22nd May 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive suitable applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. We will hold interviews as soon as we have received enough applications from suitably qualified applicants.If a successful appointment is not made, then we will repeat the process.Please do not hesitate to contact the Principal’s PA on [e-mail] if you would like an update on your application and details of a potential interview date.

Please submit your application through our website using the direct online application method. We warmly welcome visits to our school, or if you would like to arrange a confidential conversation with the line manager of this position, please contact the Principal’s PA as above, who will be happy to assist in arranging this. Please submit your application through our website using the direct online application method.

Essential Information:

Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility.

All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.

The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.

CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.