Vice Principal - Inclusion
| Posting date: | 14 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 January 2026 |
| Location: | Nottingham, Not recorded, NG8 5GY |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 9f4f981d-0ed2-469c-a12a-87f2eb7185f6 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Strategic Leadership
• Lead the school’s strategic vision for inclusion, behaviour, and attendance in line with whole-school improvement priorities.
• Develop and implement policies and practices that promote an inclusive and aspirational culture across the school.
• Work as a key member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to drive continuous improvement in standards, culture, and provision for all learners.
• Use data strategically to monitor, evaluate, and improve outcomes for all pupil groups.
• Having strategic oversight of Personal Development within the school including RHSE, Careers, Student Leadership, Enrichment and Character Development
Behaviour and Attendance
• Lead the development, implementation, and monitoring of the school’s Behaviour for Learning policy to ensure consistency and high expectations.
• Oversee systems for monitoring attendance and punctuality, ensuring interventions are timely, effective, and lead to measurable improvement.
• Support staff in managing behaviour effectively specifically in classrooms but also around the building through professional development, coaching, and modelling best practice.
• Work with families, external agencies, and pastoral teams to reduce persistent absence and suspensions.
Inclusion and Pupil Groups
• Oversee provision for pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in collaboration with the SENDCo.
• Champion the needs and outcomes of disadvantaged students, including those in receipt of Pupil Premium and ensure the schools strategic plan and implementation is fit for purpose and impactful.
• Work alongside SLT to embed strategies to close attainment and progress gaps for identified groups, including low, middle, and high attaining students.
• Ensure high-quality interventions and teaching strategies are in place, evaluated for impact, and aligned with school priorities.
Leadership of People and Systems
• Line manage key staff including the Assistant Principals within the Inclusion Team.
• Line manage the SENDCo and or/key academic or pastoral departments.
• Develop a culture of professional growth, collaboration, and accountability within all teams under your leadership.
• Oversee the effective use of funding streams (e.g., Pupil Premium, Catch-Up, SEN) to ensure maximum impact on student outcomes.
• Lead on staff training and development related to behaviour management, inclusion, and supporting diverse learner needs.
Safeguarding and Welfare
• Work closely with the Designated Safeguarding Lead to ensure safeguarding practices are robust and integrated within behaviour and attendance systems.
• Promote a safe, supportive, and respectful school environment where all pupils feel valued and heard.
Community and Stakeholder Engagement
• Develop positive relationships with parents, carers, and external partners to support pupil welfare, attendance, and engagement.
• Represent the school at meetings and forums relating to inclusion, behaviour, and attendance.
What the school offers its staff
- Acceptable Use of IT Policy
- Code of Conduct
- Extremism & Radicalisation Policy
- Health, Safety and Security Policy & Guidance
- Keeping Children Safe in Education (Part 1) Guidance
- Safeguarding Policy and Training Slides
- Whistleblowing Policy
- IT Pack including Acceptable Use Statement
- Health, Wellbeing and Benefits Policy
- Finance Policy
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Strategic Leadership
• Lead the school’s strategic vision for inclusion, behaviour, and attendance in line with whole-school improvement priorities.
• Develop and implement policies and practices that promote an inclusive and aspirational culture across the school.
• Work as a key member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to drive continuous improvement in standards, culture, and provision for all learners.
• Use data strategically to monitor, evaluate, and improve outcomes for all pupil groups.
• Having strategic oversight of Personal Development within the school including RHSE, Careers, Student Leadership, Enrichment and Character Development
Behaviour and Attendance
• Lead the development, implementation, and monitoring of the school’s Behaviour for Learning policy to ensure consistency and high expectations.
• Oversee systems for monitoring attendance and punctuality, ensuring interventions are timely, effective, and lead to measurable improvement.
• Support staff in managing behaviour effectively specifically in classrooms but also around the building through professional development, coaching, and modelling best practice.
• Work with families, external agencies, and pastoral teams to reduce persistent absence and suspensions.
Inclusion and Pupil Groups
• Oversee provision for pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in collaboration with the SENDCo.
• Champion the needs and outcomes of disadvantaged students, including those in receipt of Pupil Premium and ensure the schools strategic plan and implementation is fit for purpose and impactful.
• Work alongside SLT to embed strategies to close attainment and progress gaps for identified groups, including low, middle, and high attaining students.
• Ensure high-quality interventions and teaching strategies are in place, evaluated for impact, and aligned with school priorities.
Leadership of People and Systems
• Line manage key staff including the Assistant Principals within the Inclusion Team.
• Line manage the SENDCo and or/key academic or pastoral departments.
• Develop a culture of professional growth, collaboration, and accountability within all teams under your leadership.
• Oversee the effective use of funding streams (e.g., Pupil Premium, Catch-Up, SEN) to ensure maximum impact on student outcomes.
• Lead on staff training and development related to behaviour management, inclusion, and supporting diverse learner needs.
Safeguarding and Welfare
• Work closely with the Designated Safeguarding Lead to ensure safeguarding practices are robust and integrated within behaviour and attendance systems.
• Promote a safe, supportive, and respectful school environment where all pupils feel valued and heard.
Community and Stakeholder Engagement
• Develop positive relationships with parents, carers, and external partners to support pupil welfare, attendance, and engagement.
• Represent the school at meetings and forums relating to inclusion, behaviour, and attendance.
What the school offers its staff
- Acceptable Use of IT Policy
- Code of Conduct
- Extremism & Radicalisation Policy
- Health, Safety and Security Policy & Guidance
- Keeping Children Safe in Education (Part 1) Guidance
- Safeguarding Policy and Training Slides
- Whistleblowing Policy
- IT Pack including Acceptable Use Statement
- Health, Wellbeing and Benefits Policy
- Finance Policy
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.