We are seeking an outstanding and motivated Assistant Headteacher – Inclusion to join our senior leadership team from September 2026. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and passionate leader who is committed to ensuring every student achieves their full potential, particularly those with additional needs.
The successful candidate will play a key strategic role in leading inclusion across the school, with specific responsibility for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Disadvantaged students (Pupil Premium and Looked after Children)
As a core member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will help shape the vision, values, and direction of the school while driving high standards of teaching, learning, and student wellbeing.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive and champion inclusion throughout the school as part of our culture and practice.
- Lead and manage the school’s SEND provision, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements
- Act as the school’s Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCo)
- Develop and implement inclusive teaching strategies to support all learners
- Line manage key staff, including SEND and the PP Disadvantaged Lead
- Monitor and evaluate the impact of interventions on student progress and outcomes
- Contribute to whole-school improvement planning and self-evaluation
- Work closely with staff, families, and external agencies to support student success
Tottington High School is committed to the continued professional development of all members of staff and the sustained successful performance of all its academies.
At THS we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence.
We want to inspire our school community to believe they can achieve their high aspirations and will be successful in the future.
We will accomplish this by:
- Working as a team and promoting inclusivity
- Striving for greatness everyday
- Being inspired to reach our goals
If you would like an informal discussion about working for Shaw Education Trust in this role, please contact Jessica Webber (email address in job advert attached) to make an appointment with Louise Jaunbocus-Cooper Headteacher (Interim).
All candidates are required to provide a supporting statement on the formal application forms which states clearly your reasons for applying, skills and experience for this position.
At Shaw Education Trust, we believe every role has the power
to transform a life. Whether you’re supporting behind the scenes, inspiring in
the classroom, or leading with vision, you will be part of something truly
meaningful.
Our values — opportunity, integrity, collaboration,
and equity — guide everything we do. Our vision is “Opening
doors to the world through the power of learning.” We bring this
to life through our mission: working together to inspire communities
where every school is valued, every voice matters, and every learner thrives.
We are a dynamic and growing family of primary, secondary,
and special schools, proudly serving communities from Birmingham to Bury.
Our people are our greatest asset, and we are deeply
committed to their development through high-quality training, apprenticeships,
talent development programmes, and research opportunities, we empower our staff
to thrive as skilled, confident professionals. We champion wellbeing, value
every voice, and foster a culture where you feel supported, motivated, and
inspired to make a real difference.
You will join a collaborative network of schools where
shared expertise and a strong professional community drive success. Every
academy within our Trust has an equal voice, and every colleague plays a vital
role in shaping tailored learning experiences that raise aspirations and build
brighter futures.
If you have the passion, dedication, and drive to help shape
lives and create futures filled with promise, we would love you to join our
team.
Together, let’s make the remarkable happen.
We believe every child has the potential to be
extraordinary.
In our secondary schools, we pride ourselves on our innovative approach to curriculum design, to ensure all our schools have breadth and ambition for all students, regardless of their starting points and barriers. Standard curriculum models don’t always engage all students, so we constantly seek to innovate and provide better opportunities to develop both knowledge and skills for life. We want our students to believe their curriculum is bold, exciting, purposeful, and ultimately leads to something meaningful for them. Some examples of our innovation include moving towards an extended school day, to provide a world class enrichment programme and more opportunities for essential skills like reading and cultural capital. We are also introducing vocational and technical pathways, which run through the normal school curriculum but attract support from leading employers and universities to develops work-readiness in our students, so that they can progress onto T Levels and apprenticeships.
Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:
- An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
- Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
- Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.
- Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
- Free Eye Tests
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.
We know our people are the key to our success and so we’re committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one.
Colleagues within the Trust benefit from: Access to a full range of courses both in-house and professionally accredited. These courses include a variety of the National Professional Qualifications and the Early Carer Teacher Programme delivered by Shaw Education Trust as a delivery partner for Ambition Institute.
- Experienced leadership and subject-specific support.
- Guidance from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.
- Access to the Trust’s Institute of Education and SCITT.
- Opportunities to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.
- Participating in peer reviews.
- Access to a suite of online courses.
- Placement projects within our family of schools.
Tottington High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment, click here to review Safeguarding and Pupil Protection Policy https://www.shaw-education.org.uk/our-trust/key-information
This position is subject to robust vetting procedures, including an online search for all shortlisted candidates, in line with our Trust’s commitment to safer recruitment.
An enhanced criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), formerly known as the CRB, is required. You will be asked to disclose all relevant unspent and, where applicable, unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions, and convictions.
Shaw Education Trust is an Equal Opportunities employer. We are fully committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection processes promote equality, diversity, and inclusion at every stage.
In accordance with our safer recruitment policy CVs alone will not be accepted.
We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date as we review applications on an on-going basis and interviews may be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, therefore, we encourage early applications.
Successful candidates will be subject to a fully Enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks.