Salary: Leadership Pay Scale - Spine Point 7 to 11 (dependent on experience)
Start date: 01/09/2025
Application closing date: 10/03/2025
Contract Type: Full-Time (Permanent)
Apply nowMossbourne Victoria Park Academy is pleased to advertise for a Head of SEN and Inclusion
Salary – Leadership Pay Scale – Spine Point 7-11
Start date – 1st September 2025 [INSET days 27th, 28th, and 29th August 2025]
Work pattern – 52 weeks per annum
Contract – Permanent
Closing date – 10th March 2025
Interview dates – TBC
Location – Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy, Victoria Park Road, London, E9 7HD.
The successful candidate will join the Extended Leadership Team and will manage and be responsible for the day to day workings of the Curriculum Support Department and ensure the implementation of the Academy’s and department’s vision and priorities. They will lead the resourcing and delivery of SEND provision and work with subject leaders, teachers and support staff to ensure that procedures and expectations regarding SEND students are clear and appropriate.
The successful applicant will be an outstanding teacher, focused on the attainment of all students and must hold Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). They will also be well organised, energetic and willing to go the ‘extra mile’. They will ideally have experience in running an SEN Department and certainly have significant expertise/qualifications in the field of SEN. Ideally, they will hold the SENDCo qualification, The National Award for SENCos.
Working for a Mossbourne Federation Academy means being part of a community of exceptional practitioners. Colleagues are warm, welcoming, and supportive of each other. As one of the country’s leading federations, expectations of staff are high. The Mossbourne Federation engages with, and supports its workforce, thus creating an inspirational working environment which nurtures the development of personal and professional excellence.
Set within the metropolitan borough of Hackney, all Mossbourne Federation academies are near London Overground stations, providing a no-fuss commute for colleagues living in other London boroughs. London’s fashionable ‘East and West Ends’, are also only a short distance away.
Federation staff are rewarded through access to a comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to:
The Federation has ‘teamed-up’ with an award-winning healthcare provider Benenden Health, to provide you with additional support with your health and wellbeing. Your membership fee and the associated tax is fully paid by the Federation, making this a particularly attractive benefit.
If you are passionate about innovative education, have a commitment to personal excellence and are ready for a new challenge, we welcome your application.
Please view the job description here: [Head of SEN Inclusion JD February 2025]
Please note that CVs or incomplete application forms will not be considered. All other applications will be considered; however, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Mossbourne Federation reserves the right to close adverts earlier than the stated deadline.
The Mossbourne Federation is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The Mossbourne Federation is actively seeking to increase the proportion of our workforce who come from diverse backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people of Black, Asian and other minority ethnic descent.
Injustice, discrimination, and intolerance go against the core tenets of the Mossbourne ethos. We actively reject discrimination in our academies through continuous review of our working policies & practices across the federation, including at board level.
We are committed to developing and supporting inclusivity, diversity, and anti-racism in every facet of what we do.
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