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Job Title: Resource Base Manager
Actual Annual Salary: £35,692 - £38,080 - based on hours and weeks worked.
Full Time Equivalent Salary: £39,649 - £42,301 (CLF Grade F) based on full time hours, all year round.
Hours: 37 hours per week - Full Time, Term Time Only plus 5 insets + 2 weeks
Potential Start Date: July 2026 – Pending completion of pre-employment checks
This is a rare and genuinely exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping a brandnew Resource Base at Hans Price Academy, opening in September within a newly designed building and provision.
We are seeking an experienced, passionate and forwardthinking Resource Base Manager to lead the development, implementation and daytoday running of this new provision. This role offers the chance to help design something meaningful from the ground up, creating a calm, highly skilled and inclusive environment where students with complex needs can thrive.
The Resource Base will support students with Autism(ASD), speech, language and communication needs (SLCN), and emotionalbased school avoidance (EBSA). You will work closely with senior leaders, families, external professionals and specialist teams to ensure provision is personalised, traumainformed and responsive to students’ individual needs.
This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about inclusive education, confident in managing complexity, and motivated by the opportunity to build and lead a specialist provision from its very beginning. In return, you’ll be part of a supportive, values driven school community, with the opportunity to make a lasting and meaningful impact on students, families, and staff. If you are someone who thrives on innovation, believes in relational practice, and wants to be at the forefront of specialist provision development, we would love to hear from you.
About you:
You will:
1. Have strong expertise in autism and neurodiversity
2. A clear understanding of speech, language and communication difficulties
3. Experience supporting students with emotional‑based school avoidance
4. The ability to lead, develop and inspire a skilled staff team
5. Confidence in designing structured, nurturing provision while maintaining high aspirations
Applicants are advised to refer to the full requirements of the role in the attached job description and person specification, prior to submitting an application.
Hans Price Academy is a forward-thinking secondary school located in Weston-Super-Mare. Hans Price children are excited to learn and are real ambassadors for our increasingly diverse community. They benefit from a hugely positive and supportive learning environment housed in excellent, modern facilities.
At Hans Price we believe that at the heart of our students’ learning experience is the quality of what we deliver, and we continually strive to provide excellent opportunities in a broad range of subjects and extra-curricular settings. Fulfilment of individual potential is at the very heart of what we hope to achieve and development of students’ wider character alongside high academic expectations is something we feel very strongly about.
Why work at CLF?
We are a diverse and inclusive community of 36 academies across five cluster regions in the South West that is committed to excellence and making a positive impact. Our people bring unique perspectives, but we’re all driven by a shared moral purpose and a passion for making a positive impact, whether in a teaching, leadership or support role. We’re proud to foster a culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and make a meaningful difference to the lives of others.
We are an equal opportunity employer and proud to serve a diverse student population and our communities. We strongly believe that representation matters. We particularly encourage applicants from those groups in order to represent the students we serve, as well as wider underrepresented groups including gender, transgender, age disability, sexual orientation or religion.
We aim to remove any barriers to employment, ensuring everyone can compete on equal terms. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
What we can offer you:
6. Access to a generous pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
7. Generous annual leave.
8. A comprehensive induction and ongoing commitment to wellbeing and career progression, through a range of training, apprenticeships and in-role/wider-trust development opportunities.
9. Well-being support through an Employee Assistance Programme.
10. Health benefits, including wellness sessions, gym discounts, and flu jabs.
11. A range of generous family leave options, including above industry average occupational maternity pay.
12. Additional benefits like cycle to work scheme, on-site parking plus many more!
Recruitment timeline:
Closing Date:13 May 2026
Shortlisting date:15 May 2026
Interviews: 22 May 2026
We welcome visits from potential candidates. If you would like to arrange a school visit prior to the closing date, please contact the academy/site directly to arrange a suitable appointment.
As part of our commitment to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), we do not accept CVs – a full education and employment history must be provided through our application form.
Please note we are not able to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a high level of interest in the role. Therefore, candidates are advised to apply at their earliest convenience to avoid missing out.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we are dedicated to equity and inclusion and commit to interviewing applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria. We aim to provide an inclusive and accessible recruitment process, and support employees throughout their employment. If you have a disability, are neurodivergent, or require any adjustments to support you through the application or interview process please let us know how we can assist.
Safeguarding Statement
The Cabot Learning Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All roles across the trust have a varying level of responsibility for ensuring safeguarding practice, with some roles holding significant responsibility and involving working with children on a daily basis in regulated activity. Regardless of the level of responsibility and involvement in each role, we expect all staff, visiting professionals and volunteers to share this commitment.
All successful candidates will undergo a comprehensive pre-employment checking process, including an enhanced DBS check (including a further check against the appropriate barred list), references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK, child disqualification (where applicable), prohibition from teaching/management and online checks. You must also tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.