Overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an Inclusion Assistant Headteacher (SENCO) to join our Senior Leadership Team from January 2026 or as soon as possible. You will find more information below and in the attached information about the role. We look forward to welcoming an application. The most important thing to us is that we find the right person for our children, team and community. You will be passionate about making a difference and share our belief in the importance of relationships and our core values of: respect, inclusion and growth. You will want to work in a large, diverse, urban primary school and understand the wonderful and unique opportunities and challenges this can bring.
What the school offers its staff
* The chance to make a meaningful difference in the lives of our children – the heart and highlight of our school community.
* The opportunity to contribute to a large, diverse, and vibrant primary school environment.
* A strong commitment to staff wellbeing, clearly reflected in our daily practices, policies, systems, and support.
* An incredibly supportive and proactive governing body, fully engaged in school life.
* A collaborative and forward-thinking leadership team, with senior and middle leaders working within a distributed leadership model.
* The opportunity to work closely with our Deputy Headteacher – a Specialist Leader in Education (SLE) for SEND and Behaviour, and a consulting expert for the National College.
* A truly inclusive, warm, and welcoming staff team – including teachers, teaching assistants, admin, premises, cleaning, and lunchtime staff – all working together with shared purpose.
* A respectful, engaged parent and carer community, reflecting a rich diversity of cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.
About us
Our vision and mission statement is: Making a difference and achieving excellence for every child. Our school values are growth, respect and inclusion. These are incredibly important to us and shape our provision for all pupils, staff and the wider community. We are proud of our relational approach which underpins the ‘Chapel Street Way’. Visitors to our school comment on the warm, welcoming environment and nurturing relationships. Our commitment to wellbeing, equality and improvement is strong and can be seen through our actions at all levels across school. Our recent Ofsted inspection (December 2024) highlighted the strength of our inclusive practice and praised the well-being support we provide for both staff and pupils. You will find more information about our school in the attached letter from our Headteacher and on our website: Chapel Street Community Primary School
Safeguarding
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children is our highest priority at Chapel Street Community Primary School – we work together to move beyond compliance to a culture of excellence in relation to safeguarding and this includes implementing robust Safer Recruitment practices, without exception. Prior to appointment, all relevant and necessary safeguarding checks (including online checks of publicly available information for shortlisted candidates) will be undertaken. The job description and person specification for this post make clear the safeguarding requirements and responsibilities of the post. As this post involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children, is not exempt from the Rehabilitation of the Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020 and will require an Enhanced DBS Check prior to employment. If the role is exempt, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed, and if they are disclosed, we cannot take them into account. You can find further information about protected and filtered offences on this link. We would like to make clear that it is an offence to apply for any role that involves regulated activity if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. You will find below further information in relation to safeguarding at Chapel Street Community Primary School, including a link to our relevant policies.
* Safeguarding at Chapel Street Community Primary School
* Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy
* Safer Recruitment Policy
* Policy on employing ‘ex offenders’
* Keeping Children Safe in Education – Part 3: Safer Recruitment
* NSPCC Safer Recruitment information
Other information
The following links will take you to our privacy notice for job applicants and other vacancies we are currently recruiting:
* Privacy Notice for Job Applicants
* School vacancies
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding is of upmost importance at Chapel Street. Our commitment to safeguarding is evident in all elements of our practice and provision and is central to our recruitment processes including at least one member of each panel trained in Safer Recruitment; the interview process will assess your suitability to work with children and ensure you have the right knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours; offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of all required vetting checks and Safeguarding and Child Protection are an integral part of our induction process for all new staff.
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