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Your Role
Your career #EMATters! We are currently recruiting for an Inclusion Support Practitioner who thinks beyond the classroom. In this vital role, you will support teachers in delivering high-quality learning by planning and delivering lessons, leading small group activities, and covering classes when needed. EMAT is an organisation that recognises and values its diverse workforce. Join us to be part of a team that champions innovation, inclusivity, and meaningful impact.
About EMAT
EMAT is an exciting, innovative, and growing organisation where we strive to do things differently, aligned with our core values and purpose: that every child deserves to be the best they can be. Our Trust was incorporated in July 2012 to establish, maintain, manage, and develop academies and free schools as world-class centres of excellence. We are a collaborative partnership that currently includes an all-through school in Northampton, a secondary school in Oundle, and five primary schools in Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes. By working for our Trust, you’ll be able to take advantage of a wealth of professional development and support opportunities, as well as a range of employee benefits.
These include:
Continuous professional development and training opportunities.
Career and leadership opportunities within our growing family of schools.
A confidential 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme.
Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
A corporate eye care plan.
Flu jabs for all staff.
Cycle to work scheme.
Access to health and wellbeing benefits, including an online GP.
Access to an employee lifestyle savings platform.
Generous family leave.
About the School
Orchard is a three-form entry junior school on the Springfield Estate in Milton Keynes with capacity for 360 children across KS2, with a twenty-pupil place social communication department for pupils at both Orchard and Shepherdswell. As a school, we are keen to develop talent and provide the necessary support so that staff can achieve their aspirations and goals.
General Roles and Responsibilities:
Support the learning, development, and wellbeing of individual students, small groups, or whole classes.
Deliver targeted interventions (e.g. Phonics, Literacy, SEMH, Metacognition) informed by educational research.
Conduct assessments (Lucid, dyslexia, dyscalculia) to identify learning needs and guide support strategies.
Track and evaluate student progress using platforms like Edukey, IEPs, and Pupil Passports.
Supervise students during lunch, break, and wraparound care, promoting safety and positive behaviour.
Foster strong relationships with students, families, and staff to support inclusive learning.
Plan and deliver lessons under teacher direction, including providing cover when needed.
Collaborate with SENDCo and contribute to intervention planning and review meetings.
Promote emotional wellbeing, inclusion, and the academy's values and behaviour policies.
Commit to ongoing professional development through research-informed practice.
Safeguarding Statement
Orchard School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.