Inclusion Lead
Bridport Primary School · Bridport, South West
Inclusion Lead at Bridport Primary School, based in Bridport, South West. This is a permanent role.
- Salary
- Competitive
- Location
- Bridport, South West
- Contract
- Permanent
- Posted
- 10 hours ago
- Closes
- 19 Oct 2026
- Sector
- Teacher
Reference 127db48f78ecd6344c67daeec2fe2885328ddd81
About the role
Are you an ambitious and compassionate educational leader dedicated to ensuring every child succeeds? We are seeking an inspirational Inclusion Lead to champion the progress, achievement, and holistic wellbeing of all pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) or who are disadvantaged, and those facing barriers to learning.
This dynamic, newly established role offers a unique opportunity to work across two vibrant schools in the Bridport area—Bridport Primary School and Bridport St Mary’s CE Primary School. As Inclusion Lead, you will drive high-quality inclusive practice and empower every child to flourish. It is an extraordinary moment to join us as we reimagine our well-established Inclusion Hub at St Mary’s (supporting communication and interaction) and launch an innovative specialist resource provision for SEMH at Bridport Primary. You will have the creative freedom and strategic backing to shape and design this role to best serve our school communities whilst working alongside our teams of ambitious professionals.
Essential Criteria:
Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
NASENCO National Award for Special Educational Needs Co-ordination / NPQ for SENCOs. (NQPSENCO)National Professional Qualification for Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator
Strong understanding of SEND strategies, and wider inclusion needs.
Experience supporting a range of vulnerable learners.
Strong interpersonal, communication, and organisational skills.
A passion for ensuring every child makes strong and sustained progress.
Proven outstanding teaching skill
Desirable Criteria:
Experience working across more than one setting.
Experience in role as inclusion lead
Senior Leadership (SLT) experience
What We Offer You:
A warm, welcoming and highly supportive team across two schools.
Collaborative leadership: Work closely with committed headteachers, teaching and learning leads and other senior staff.
A genuine opportunity to shape inclusion strategy across multiple settings and make a lasting difference.
Excellent continued professional learning and career development opportunities, including leadership training, SEN-specific professional learning and networking across schools.
Dedicated time and support for strategic leadership tasks — your role will be prioritised and valued.
A culture of high expectations and high support, where wellbeing matters and successes are celebrated.
The chance to work creatively and innovatively, bringing new ideas and initiatives to life.
Lovely children who are keen to learn, a variety of families, and a positive community ethos.
Beautiful school environments in a picturesque part of Dorset, with strong community links.
A real platform to develop your leadership career, influencing not just one school, but multiple settings.
Reference: 127db48f78ecd6344c67daeec2fe2885328ddd81 · Posted 10 hours ago · Closes 19 Oct 2026 · Listed via Bridport Primary School
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