Inclusion Lead including SENCo

What skills and experience we're looking for

Please note:This is a part-time role, working three days per week, with Monday to Wednesday preferred.

Grade:MPS4 – UPS1 + £2787 SEN allowance per annum, pro-rata

About us and the role

Krishna Avanti Primary School, Croydon, is seeking to appoint an experienced and committed Inclusion Lead and SENCo to provide strategic leadership for SEND and inclusion across the school.

This is a key leadership role focused on ensuring every pupil receives the support they need to thrive academically, socially and emotionally within a nurturing and inclusive school environment.

The successful candidate will lead the continued development of SEND and inclusion across the school, overseeing provision, monitoring pupil progress and ensuring that effective support and interventions are in place. They will also lead on the school’s Pupil Premium strategy and act as the Designated Teacher for Looked After Children (LAC), ensuring that vulnerable pupils receive the targeted support required to achieve their full potential.

Working closely with staff, families and external professionals, the Inclusion Lead will play a central role in promoting high-quality inclusive practice and ensuring that pupils with additional needs can fully access the curriculum and wider school life.

The role also includes responsibility as School Wellbeing Lead, overseeing initiatives that support pupil wellbeing and maintaining a positive, supportive school culture

We welcome applications from qualified SENCOs as well as teachers who are willing to undertake the SENCo qualification as part of their professional development.

School visits are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school to arrange a suitable time.

Interviews will be held on 16 April 2026

What will you do?

• Lead the strategic development and implementation of SEND provision and inclusion across the school, ensuring policies, systems and practice support positive outcomes for all learners.
• Oversee the SEND register, coordinate targeted support and interventions, and monitor the progress and outcomes of pupils with SEND and those eligible for Pupil Premium funding.
• Work closely with staff, parents, external agencies and the local authority to ensure effective support, early identification of need, and high-quality inclusive provision.
• Line manage and support teaching assistants working with pupils with SEND, providing guidance, training and oversight of effective classroom practice.
• Act as Designated Teacher for children looked after and Mental Health Lead, coordinating support for pupils’ social, emotional and wellbeing needs while contributing to the wider leadership and improvement of the school.
• Promote and safeguard the welfare of students, ensuring compliance with school policies and protocols.

What are we looking for?

• QTS qualified
• Sound knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise effectively
• Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students

What the school offers its staff

Whilst being a Hindu faith school, we are fully inclusive and will welcome pupils and staff from all backgrounds, with or without a faith. This exciting opportunity to join the school at the start of its journey and help create an outstanding learning environment for the children of Croydon. The successful candidate will be committed to excellence, inclusion and the school’s spiritual ethos.

You will be working as part of a team who are passionate about providing the very best experience for our students.

This is a unique opportunity to help develop a new and innovative school, which will be shaped by three key elements for both students and staff:

Educational excellence

Character formation

Spiritual insight

Why should you apply

Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.

You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:

• Great opportunities for professional development
• Teacher pension scheme (subject to eligibility)
• O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
• Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
• Well-being programs (retreats, yoga, wellness apps)
• Cycle-to-work Scheme

Further details about the role

Pre-employment checks

Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.

Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

Diversity and Inclusion

We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.

Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.

Commitment to safeguarding

Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks. Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.