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Faculty Director - Inclusive Practice

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FE & HE £52,000 - £62,000 per annum Permanent lead Level 22 September 2026
South East
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Job Description

Faculty Director - Inclusive Practice

Permanent

Location: Hertfordshire

Salary: £52,000 - £62,000 per annum

Are you an experienced further education leader with a strong background in SEND and inclusive practice?

About the Role

Working with a further education provider in the South East, you'll provide strategic and operational leadership across SEND, high needs, EHCPs, alternative provision and wider inclusive curriculum provision. You'll lead and develop Curriculum Managers and support teams, ensuring high-quality teaching, learning and assessment across the faculty.

You'll work closely with senior leaders, SENCos and external stakeholders to shape provision, support EHCP consultations and funding decisions, and promote inclusive teaching approaches across the organisation.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Leading and developing Curriculum Managers and business support teams.
  • Providing strategic leadership across SEND, high needs and EHCP provision.
  • Leading curriculum quality, development and improvement.
  • Overseeing alternative, subcontracted and partnership provision.
  • Monitoring student achievement, progression and destinations.
  • Leading staff performance management and development.
  • Supporting EHCP consultations, funding and placement decisions.
  • Promoting Universal Design for Learning, trauma-informed practice and adaptive teaching.
  • Leading curriculum growth and planning.
  • Working with senior leaders, SENCos and external stakeholders.

What We're Looking For

Essential:

  • Significant further education leadership experience
  • Strong experience leading and managing curriculum teams
  • Extensive line management and performance management experience
  • Strong knowledge of SEND, high-needs funding and EHCP processes
  • Experience of curriculum development and quality improvement
  • Experience with alternative, subcontracted or partnership provision
  • Strong understanding of teaching, learning and assessment
  • Experience using data to drive improvement
  • Level 5 SEND qualification
  • PGCE, Cert Ed or DTLLS teaching qualification
  • Level 2 English and maths

Desirable (but not essential):

  • Experience with alternative, subcontracted or partnership provision
  • Experience leading teams through Ofsted inspection

If you're ready to lead inclusive practice at faculty level and help shape outcomes for learners with SEND and high needs, we'd love to hear from you.

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Your Recruitment Consultant

Josh Taylor

Josh Taylor

Principal Recruitment Consultant

Requirements

  • Significant further education leadership experience
  • Strong experience leading and managing curriculum teams
  • Extensive line management and performance management experience
  • Strong knowledge of SEND, high-needs funding and EHCP processes
  • Experience of curriculum development and quality improvement
  • Strong understanding of teaching, learning and assessment
  • Experience using data to drive improvement
  • Level 5 SEND qualification
  • PGCE, Cert Ed or DTLLS teaching qualification
  • Level 2 English and maths

Skills & Qualifications

SEND leadershipEHCP processesCurriculum managementPerformance managementQuality improvementData analysisUniversal Design for LearningTrauma-informed practiceAdaptive teachingStakeholder engagement

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