Leigh Academy Rainham

We are seeking the right candidate for the role of Inclusion Manager at Leigh Academy Rainham. This role will entail leading and supervising the students in our internal exclusion room. They will take responsibility for the structures and routines in place within this setting providing a silent working space for students who need additional support to reset their behaviours prior to returning to lessons. Students who access this provision have either been removed from lessons to ensure the learning can continue disruption free for their peers, or are spending a period of time in the setting as an alternative to a suspension for breaches of the behaviour policy. The successful candidate will be given the opportunity to help shape how this provision evolves as the Academy continues to grow. They will be working alongside the senior leadership team and student services managers to also, where possible, provide interventions to avoid repeat behaviours for individual students. When not
running the internal exclusion room they will be supporting the college student services teams on patrol, with detentions or the behaviour admin team with record keeping, tracking student's chronologies and logging behavioural support events taking place in the academy.

The ideal candidate for this role will have a strong, resilient character who is experienced at working with secondary age students who may present challenging behaviours for a variety of reasons e.g. where additional learning needs cause barriers to learning or for safeguarding reasons. They may already have experience in, or be open to being trained in, offering interventions for students to support with behavioural aspects such as anger management. They will have effective digital and administrative skills to support with the record keeping that is required for the internal exclusion room and students who access it.

There is potentially flexibility with the hours of the role, with a possibility of extending these to 5pm for the right candidate, to supervise students who are directed to stay in the internal exclusion room until this time.

About Leigh Academy Rainham: In September 2021, we opened our doors to the 180 founding students of our co educational comprehensive school for 11-18 year olds. Already oversubscribed, our new school is firmly set to be a beacon of excellence for secondary education in Medway. The wellbeing and success of each individual child is at the heart of everything and we are driven by the belief that it is our role to ensure all pupils develop an appreciation of the limitless possibilities ahead of them. Every learner is entitled to an enriching, varied and personalised education; delivered through a broad and balanced curriculum that provides challenge, irrespective of need, starting point or background. It is our ambition that in our highly inclusive setting, all our students will flourish, becoming inquiring, compassionate and culturally aware young adults. We will work together to embed the essential skills, knowledge and attributes needed to be highly
successful in achieving their own personal goals, as caring members of our community and as leaders in tomorrow's world.

Our strong learning community works together and shares the value of collaboration; every member of our academy family works together to achieve success, cultivating a strong sense of belonging. Our belief in human-scale education, delivered through our college model, ensures every one of our students is known and valued. Strong pastoral care is at the heart of our academy and we place great importance on building strong partnerships with parents and carers.

Working in a brand new school is a unique opportunity. A flexible approach with a can-do ethos is required, as is drive, grit and boundless enthusiasm. We will be looking to recruit a staff body that has a multitude of talents to enable us to provide a rich academic and co-curricular offer from the outset and look forward to hearing what additional skills, talents and interests you could bring to a role at the Academy. A sense of humour is also essential!, Being part of Leigh Academies Trust: As of 1st April 2024, our Trust comprises 33 geographically organised academies (17 secondaries, 14 primaries and 2 special) educating more than 24,000 students and employing 4,000 talented staff. Nearly 40% of our academies are judged outstanding overall by Ofsted, versus 15% nationally. The Trust is establishing three 'clusters' of academies: LAT Central; LAT West; LAT North. In addition, the Trust is responsible for one of the region's biggest initial teaching training organisations, a large teaching school hub and is an accredited apprenticeship provider. Our future plans are found in our Vision 2030 document available on our website.

As part of Leigh Academies Trust, you will have ample opportunity to collaborate with your peers both within the academy and across the whole Trust. This is an important part of our vision as we know through experience that we perform better when we work together. You are supported to undertake regular self-development to continue your professional development and hopefully progress further within the organisation.

This is a permanent position working 37 hours per week term time + 1 week of inset and offers an actual salary of £26,830 - £30,404 per annum (£31,194 - £35,349 full-time equivalent) based on experience.