About The Role
Reports to: Assistant Principal - Inclusion and SENDCo
Salary: Grade 7, point 14-24 (Inner London) £34,190-£39,832 FTE Actual Salary £32,676 - £38,069 pro rata per annum
Start date: February 2026
Contract: Permanent / Full Time /Term-Time Only
About the role
In this role you will provide a comprehensive administrative support to the school’s inclusion teams. This will include providing support to the Vice Principal, Assistant Principal for Inclusion, Assistant Principal for Behaviour, Pastoral Teams, Deputy SENDCo, staff, governors, students and parents.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain efficient administrative systems and processes to support the Inclusion Assistant Principal and SEND Team.
- Ensure accurate records are kept for all students with an EHCP, SEND K support and in receipt of interventions but not currently on the SEND register
- Answering enquiries, sending letters and reports to parents/outside agencies
- Liaise with colleagues and external contacts at all levels of seniority with confidence, tact and professionalism
- Collate information/data to inform Inclusion Manager
- Deal with situations of a sensitive nature
- Ensuring all Annual Review paperwork is completed, collated and submitted on time
- Support with ESRA applications.
- Attend, take and distribute minutes at Acton 40 meeting and multi-professional meetings as appropriate.
- Support with the administration of Access Arrangements for examinations and assessments.
- Send and organise all Alternative Provision referrals.
- Have oversight of all our vulnerable pupil tracking databases.
- Update the SEND Register and other records such as Access Arrangements lists as directed by SENDCO and Deputy SENDCO.
- Book and organise appointments and rooming for interventions and meetings
- Assist with timetabling of intervention sessions for external therapists
- Liaising with the Administration Office regarding visitors
- Distributing appointment information for interventions to individual students daily
- Collect students for specific interventions
- Maintain stationery and resources required for the department
- Assist and help set up for taster days / transition days
- Manage up to date record keeping e.g. budget, funding, census
- Engage with students in 1:1 situations with sensitivity and professionalism
- Maintain manual and computerised records and management information systems, producing accurate lists or data as required by colleagues or compliance bodies
- Able to create and run reports from a database
- Carry out any other duties as directed by the Principal, commensurate with the general level of responsibility of the post
If you would like to discuss this opportunity or for any queries, please contact hr@arkacton.org.
Benefits
- Twice as many training days as standard
- Weekly staff training designed to meet the needs of the school
- Coaching for every teacher
- Access to high-quality, regular professional development
- Subject-specific knowledge development
- Free use of our leisure centre
- Access to the school counsellor
- Click here to find out more about the benefits we offer.
About Us
Ark Acton is a good school, and we are on a mission to make it a great school. From a strong sapling to a mighty oak. Be part of our growth.
At Ark Acton we think teaching is the best job in the world.
We are heavily committed to staff welfare and development, and this includes:
- weekly staff training and coaching for every teacher
- Subject-specific knowledge development
- free use of our leisure centre
- access to the school counsellor
We have high expectations for our pupils – and our staff – but we know that by working as a team and committing to our mission we can shape the future.
Diversity and inclusion:
We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.
Safeguarding statement:
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.
Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link.