Group Director of Inclusion

The Group Director of Inclusion is the strategic lead for learning support and inclusion across the Forest School Group. This is a senior, group-wide leadership role with responsibility for shaping vision, policy, consistency, and quality of inclusive provision from Pre-Prep through to Sixth Form. The postholder leads at group level rather than running day-to-day provision in any one phase. Operational delivery, such as assessment of individual pupils, intervention timetabling, parent meetings, day-to-day case management, and phase-specific specialist teaching, remains with the SENDCo teams based in the schools across the Group. The Group Director of Inclusion line manages the school-based SENDCos, supports their professional development, and is accountable for the coherence and quality of inclusive practice across the Group. Forest is appointing this role at a significant moment in the wider SEND landscape. The number of pupils identified with neurodevelopmental differences, including autism, ADHD, dyslexia and other specific learning differences, developmental language disorder, and co-occurring profiles, has risen markedly across UK independent schools. The recent SEND reform agenda, and the work of the Neurodivergence Task and Finish Group, are reframing inclusion as a whole-school, needs-led responsibility rather than a specialist parallel system. The successful candidate will lead Forest School Group's strategic response to this shift, ensuring that inclusion is understood as a core academic priority shared by every teacher and every leader across the Group. The Group Director of Inclusive sits on the Group Leadership Team and reports to the Warden. The postholder will liaise and collaborate regularly with the heads of each school within the group. Why work at Forest? There are many benefits of working at Forest school as staff are our single most important asset. Key benefits include: Generous CPD budget Comprehensive Professional Development Review s