SRP Lead in Rugby

Ashlawn School is a high-performing, co-educational bi-lateral school located in Rugby, Warwickshire. As part of the Transforming Lives Educational Trust (TLET), we offer both selective grammar and non-selective places, creating a unique and inclusive learning environment where all students are challenged and supported to achieve their full potential. With a strong reputation for academic excellence, outstanding pastoral care, and a vibrant co-curricular programme, Ashlawn is a forward-thinking school committed to continuous improvement. Our staff are passionate, dedicated professionals who work collaboratively to inspire a love of learning and shape the leaders of tomorrow. Joining Ashlawn means becoming part of a dynamic, supportive community that values innovation, ambition, and the development of every individual—both students and staff alike.

• Strategic Leadership: Provide visionary, strategic leadership for the initial setup, development, and day-to-day operation of the new Specialist Resource Provision for students with primary Communication and Interaction (C&I) needs, in keeping with the whole school values and mission.
• Academic & Holistic Outcomes: Ensure students within the SRP access a broad, balanced, and ambitious curriculum that combines specialist, targeted interventions with meaningful, supported mainstream integration.
• Whole-School Expertise: Act as an expert professional and consultant across Ashlawn School on areas such as neurodiversity, ASC, SLCN, adaptive teaching, and sensory-friendly practice. Provide training and support to staff at Ashlawn to enable them to provide the very best learning opportunities for all students with additional needs.
• Statutory Compliance & High Standards: Ensure full compliance with the SEND Code of Practice, EHCP requirements, Equality Act 2010, and Local Authority (Warwickshire) SRP commissioning standards.

• Establishment & Vision: Formulate, articulate, and execute a clear vision for the new C&I SRP, aligning it with Ashlawn School’s values and wider Trust (TLET) strategic goals.
• SRP Development Plan: Formulate and evaluate the annual SRP Development Plan, contributing directly to the School Improvement Plan (SIP) and self-evaluation processes (SEF).
• Environment & Resource Management: Oversee the physical design and resourcing of the SRP learning spaces to create an optimal learning environment.
• Policy & Systems: Establish robust operational protocols, admissions processes, integration criteria, and de-escalation frameworks bespoke to pupils with C&I needs in keeping with school policies and procedures

• Specialist Curriculum Design: Design and oversee a flexible, differentiated curriculum framework incorporating academic subjects, life/social skills, functional communication, and emotional regulation.
• Adaptive Teaching & Inclusion: Work collaboratively with mainstream Heads of Department and classroom teachers to ensure SRP pupils are successfully integrated into mainstream lessons with appropriate scaffolding, visual supports, and reasonable adjustments.
• Evidence-Informed Interventions: Deliver and monitor high-quality, evidence-based specialist interventions
• Assessment & Progress Tracking: Establish rigorous assessment frameworks to track academic progress (GCSE/Vocational/Entry Level), alongside non-academic developmental milestones (social communication, independence, sensory regulation, and emotional wellbeing) in keeping with wider school assessment and tracking systems

• Team Leadership: Line-manage, motivate, and deploy the SRP team (specialist teachers, HLTAs, TAs), fostering a culture of high expectations, empathy, and professional excellence.
• Performance & CPD: Conduct performance management/appraisals for SRP staff and deliver a continuous professional development (CPD) programme in C&I, ASC, and positive behaviour support.
• Whole-School Upskilling: Lead whole-school training sessions for mainstream teaching and support staff, ensuring consistent, neurodiversity-affirming practices across all classrooms.

• Therapeutic Integration: Work in close partnership with NHS and private practitioners, including Speech and Language Therapists (SaLT), Occupational Therapists (OT), and Educational Psychologists (EPs), ensuring therapy goals are seamlessly embedded into daily practice.
• Local Authority Engagement: Act as the key contact point for Warwickshire Local Authority SEND officers, participating in panel meetings, commissioning reviews, and consultation requests for SRP placements.
• Transition Management: Lead bespoke transition programmes for pupils entering the SRP in Year 7 (or mid-year) and support their eventual post-16 pathways into further education or training.

• EHCP Oversight: Liaise with school’s Associate SENCO to complete Annual Reviews of EHCPs for all SRP students, ensuring targets are ambitious but achievable, outcomes are reviewed, documentation meets the statutory quality and all deadlines are adhered to.
• Parent Co-Production: Establish strong, trusted, transparent partnerships with parents/carers, ensuring regular communication, co-produced support plans, and active parental involvement.
• Data & Reporting: Produce detailed reports and data analysis for the Head of School/Executive Headteacher, SLT, and Governing Body regarding pupil outcomes, attendance, integration statistics, and resource impact.

• Low-Arousal & De-escalation: Lead the implementation of proactive, positive behaviour management and sensory regulation strategies, reducing anxiety and distress behaviors. These will be in keeping with the school behaviour policy.
• Safeguarding: Act with vigilance as a senior advocate for vulnerable young people, adhering fully to Ashlawn School’s Safeguarding and Child Protection policies.

As an employee within the TLET family, you can expect standard contractual benefits including sick pay, holiday pay, pensions* and pay reviews in accordance with STPCD and NJC national guidelines.

In addition, we are pleased to offer the current additional benefits for our staff:

• Access to the Health Assured employee assistance programme
• One "Thank You Day" per annum
• Eye care vouchers
• A cycle to work scheme
• Clothing (including coats) to be provided in accordance with PPE requirements across all sites

Where possible, we also aim to signpost opportunities for our staff to access discounts and special offers for the education sector. Recent examples have included:

• Gym membership in accordance with the agreed local discount
• Teacher discounts with certain retailers

• National Award for SEN Coordination (NASENCO) or NPQ (e.g., NPQSL / NPQLTD)
• Specialist qualification / postgraduate training in ASC, SLCN, or Inclusion
• Proven track record of leadership in SEND, SRP or Specialist Provision
• Experience of setting up new provision, designing curriculum frameworks, or leading whole-school initiatives

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or QTLS
• Degree in a relevant subject area
• Substantial, successful teaching experience within a secondary setting
• Proven track record of leadership
• Successful experience in line-managing, coaching, and developing staff
• Proven experience chairing statutory EHCP Annual Reviews and managing LA processes
• Experience collaborating effectively with SaLT, OTs, EPs, and medical professionals
• Deep understanding of Communication & Interaction needs, including ASC, SLCN, DLD, and sensory processing differences
• Comprehensive knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice (2015), Equality Act (2010), and statutory frameworks
• Expert knowledge of adaptive pedagogy, mainstream integration models, and low-arousal learning environments
• Familiarity with evidence-based C&I interventions
• Clear understanding of secondary assessment, accreditation pathways (GCSE, Functional Skills, Entry Level), and post-16 transition
• Strategic Vision: Ability to design, launch, and evaluate a high-performing provision from the ground up
• Leadership & Coaching: Ability to inspire, deploy, and hold staff accountable to high standards
• Communication & Diplomacy: Outstanding written and verbal skills to navigate complex conversations with parents, LAs, and mainstream colleagues
• Data Analysis: Ability to track, evaluate, and report on complex academic, sensory, and behavioural pupil data
• Ethos & Passion: Unwavering commitment to neurodiversity-affirming practice, inclusion, and high expectations for all pupils
• Resilience & Calm: Outstanding emotional intelligence, calmness under pressure, and strong de-escalation skills
• Solution-Focused: Proactive problem solver capable of balancing specialist pupil needs with mainstream school operations
• Relational Leader: Compassionate, approachable, and highly collaborative across all school departments