Education Consultant – Attendance, Safeguarding, SEND & Inclusion in Wolverhampton

We are seeking a professional leader who shares our core belief: background, disadvantage or need must never define a child’s future.

To be successful, you will bring:

• Significant senior leadership experience (SLT or equivalent) within a school or Trust.
• A track record of demonstrable impact in improving attendance, safeguarding, SEND or inclusion.
• Exceptional knowledge of statutory frameworks and Ofsted inspection expectations.
• Experience driving change across multiple schools, settings or local authorities.
• Sharp analytical skills with the ability to translate complex data into actionable strategy.
• The emotional intelligence to challenge constructively and support empathetically.
• A deep, unwavering commitment to social justice and safeguarding.

This is a high-profile, Trust-wide role with significant strategic influence. You will shape, strengthen and assure our practice across attendance, safeguarding, SEND and inclusion. Your mandate is clear: ensure that every child, particularly the most vulnerable, is safe, present, supported and positioned to thrive. This is not a single-school post. It is an opportunity to drive systemic improvement and equity at scale.

Working directly alongside the Director of School Improvement, you will operate as a trusted professional partner to our schools. Combining credibility, analytical rigour and compassion, you will:

• Provide strategic oversight across all Amethyst Academies Trust schools.
• Support and challenge Headteachers and senior leaders to elevate standards.
• Strengthen systems and culture, ensuring statutory compliance is embedded within a genuine culture of care.
• Build sustainable capacity in safeguarding, attendance and inclusive practice.
• Drive measurable improvements in outcomes and life chances for vulnerable learners.

Areas of Strategic Leadership:

• Attendance Strategy
  • Drive Trust-wide oversight of attendance data, trend analysis and risk mitigation.
  • Develop and embed evidence-informed strategies to eradicate persistent and severe absence.
  • Provide rapid, decisive intervention and challenge where attendance falls below expectations.
  • Integrate attendance protocols seamlessly with safeguarding and inclusion systems.
  • Identify, share and scale highly effective practice across the Trust family.
• Safeguarding
  • Lead the strategic quality assurance of safeguarding systems and school cultures.
  • Provide expert coaching and guidance to DSLs and safeguarding teams.
  • Ensure absolute compliance with all statutory safeguarding guidance.
  • Conduct robust audits, deep-dive reviews and safeguarding evaluations.
  • Provide high-level support for complex cases and multi-agency collaboration.
• SEND & Inclusion
  • Strengthen SEND leadership, strategy and provision across the Trust.
  • Monitor and evaluate the impact of EHCP implementation and provision mapping.
  • Champion inclusive, high-quality teaching for pupils with complex needs.
  • Implement strategies to reduce exclusions and accelerate outcomes for disadvantaged pupils.
  • Advocate relentlessly for equity of access to education.

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), medical, online and social media prohibition from teaching, right to work, satisfactory references, suitability to work with children. You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.