Assistant Principal - Inclusion in Southampton

Oasis Academy Mayfield is seeking an exceptional and experienced Assistant Principal – Inclusion to join our established Academy Leadership Team for a one-year maternity cover (to start September 2026 or sooner). This is a key strategic role, central to the academy’s commitment to delivering Exceptional Education at the Heart of the Community.

The successful candidate will lead on all aspects of Inclusion, ensuring that students with additional needs, including those who are disadvantaged or have SEND, receive high-quality support and achieve positive outcomes. Working closely with the Vice Principal for Student Entitlement, you will contribute to shaping and delivering the academy’s strategic priorities in relation to Inclusion, safeguarding and student entitlement.

This role also represents an excellent professional development opportunity for an existing SENCO who is seeking to broaden their leadership experience within a well-established and supportive senior leadership team.

At Oasis Mayfield we strive for excellence in all that we do; our mission is focused around entitling our students, staff and community to an exceptional education. We seek to ensure staff, students and our wider community uphold our ethos of being kind, proud and determined. In order to achieve this we have three simple priorities:

• Leading happy and Healthy lives
• Transforming lives and empowering communities
• Providing an exceptional educational experience

We place a high value on the personal development and professional learning for our staff and all teaching staff have reduced contact time accordingly. By being part of Oasis Community Learning, which has 52 academies nationally, you will benefit from a strong support network and partnership within the South Coast and South West regions. You will have many opportunities to develop and share best practice to drive continual improvement, including through regional improvement networks and access to a competitive CPD programme nationally.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks and a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis Community Learning ethos.

Our offer to you: When you join the Oasis family there are a number of offers you’ll receive that make us stand out as an employer of choice. These include but are not limited to:

• An exceptional CPD offer including fortnightly personalised Incremental Coaching, weekly Academy-wide and department-based CPD and termly Trust-based CPD.
• A pre-planned, fully resourced, Trust-wide curriculum with the autonomy to adapt for your students - no planning lessons from scratch!
• A centralised Culture for Learning policy which allows the teacher to teach and students to learn. You will be fully supported too by a superb Pastoral and SEND team.
• A streamlined, personalised feedback & assessment policy, created to minimise staff workload and maximise student progression.
• The opportunity to undertake fully-funded National Professional Qualifications and access to Apprenticeship Levy for further professional and academic qualifications.
• The opportunity to run a weekly extra-curricular club of your choosing, and to share your hidden talents with students!
• Access to an iPad for all staff / students enabling the use of Formative and other online self-marking assessment resources.
• The opportunity to further your career within the Trust and region. There are also a range of National Lead Practitioner roles within the Trust which you may also have the opportunity to apply for.
• Access to Eye Care vouchers and a national Cycle to Work scheme.
• Access to Health Shield Cash Plan which can include 24/7 access to a GP, assistance with the cost and access to dental treatment, eye-care, physiotherapy, and chiropody.
• Support to balance your work/life/caring responsibilities via our Time Off Work Policy, Menopause Policy, Flexible Working and Sabbatical Policy.
• Trust wide recognition of the challenges to mental health, facing both staff and students, and the support of our National Mental Health Team which is staffed by professionally qualified Mental Health Nurses.
• Confidential Counselling services for you and those that live with you, should times get tough.

Application Procedure: Please take time to look over the recruitment information attached. For further information or an informal discussion about the role and the Academy, please contact the Principal, Claire Taylor on our main school number.

Oasis Academy Mayfield is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.