Venn Academy Trust, in partnership with Hull City Council, is seeking an exceptional senior secondary leader to redesign and deliver Hull’s secondary inclusion and alternative provision model. This is a system reform role focused on practical implementation.  Not a service manager or behaviour consultant post.

You will be a Deputy Head level leader (or equivalent) with strong pastoral and SEND expertise, able to bring clarity and consistency to secondary inclusion across the city. Hull is strengthening its graduated response so that alternative provision is time limited, reintegration focused, and aligned with strong mainstream inclusion.

Hull’s priorities include:

• Reduce secondary suspensions and permanent exclusions
• Improve reintegration rates from alternative provision
• Prevent unnecessary drift into long-term placements
• Strengthen mainstream behaviour and SEND capacity
• Stabilise alternative provision expenditure

The postholder will lead this work in partnership with secondary schools, alternative provision providers, and local authority services.

The role

As Secondary Inclusion Director Lead, you will:

• Implement Hull’s revised secondary alternative provision model
• Establish clear Step Out and Day 6 pathways with defined time limits and return plans
• Embed a citywide reintegration framework
• Build capacity with headteachers, SENDCOs, pastoral and inclusion leads
• Improve suspension practice and reduce repeat cycles
• Align SEND processes with inclusion reform
• Provide clear data analysis and reporting to governance boards
• Reduce dependency on long-term placements

The focus is practical implementation, not policy writing.

- Driving license and access to a vehicle for this role, is essential -

For an informal conversation about the role, email info@vennacademytrust.org

Closing date: 16 April 2026

Interview date: 24 April 2026

Start date: 1 September 2026

Our Multi Academy Trust is a group of inspirational and aspirational mainstream and specialist schools in Yorkshire whose main objective is to ensure that all pupils make exceptional progress through the development of outstanding staff.

Venn Academy Trust is committed to achieving fairness and equality in employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Our Trust is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects all staff to share this commitment.

An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants

Online searches will be carried out as part of Venn Academy Trust’s recruitment due diligence for all shortlisted candidates, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.