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Senior Educational Psychologist - Full-time

The Diocese of Canterbury Academies Trust (Aquila)

  • Ref:KCC-F33-45-S
  • Posted:17/03/2025
  • Pay:£68,296 - £76,004
  • Start Date:1 September 2025
  • App Close Date:14/04/2025 at 09:00
  • Interviews:22 April 2025

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Do you want to work for a multi academy trust whose emphasis and practices are focussed on inclusion and equity? Aquila are a multi academy trust located in Kent. With 16 schools located across the county, and plans to grow, with some serving some of the most deprived communities, we are a group of schools with a keen commitment and focus on helping children and families achieve their potential.

Our trust has a well embedded and valued educational psychology offer to our schools, and since its start in 2018 have:

  • Led on the training and development of 40 ELSAs across out Trust. Our ELSAs success and reputation have resulted in other schools and trust joining our training and supervision programme.
  • Implemented VIG across the trust supporting schools and families.
  • Developed the trust’s relational approaches across our school, through a Relational Policy. Aquila recently developed and implemented a Relational Policy across our schools, with the educational psychologist taking a lead for developing this valued and important area of work across our schools.
  • Developed a training programme across our schools to support inclusion and equity of service, making sure they receive the educational resources they need to support children and families.
  • Led on trauma-informed approaches across our schools.

In addition, you will have responsibility for:

  • Leading the Trust on developing a value-led approach to inclusion across our schools
  • Work with our SENCOs to make sure they have the training, knowledge and evidence, to ensure best practices for our children and families.

Aquila are recognised for their inclusive practices, both by Ofsted as well as the local authority. This role requires a high level of leadership skills and integrity to ensure all schools can support children and their families. In this role you will be responsible for setting a vision across our Trust, developing your own CPD requirements and contributing to the positive outcomes for all children across the Trust. The postholder will work in close collaboration with the Trust’s Assistant Educational Psychologist, Lead SENDCo and Senior Leaders.

If you are interested in the role and wanted to discuss the job further, please contact our current Educational Psychologist Chris Clarke, at cclarke@aquilatrust.co.uk .

Information about the trust

Through inclusive and innovative practice we nurture through the Aquila family to provide exceptional learning experiences enriching the lives of all in our unique communities.

We aspire to excellence; to secure the best possible outcomes for children and young people, enabling them to fulfil their potential and make a worthwhile contribution to our diverse, dynamic society.

The Diocese of Canterbury Academies Trust is an established and highly successful Multi-Academy Trust currently consisting of primary schools and expecting to grow over the coming years.

The Trust offers: • outstanding mentoring and coaching • full induction programme for all new staff • excellent professional development opportunities • an enviable track record of career progression • collaborative working in a supportive team environment

We are committed to ensuring our academies work together, sharing their strengths, to provide a great education for every pupil. We believe learning must be engaging and relevant and develop the whole child. Our academies design their coverage of the curriculum to provide challenging and exciting learning experiences in a caring and nurturing environment which is based on our strong values. Our academies value every individual and celebrate differences through their culture of mutual trust and shared values.

We want to deliver and develop best practice through learning together and engaging with action research with Canterbury Christ Church University. We want our academies to serve their local communities through links with churches, each other and to develop wider networks enabling staff and pupils to flourish. Through developing leadership at all levels we want the pupils in our academies to become happy, successful, well rounded individuals who develop into lifelong learners.

We have an English Hub, Behaviour Hub and Associate Research School within our MAT and Aquila is a lead MAT for behaviour.

The Diocese of Canterbury Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all trustees, staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Criminal Record Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service along with other relevant employment checks, including overseas criminal background checks, where applicable. All new trustees, employees and volunteers will be required to undertake safeguarding training on induction which will be regularly updated in line with statutory guidance.

Job Contact Information

  • Name:HR Manager
  • Address:Suites 19 & 20,
    Motis Business Centre,
    Cheriton High Street,
    Folkestone,
    Kent,
    CT19 4QJ
  • Telephone: 01303 905100
  • Email: hr@aquilatrust.co.uk

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.