Inclusion Officer - Full-time

Garlinge Primary School and Nursery, Margate

• Ref:KCC886-3917-382S
• Posted:17/10/2025
• Pay:Kent Scheme Salaries KSC (previously KR5)
• Start Date:ASAP pending paperwork
• App Close Date:09/11/2025 at 23:45
• Interviews:25 November 2025

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Are you an experienced administrator looking to joint a fiendly and welcoming team?

We are looking to appoint an Inclusion Officer to join our Inclusion department.

The successful candidate will have proven administration skills and a positive, organised and pro-active outlook.

The main responsibilities of the role will be to provide efficient and comprehensive administrative support to the SENDCo and Additional SENDCo in delivering and managing the provision of special educational needs and learning support provision across the school. The Inclusion Officer will need prioritising skills to triage the administrative work within the Inclusion Office.

The hours are 37 hours per week, 8.00am - 4.00pm Monday to Thursday and 8.00am - 3.30pm Fridays, with a daily thirty minute unpaid lunch break. The role is term time plus 5 INSET days and 1 week to be worked in the school holidays, totalling 40 weeks per annum.

The pay is set at Kent Scheme KSC (£25,252 for a full-time position.) The actual salary equates to £22,575 per annum pro rata. 

We require a good standard of general education and GCSE qualifications or equivalent in English and Mathematics at Grade 4/C or above.  Verification of qualifications will be required before employment can commence. Please do not declare any qualifications unless you can produce the original certificate.

A formal thirty minute interview will take place with a panel comprising of a member of the Senior Leadership Team and the SENDCo. Candidates will also undertake a thirty minute in-tray exercise.

CVs will not be accepted so please complete the application form in full and explain how your skills and experience make you a suitable candidate for the role.

If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of the closing date then you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

It is an offence to apply for this role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Garlinge Primary School and Nursery is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our Safeguarding Policy is available on the school website.

Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online checks following KCSIE 2025. The interviewee will also be asked questions relating to the safeguarding of children. 

We are also committed to championing staff wellbeing and all employees can access free counselling, occupational health support and Supervision sessions.

This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service and a check against the ISA Barred List for children, two satisfactory references and right to work in the UK documentation. All new employees to the school, including those with previous local government service, shall be subject to a 6 month probationary period. 

Information about the school

Garlinge Primary School and Nursery continues to be a ‘Good’ school with an ‘Outstanding’ judgement in Personal Development, as recognised in our latest Ofsted inspection (November 2023). The inspection found that, ‘pupils behave and concentrate very well in this warm and inclusive school’ and that, ‘the school carefully considers staff workload and well-being.’

We are a large four form entry school to the west of Margate with approximately 730 pupils. We aim to provide a caring, exciting and inclusive learning environment where every child and family really matters with a focus on raising standards alongside the development of the whole child. The school’s values are Perseverance, Aspiration, Respect and Teamwork and all children are familiar with these.

We are a school with a Specialist Resource Provision (SRP) for Physically Disabled pupils, a KS1 and KS2 satellite class from Foreland Fields School and a further SRP for pupils with Autism.

We are a part of an established Cooperative Trust (Thanet Endeavour Learning Trust), working with Bromstone Primary School, Parkside Community Foundation Primary School and St Mildred’s Primary Infant School. We work closely within our Trust to improve all aspects of our practice, including CPD and support for ECTs.

Our large site comprises of a KS2 and a KS1 building, three large playgrounds and a school field and we continue to invest heavily in our outdoor learning environment which includes an inclusive play area and sports courts.

We inspire, respect and celebrate achievement and diversity.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Mr James Williams
• Address:Westfield Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 5PA
• Telephone: 01843 221877
• Email: hr@garlinge.kent.sch.uk

Fax: 01843 298648

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Recruitment Policy
• Employment of Ex-Offenders Policy
• Staff Benefits at GPSN
• Inclusion Officer Job Description
• Person Specification
• Child Protection Policy