Head of Studies - Inclusion

Oldham College is looking to appoint a Head of Studies - Inclusion

WHO we’re looking for:

A strategic, passionate, and emotionally intelligent leader with a strong track record in curriculum or SEND leadership. You believe that every learner—regardless of ability or background—deserves high-quality, personalised education and support. With deep knowledge of high-needs learners and inclusive curriculum design, you're ready to lead teams that transform lives.

HOW you’ll make a difference:

• Provide dynamic leadership to curriculum and support teams across the Development Skills Faculty—a specialist high needs provision.
• Drive continuous quality improvement, underpinned by robust assurance and policy implementation.
• Champion inclusive teaching, learning and assessment strategies tailored to the aspirations of diverse learners.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external agencies to support seamless transitions and learner progression.
• Lead initiatives to enhance Additional Learning Support (ALS) across vocational programmes.
• Empower staff through regular coaching, performance reviews, and targeted CPD.
• Represent Oldham College in multi-agency forums and build effective partnerships that secure positive outcomes.
• Harness the power of digital innovation to develop learner skills, independence and future-readiness.

OUTCOME of your leadership:

You will directly impact the life chances of our learners—particularly those with SEND or high needs—by leading inclusive, ambitious, and effective programmes within a nationally recognised specialist curriculum that supports independence, progression and employment. Through strong leadership and collaboration, you will ensure that Oldham College remains a beacon of inclusive practice.

WHY join Oldham College?

Because here, inclusion is not an initiative—it’s embedded in everything we do. You’ll join an award-winning college with a clear vision, excellent facilities, and a sector-leading reputation for supporting our learners to thrive. You’ll be part of a high-performing leadership team committed to innovation, excellence and opportunity for all.

Ready to lead with purpose and heart?

Apply today and help shape a future where every learner succeeds.

At Oldham College, inclusion isn’t just something we do – it’s who we are. We’re seeking an exceptional leader to take our inclusive curriculum and support strategies to the next level.

This is more than a job – it’s your chance to lead a specialist High Needs faculty and make a lasting difference for learners who need it most, working with a passionate, multidisciplinary team dedicated to changing lives.

Joining our Journey:

When you join our college, not only will you benefit from an annual reviewed salary but have access to numerous benefits and facilities:

• Generous Pension Scheme
• Fantastic Staff Benefits and Rewards platform
• Very generous holiday entitlement
• Employee Assistance Scheme
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity provision
• Staff Development days/week (Jan, July, Aug)
• Free confidential counselling service
• Staff recognition awards
• Car Scheme
• Subsidised car parking
• On-site Day Nursery
• On-site hair and beauty salon

Oldham College is a great career choice for ambitious professionals. With one of the best apprenticeship programmes in the region, excellent 16-18 results and truly outstanding GCSE English results, we are already a high performer.

But we want to deliver much more than this. Our ambition is to be “The Best Place to Learn and Work” and we have a clear Strategic Plan which sets out what this means and what we will do to deliver it. We will keep on improving and innovating, and we are investing in new provision, new facilities, and new technology; including our state-of-the-art clinical simulation suite.

We expect a lot from you, so we want ambitious, open minded candidates, who are ready to give their best. But we give a lot in return, from training to pensions, our own benefits package, and one of the best and most helpful group of colleagues you could ever wish to meet.

The role will require you to embed and work to the college’s values; working with Integrity, having Ambition to help our learners succeed and being Inclusive to learners and colleagues alike.

At Oldham College, our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We encourage everyone to join us, as we create a workforce that is as diverse as our wonderful student community. We do monitor responses to our diversity questions in our application, to ensure that we can continue to build a workforce that is representative of the community that we serve.

We understand that not everyone works to the same timetable, and offer a range of flexible working options, including flexible start and finish times, part-time, term-time only or hybrid options, where the role permits.

We will do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, contact our HR team who will be happy to advise.

If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable laws, a pre-employment screening could include, employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the role.

Oldham College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.