Join Our Specialist Team To Build Excellence in Inclusive Education
"Over the next two years, our Trust is set to open six new resourced provisions for children with high levels of additional needs, embedded within our mainstream schools. This growth is key to our Trust strategy to shape education which anticipates children's needs and provides learning that is inclusive and liberating. We're looking for talented educators to join us to lead this work at school level who share our ambition to develop excellence in specialist inclusive education".Jenn Plews, Chief Executive, Northern Star Academies Trust. |
Current Roles Available
Specialist Resourced Provision Lead - Holycroft Primary School, Keighley (Full time, from 1 September 2026)
Specialist Resourced Provision Lead - New Park Primary Academy, Harrogate (0.6 FTE, from 1 September 2026)
Specialist Resource Provision Lead - Meadow Bank Community School (Full time, from 1 January 2027. Register Interest)
All Lead roles are permanent. Mainscale - Upper Pay Range + SEN Allowance (£5497 FTE) (£3298 for 0.6 FTE)
Specialist Teacher (Resourced Provision) - Park Wood Primary School (Full time, permanent, from 1 September 2026)
Mainscale - Upper Pay Range + SEN Allowance (£3527)
About the Roles
These roles reflect strategic development within Northern Star Academies Trust to develop specialist provision within our mainstream schools to meet the needs of children with additional needs. The new provisions are funded by local authorities, who will also allocate places. [In Bradford local authority area these are known as "Resourced Provisions" (RPs), whilst in North Yorkshire local authority area, they are known as "Targeted Maintained Provisions" (TMPs)].
As a Trust we already operate Resourced Provisions at Denholme and Park Wood Primary Schools. In addition to the locations where we are recruiting now, in the next phase of this development we intend to develop provisions at Hookstone Chase Primary School (Harrogate), Harrogate High School and Greatwood Primary School (Skipton).
You can apply now for the roles at New Park, Holycroft and Park Wood Schools, which will be appointed in May. You can register your interest in the role at Meadow Bank Community School for a forthcoming recruitment process.
All the provisions will specialise in supporting children with Communication and Interaction (C&I) special needs. Together they will provide a strong professional network of Specialist Leads and teams, working collaboratively to develop excellence across the Trust as a whole.
NSAT is a Trust of 15 schools, primary and secondary, across West and North Yorkshire. You can find out more about our schools from our Trust website.
To discover more about our ethos and approach take a look at our Trust Strategy, Future Forward. You will also find our framework for Inclusive Excellence useful, which we are developing across classroom practice in all settings. You can find links to these documents at the bottom of this page.
How To Apply
Applications for these roles is via the NSAT Recruitment Portal where you will also find job descriptions and person specifications.
Apply for Specialist Resource Provision Leads
Apply for Specialist Teacher (Park Wood)
If you would like to visit any of the schools and to have a conversation about the roles, please email Jenny McUrich in the NSAT People Team.
The closing date for all roles at Park Wood, New Park and Holycroft Schools is midnight on Sunday 10 May. Interviews will take place over a two day period in w/c 18 May.
The recruitment process for the Lead role at Meadow Bank Community School will take place at a later date. If you would like to register interest in that role and to be alerted when the recruitment window opens, email Jenny McUrich.