The Group Director of Inclusion is the strategic lead for learning support and inclusion across the Forest School Group. This is a senior, group-wide leadership role with responsibility for shaping vision, policy, consistency, and quality of inclusive provision from Pre-Prep through to Sixth Form.

The postholder leads at group level rather than running day-to-day provision in any one phase. Operational delivery, such as assessment of individual pupils, intervention timetabling, parent meetings, day-to-day case management, and phase-specific specialist teaching, remains with the SENDCo teams based in the schools across the Group. The Group Director of Inclusion line manages the school-based SENDCos, supports their professional development, and is accountable for the coherence and quality of inclusive practice across the Group.

Forest is appointing this role at a significant moment in the wider SEND landscape. The number of pupils identified with neurodevelopmental ...