Learning Support Team Lead

Department of Children’s Services

Education and Learning – Specialist Teaching & Support Service (STaSS)

Social, Communication, Interaction & Learning (SCIL) Team

Learning Support Team Lead

STaSS “Our vision is to provide high quality support for all Bradford children and young people using a collaborative approach through transformational learning experiences so that they can flourish, make excellent holistic progress and successfully transition to responsible citizens”.

Our SCIL Team vision is …to offer a flexible and responsive service, supporting schools, private, voluntary and independent (PVI) (birth-5 years) settings and parent/carers to better understand and meet the needs of children and young people across Bradford to improve outcomes and life chances.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the SCIL Team as the Learning Support Team Lead. We are looking to appoint an experienced leader who also has specialist cognition and learning skills, knowledge and qualifications. They must be passionate about making a difference to the learning opportunities and well-being of children and young people with cognition and learning differences across the Bradford District.  

You will work alongside key staff in schools to support them to develop their inclusive mainstream provision including identifying need to and effectively support children and young people with cognition and learning differences through high quality teaching, reasonable adjustments and additional provision. As well as leading a team of Specialist Teachers and being an integral part of the SCIL senior leadership team. 

Experience of meeting the needs of children and young people with cognition and learning difference and the ability to enhance teaching practice in mainstream settings is essential. Along with proven leadership experience. 

Salary: Leadership Scale 5-9  

Contract: Full Time, Permanent; School Teachers Pay and Conditions 

Based at Floor 3, Britannia House, Prince’s Way, Bradford, BD1 1NN 

Start Date: 13th April 2026 (or before if possible)

We can offer:

• An opportunity to work within a dedicated, skilled and supportive team.
• Planned continuous professional development (CPD) relevant to your role.
• Access to a health and wellbeing support offer and other employee benefits.

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Bradford Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. An enhanced DBS and children’s barred list check will be undertaken for these posts and all mandatory pre employment checks will be carried out. 

Responsibilities of the post include ensuring that the safety and welfare of children and young people is paramount by implementing the relevant safeguarding practice and policies and liaising with other council colleagues including the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) where appropriate. Further details can be found within the job description. 

The post includes engaging in regulated activity with children and young people. It is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, Section 4(2) by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA 1974). It is the applicant’s duty to disclose any offences which fall outside of the protected offences list prior to any recruitment. Failure to disclose this information could lead to withdrawal of the application or dismissal.

The Code of Practice on the English language requirement for public sector workers, Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 requires that Councils ensure that all candidates applying for customer facing posts must be assessed in order to establish their fluency in English.

The criteria under special knowledge and experience on the job profile outlines what level of fluency you will be expected to demonstrate.  Therefore, it is essential that you provide examples in your application.

If you would like an informal discussion about any of these posts then please contact Lucy Stead, Service Manager SCIL Team, Specialist Teaching & Support Services, email: lucy.stead@bradford.gov.uk 

Closing Date for applications: Sunday 11th January 2026, shortlisting w/c 12th January 2026 and interviews w/c 2nd  February 2026.