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Head of Learning Support

​If you are looking to further your career at a groundbreaking and award-winning College, we’d love to hear from you!
New College Durham Offers:

  • Hybrid working for greater work/life balance

  • Free car parking

  • Option to buy extra holidays

  • Reduced Price for gym and beauty treatments

  • Training, support and the opportunity to develop your professional skills.

New College Durham — a great place to work, grow, and make a difference — is seeking an experienced Head of Learning Support to shape and enhance inclusive support services across the College. Working closely with the Vice Principal, you will help set the direction for SEND and Learning Support, ensuring provision is fully embedded within the student experience and delivers a measurable impact on student success, progression, and achievement.

We are looking for a knowledgeable and collaborative professional with a strong track record in SEND within further or post-16 education. You will drive continuous improvement, oversee the effective deployment of resources, manage funding and partnerships, and work closely with curriculum and support teams to promote a consistent, high-quality inclusive approach that enables every learner to thrive.

For more information on this role please contact the hiring manager; Andrew Stephenson at Andrew.Stephenson@newdur.ac.uk

About us:

New College Durham is a great place to work. It is a high performing and financially outstanding college. We are continually investing in new facilities and resources to benefit our students, such as our new development, T.H.E HUB.

NCD is one of the leading Further Education colleges in the North East and continues to be at the forefront of new initiatives, being one of the few colleges in the North East to offer all the new T-Level programmes.

We focus on providing training and education that creates the best outcomes for our students, giving them the edge in their chosen industry.

New College Durham is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, as well as vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to be suitable to work with these groups and share this commitment.

We pride ourselves on our dedication to safeguarding all students, to do so we follow a strict vetting process whereby any offer of employment will be subject to the appropriate checks.

Before applying for a role with New College Durham it is important to note that it is an offence to do so if you believe you are a persons whom is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

To read more information in relation to the DBS Code of Practice please see below; DBS code of practice - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Please note that Curriculum Vitaes (CVs) will not be accepted.