Calderdale Council
Alternative Provision Quality Assurance Officer
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The SEND and Alternative Provision Strategy 2025-2030
The SEND and Alternative Provision strategy 2025-2030 outlines the vision and goal to ensure children and young people with SEND to live fuller lives. Part of this strategy is to develop and meet strategic goals, one being an inclusive mainstream education. The approach includes the three tier Alternative Provision model, where children are supported across a continuum from their local mainstream school, support through Alternative Provision placements and specialist Alternative Provision settings. This role supports Calderdale’s wider inclusion strategy and is vital in improving outcomes for learners in non-mainstream settings, working in partnership with schools, social care, providers, and other agencies.
Role Overview
The Alternative Provision Quality Assurance Officer will play a key role in ensuring that alternative education providers commissioned by Calderdale Local Authority deliver high-quality, safe, inclusive, and effective learning experiences for vulnerable learners. You will monitor the quality of education, safeguarding standards, and compliance with national expectations across a range of Alternative Provision (AP) settings, ensuring they meet the needs of children and young people at risk of exclusion, disengagement, or with complex needs.
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Requirements
- Experience of working within Alternative Provision
- Knowledge and understanding of the Alternative Provision statutory guidance
- Educated to a degree level
- Valid driver’s licence
If you have the above experience and qualifications, we would welcome your application.
Application Process
If you are interested in this role or would like to discuss the role in further detail, please email Dafydd Cherry (AP Lead) on dafydd.cherry@calderdale.gov.uk to arrange a telephone call.
Safeguarding and Recruitment
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants to posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act will require a DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed.
Job Details
- Closing Date: Wednesday, 16th September 2026
- Interview Date: 25th September 2026
- Location: UK
- Right to Work: Candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.
- Sponsorship: If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year (unless exceptions apply) and meet the other eligibility criteria. Ensure you are eligible before applying.
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Recruitment Process
We may utilise digital interview methods.
As part of our Vision (https://www.calderdale.gov.uk/vision/) we aim to be a talented, resilient and inclusive community. We welcome applications from all and offer a variety of flexible working / job share opportunities.
All applications are anonymised before being seen by the selection panel.
As part of our fair recruitment process, we ask that all applications are written by the candidate and that Artificial Intelligence (AI) use is limited, unless assistance is required as a reasonable adjustment for a disability. Content should be truthful, accurate, evidence based and not embellished – see guidance.
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