Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO)
Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Start Date: September 2025
About the Role:
We are seeking an exceptional and experienced qualified teacher to take on the role of Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO). The successful candidate will lead and manage the provision of special educational needs support, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and fostering an inclusive environment with high aspirations for students with SEND.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Compliance and Policy Implementation: Ensure that practices align with the SEND Code of Practice (2014) and other relevant statutory requirements. Implement and uphold the SEND Policy, promoting an ethos of inclusion and high aspirations for students with SEND.
2. SEND Provision Management: Maintain an accurate and up-to-date SEND Profile. Accurately identify SEND needs through rigorous assessment processes. Oversee the SEND Offer, ensuring high-quality targeted interventions that enable students with SEND to make progress.
3. Quality First Teaching: Serve as a role model for Quality First Teaching and differentiation. Embed these practices across the institution to enhance teaching and learning for students with SEND.
4. Professional Development: In consultation with the Leadership Team, provide a program of professional development related to SEND. Ensure all staff have the knowledge, skills, and understanding to plan effectively and enable students with SEND to achieve expected progress.
5. Progress Tracking and Resource Deployment: Track the progress of students with SEND using a wide range of data. Identify barriers to learning and deploy staff and resources effectively to address these challenges.
6. Reporting: Prepare termly reports to the Governing Body on progress and developments in SEND provision.
Qualifications and Experience:
The ideal candidate will:
1. Hold Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or an equivalent teaching qualification.
2. Possess a good undergraduate degree.
3. Provide evidence of Continuing Professional Development relevant to the SENCO role or demonstrate a willingness to undertake this training.
4. Have knowledge and understanding of national priorities, current curriculum development, and the ability to design and implement an innovative curriculum based on student's needs.
5. Understand quality assurance techniques and appreciate student motivation.
6. Recognise how professional development contributes to raising quality.
7. Have experience supporting students with SEN in a secondary school setting.
8. Demonstrate evidence of successful teaching experience and pastoral involvement.
9. Have experience working with key stakeholders such as parents, governors, and employers.
Benefits:
Opportunities for career development and progression within a supportive network.
Access to a purpose-built working environment designed to enhance teaching and learning experiences.
A highly motivated team led by experienced and talented senior leaders.
Free on-site gym facilities available to staff, along with various staff sports clubs.
Generous rewards and benefits package, including performance and loyalty bonuses, a well-being cash plan, and a pension scheme (TPS).
Application Process:
Interested candidates are encouraged to apply by sending CVs.
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