Assistant Head: SENCo/Resource Provision Lead
Barlow Hall Primary School, Manchester, Lancashire, M21 7JG58 days remaining to apply
Job start date
3 November 2025
Closing date
15 September 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
18 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Assistant headteacher
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Leadership Scale L5-9 (£54,939 - £60,644)
Pay scale
- L5 - 9
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to recruit an Assistant Head with responsibility for SEND and our Resource Provision, working alongside our Inclusion team. You will work as one of the school’s senior leaders to support children with a range of additional and special educational needs across the school.
Barlow Hall is an inclusive school and the candidate will need to demonstrate their drive to support children to achieve positive outcomes. The Assistant Head will work alongside families and staff to include children in our successful school.
We are looking for someone to take up post as soon as possible but would be willing to wait until January 2026 for the right candidate.
Connect Alliance Trust, based in Manchester, is a new multi academy trust forming in September 2025 through the merger of two existing trusts, M20 Learning Trust and LINK Learning Trust, along with Northenden Community Primary School and Cavendish Primary School who are currently two maintained schools converting to academies.
This merger presents a unique opportunity to build a stronger family of schools, enhancing educational standards and opportunities for our local communities.
In this new role in this new trust, you will work as part of the Senior Leadership team alongside the other Assistant Heads, under the direction of the Headteacher to support a positive curriculum for children that have barriers to learning. You will be an integral part of the school’s inclusive culture that supports our pupils to achieve.
To Apply
Please download full job description/person specification and application form. Candidates should return the completed application form to s.stoneman@barlowhallprimary.co.uk
Closing date Friday 15th September at 12:00pm
Interview date: Friday 22nd September
What the school offers its staff
As part of the Connect Alliance Trust, we can offer you:
Excellent professional development opportunities.
A strong team of dedicated staff to work alongside.
A supportive working environment committed to school improvement.
Highly motivated and well behaved children who enjoy coming to school.
A culturally rich and diverse community with supportive and engaged parents.
A warm and pleasant school environment with excellent outdoor space and grounds.
A school with a strong track record for excellent attainment.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Barlow Hall Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 242 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Barlow Hall Primary School website
- Email address
- s.stoneman@barlowhallprimary.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01618812158
Barlow Hall Primary School is a mainstream school located in Chorlton, Manchester and is part of Link Learning Trust with Brookburn Community Primary School. We currently have 268 children on roll, our school has a two year old provision, we lead the Children’s Centre and have a Resource Provision for 7 children with autism and Development Language Delay (DLD).
Our children come from a variety of backgrounds, religions and cultures. More than two thirds of our school population come from ethnic minority backgrounds with about 40% of our children having English as an additional language. Approximately 35% of our children have some level of SEND. 45% of children are eligible for pupil premium funding.
Arranging a visit to Barlow Hall Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email s.stoneman@barlowhallprimary.co.uk.
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