Assistant Head Teacher - SEND Leader
Bentley West Primary School, Walsall, West Midlands, WS2 0EQ16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025 (or earlier)
Closing date
11 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
14 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £57,831.00 - £63,815.00 Annually (Actual) Leadership Scale 7-11 dependent on experience.
Assistant Head Teacher - SEND Leader job summary
Assistant Head Teacher – SEND Leader at Bentley West Primary School
(Including Leadership of the Additionally Resourced Provision for Pupils with Hearing Impairment)
📍 Location: Bentley West Primary School, Monmouth Road, WS2 0EQ
📌 Salary: Leadership Scale 7-11; £57,831.00 - £63,815.00 per annum (Actual), dependent on experience
🗓 Start Date: September 2025 (or earlier)
📝 Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Join Our Inclusive and Ambitious School Community
Are you an aspirational and dedicated leader with a passion for inclusive education? Do you have the expertise to drive outstanding SEND provision while supporting staff development and whole-school improvement? If so, we would love to hear from you!
At Bentley West Primary School, we are looking for a committed Assistant Head Teacher – SEND Leader to take strategic responsibility for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) provision across our school, including the Additionally Resourced Provision (ARP) for pupils who are severely or profoundly deaf. This is a non-class-based leadership role, but will include some teaching responsibilities as required.
As a valued member of our Senior Leadership Team (SLT), you will work closely with the Head Teacher, Deputy Head Teacher, and specialist staff to ensure that every pupil, particularly those with additional needs, thrives in our supportive and inclusive learning environment.
About the Role
As Assistant Head Teacher – SEND Leader, you will:
- Lead and strategically develop SEND provision, ensuring high-quality teaching, learning, and pastoral care for all pupils with additional needs.
- Oversee the Additionally Resourced Provision (ARP), ensuring that pupils with hearing impairments receive specialist support and an inclusive, aspirational curriculum.
- Be the school’s SENCO, leading on EHCP processes, intervention strategies, and multi-agency working with external specialists such as Speech and Language Therapists and Teachers of the Deaf.
- Provide high-quality training and professional development for staff on inclusive teaching strategies and SEND best practice.
- Be a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, contributing to whole-school improvement and safeguarding as a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL).
- Work closely with parents and carers, fostering strong relationships to support pupil progress and well-being.
What We Are Looking For
We are seeking an inspirational leader with:
- Proven experience in SEND leadership, including working as a SENCO or leading on inclusion in a primary setting.
- A track record of raising standards for pupils with SEND, including those with hearing impairments and complex needs.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively with staff, families, and external professionals.
- The ability to motivate and develop staff, ensuring a school-wide commitment to inclusive education.
- A strong commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
- A National Award for SEN Coordination (NASENCO) or willingness to work towards it.
Why Join Us?
🌟 A supportive and welcoming school with a strong commitment to inclusion and excellence.
📚 An opportunity to lead and shape SEND and ARP provision, making a real impact on pupils' lives.
🤝 A collaborative and experienced leadership team, committed to professional growth and school improvement.
📈 Excellent CPD opportunities, including leadership development and SEND-focused training.
💡 The chance to work in a forward-thinking Multi-Academy Trust, sharing best practice across schools.
Dates:
Closing date; 12:00pm noon on Tuesday 11th March 2025
Interviews: Wednesday 19th March 2025
If you would like to come and have a look around our school you will need to contact Cath Keats to arrange to come on either; Monday 3rd March at 2pm or Tuesday 4th March at 9:30am. Please note: It is important you pre-book one of these times in advance.
How to Apply:
If you share our vision for excellence, inclusion, and high expectations for all and would like to be part of our dynamic leadership team, we encourage you to apply.
For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Bentley West and ask to speak to Cath Keats.
📞 01922 720792
📧 cath.keats@bentleywest.co.uk
🔗 Only applications submitted via the MyNewTerm portal will be considered:
📍 Location: Bentley West Primary School, Monmouth Road, WS2 0EQ
Leigh Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. An enhanced DBS check and rigorous pre-employment checks will be required for this role. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (2022), online searches will be conducted on shortlisted candidates.
Join us and be part of a Trust that is shaping the future of primary education.
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 school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Bentley West Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- Up to 494 pupils
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Bentley West Primary School website (opens in new tab)
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