Assistant Headteacher and SENDCo
Brunel School, Paignton, Devon, TQ3 2AL14 days remaining to apply
Closing date
20 November 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
5 November 2026
Job details
Job role
- SENCO (special educational needs coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £58,569.00 - £67,897.00 Annually (Actual) L6 - L12
Assistant Headteacher and SENDCo job summary
About us:
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Brunel School is a specialist provision for learners aged 11 to 16-years-old whose needs cannot be met within a mainstream environment. All students have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) in relation to their Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs.
A strong wrap-around approach at the school enables learners to build their confidence, overcome barriers to learning and progress to a positive next step in their lives.
The Role:
To work with the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team in all aspects of leadership and management and to take responsibility for Inclusion, SEND (as SENDCo), EHCP processes, consultations, admissions and transitions, outreach and partnership work, and multi-agency collaboration.
Key Responsibilities:
Please read the full risk assessment attached.
The Assistant Headteacher is to take a central leadership role in assisting the Headteacher, Local Governing Body and Special Partnership Trust to develop the school in line with its shared values and improvement priorities.
The Assistant Headteacher is to be a dynamic lead teacher with successful experience across a range of need and ages; an experienced SENDCO (or leader of SEND) in a large, dynamic setting and will be a key person in the Senior Leadership Team. The Assistant Head role will encompass deputising for the Headteacher/Deputy Headteachers when required. The ‘Job Description’ is a guide to the duties and qualities of the prospective Assistant Headteacher and will be agreed on appointment. The functions and specific responsibilities are to be undertaken in conjunction with the duties of an Assistant Headteacher as defined in the Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document.
Strategic Leadership of Inclusion
Strategic leadership of SEND
Outreach, Partnership Work and Sharing Best Practice
Leadership and Management
Teaching and learning
Strengthening Community/Engaging parents/carers
Our Total Reward Offer:
The Special Partnership Trust recognises the importance of developing a properly implemented People Strategy to underpin the overall strategic aims of the Trust.
Our People Strategy is designed to help us attract prospective high calibre candidates, as well as drive engagement, productivity and retention of our high performing and high potential employees. It reflects our belief in putting our people first. This does not mean putting our learners second. It is based on the philosophy that if we create a positive and rewarding work environment, if our staff feel motivated, well managed and well supported, they in turn will provide the best possible outcome for our learners.
We recognise that our total reward offer, has got to consist of more than just money. We seek to provide our staff with a diverse range of benefits that support their day to day needs both at work and outside of work. These include generous leave entitlements and pension scheme as well as access to health/wellbeing tools, training & development, career pathways and opportunities to ensure they feel valued.
Please visit the Special Partnership website, www.specialpartnership.org for further information about our Trust, or to learn more about our People Strategy and Benefits click here.
If you need the application form or any part of the recruitment process in a different format, please contact us directly at bclark@brunelschool.org and we will make the necessary adjustments.
Are you ready to make a lasting impact? Join us today.
Safeguarding:
The Special Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the satisfactory completion of checks and references, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. In accordance with guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education; the Trust will undertake an online search of all shortlisted candidates.
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 school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Brunel School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Size
- 64 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- Website
- Brunel School website
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