Assistant Headteacher & Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator - Part Time
Fleetville Junior School, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 4LW37 days remaining to apply
Start date details
3rd September 2025
Closing date
1 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
13 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £28,306.00 - £29,702.00 Annually (Actual) MPS +5%
Assistant Headteacher & Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator - Part Time job summary
We are seeking a part time 3 days per week Assistant Headteacher and Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator who is passionate about teaching and learning, is creative and innovative with the ability to inspire children.
We can offer:
- Enhanced salary - currently 5% above main pay scale
- 3 Personal Days per year which can be taken in term time.
- Free access to schools well-being service.
- A positive working environment within an extremely well-resourced school
- The support of a highly professional and committed staff team and the opportunity to expand your professional networks beyond the Trust through our external partnerships
- The opportunity to develop your career within an expanding multi academy trust with a track record of excellent student attainment and achievement
- Exceptional professional development opportunities.
What we require:
- UK Qualified Teacher status (QTS).
- Degree or equivalent
- NASENCO Award
- Understanding of safeguarding procedures and child protection methods and responsibilities.
- Passionate about learning, teaching and assessment.
- Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children.
- Ability to communicate effectively (both orally and in writing) to a variety of audiences including pupils, staff, colleagues and parents.
- Effective behavioural management skills.
- Ability to create a positive and supportive and effective learning environment.
Additional Information:
- The job description is a guide to the duties the post holder will be expected to undertake. It’s not intended to be exhaustive or exclusive and will be subject to change as working requirements dictate and to meet the organisational requirements of the school and the Trust.
- All staff are required to participate in training and other learning activities and in performance management and development as required by the Trust’s policies and practices.
What is special about Spiral?
We believe that we can offer to all our stakeholders something distinctive. Key features of our Trust include:
- Creativity / Innovation; thinking outside of “the box”.
- Experienced and nationally recognised staff, especially at senior level.
- Celebrating and maintaining individual school identities.
- Operating the management principle of “earned autonomy”.
- Providing excellent support when, where and how it is needed.
- Building varied Learning Communities (everywhere, not just in the classroom).
- Minimising paperwork that adds little value provided it is not needed for compliance purposes.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
We reserve the right to interview before the closing date
We reserve the right to appoint a candidate before the closing date
Visits are warmly welcomed and actively encouraged. We are proud of our school and would be delighted to show you around so please telephone the school office to make an appointment on 01727519224.
In accordance with our statutory obligations under Keeping Children Safe in Education The Spiral Partnership Trust is required to conduct an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. Further information on online searches can be found in paragraph 221 of Keeping Children Safe in Education.
For more information about Fleetville Junior School please visit our website Fleetville Junior School Website
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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 Fleetville Junior School
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 357 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Fleetville Junior School website (opens in new tab)
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