Assistant Principal for Inclusion (SENCO)
Hillingdon Primary School, Uxbridge, UB10 0PHThis job expired on 17 March 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
Required for September 2025 (however the position is available from April 2025)
Closing date
17 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
4 March 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
Pay scale
- L5 to L9
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are keen to recruit an Assistant Principal for Inclusion to join our successful Senior Leadership Team. If you are an ambitious, inspiring professional with a passion for promoting inclusion and supporting all children to achieve their potential, this is the role for you.
What kind of person are we looking for?
1. A leader who has an excellent ability to develop effective partnerships with staff, parents, pupils and the wider community agencies, including the Local Authority, in order to drive forward change and shape the future for our pupils with additional needs;
2. An experienced teacher who is passionate about working with pupils and has inclusion at the heart of their practice;
3. A specialist with an in depth knowledge of children’s learning and a detailed understanding of how best to support students with additional needs;
4. A teacher who either holds the National Award for SENCOs or is keen to complete the newly created SENCO NPQ;
5. A driven individual with the capacity to project and sustain a positive attitude and approach at all times; and
6. An excellent, inspiring leader with the ability to manage, organise and motivate staff with diplomacy, sensitivity and good humour.
What the school offers its staff
What can we offer?
1. The satisfaction and reward of playing a considerable part in making a positive difference to the life chances of our students;
2. An opportunity to work with an experienced and supportive Senior Leadership Team;
3. Committed specialist support staff, including highly effective Pastoral Care and Welfare team and a knowledgeable Data Manager;
4. Supportive and engaged students and parents/carers;
5. A focus on continued professional development to enhance your present practice, including the opportunity to develop as an Expert Teacher within TEFAT and access to high quality CPD such as NPQs; and
6. Opportunities to collaborate closely with the TEFAT central team as well as other TEFAT schools locally and across the country.
Further information about the job
This is an exciting opportunity to work for a large, successful primary school within a primary specialist multi-academy trust.
Hillingdon Primary School is a successful school and we are determined to maintain high standards and quality of teaching and learning for our students.
We are proud to be part of the Elliot Foundation (TEFAT) and maximise the opportunities this presents to collaborate and work with other academies and like-minded teaching professionals for the benefit of our students and staff.
Our recent OFSTED inspection in March 2024 graded our school ‘Outstanding’ and states, ‘The school identifies the needs of pupils with SEND with precision. Leaders are ambitious for these pupils and ensure that they follow the same curriculum as their peers, with adaptations to teaching if needed. As a result, these pupils achieve exceptionally well.’
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
We follow Keeping Children Safe in Education recruitment guidance.
Offers of employment are subject to the following checks:
- 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
It is a criminal offence to apply for this post of employment if you are barred from working with children and young people.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Hillingdon Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 685 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hillingdon Primary School website
- Email address
- ldaniel@hillingdonprimaryschool.org.uk
Hillingdon Primary School is a warm, welcoming and inclusive academy school that values the diverse community that it serves.
Learning and achievement drives everything that we do at Hillingdon Primary School. At our school, we work in partnership with our parents, carers and staff to ensure that pupils are succeeding academically and personally, whilst promoting an atmosphere of respect and care for everyone, so children can recognise their own value and celebrate one another's successes. We enable each child to discover the joy of learning, to help them to fulfil every aspect of their potential and to encourage their growth into effective citizens, ready to play their part positively in their community and modern Britain.
Hillingdon Primary School was inspected by Ofsted in March 2024 and we were judged to be an ‘outstanding’ academy. We are determined to maintain this status for our pupils, who deserve an excellent education. We know we can only do this by providing an environment where teachers and support staff are trusted to do their job well and are given the time and support to do it.
We are also proud to be a part of The Elliot Foundation, to learn more about TEFAT please click visit their website at: https://www.elliotfoundation.co.uk
Arranging a visit to Hillingdon Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ldaniel@hillingdonprimaryschool.org.uk.
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