Assistant Principal SEND and Inclusion/SENDco

Alsop High School, Liverpool, Merseyside, L4 6SH

2 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  26 September 2025 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  1 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £63,815-£70,293 Grade: Leadership scale L11-L15

Assistant Principal SEND and Inclusion/SENDco job summary

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and inspirational Assistant Principal to contribute to a strong and experienced senior leadership team at Alsop High School. As Assistant Principal SEND and Inclusion, you will be our school Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator (SENDCo) As SENDCo, you will be an experienced teacher and leader with a passion for supporting students with special educational needs and ensuring a high-quality experience and the strongest possible outcomes for every child. Working closely with the senior leadership team, you will bring clear and systematic approaches to supporting the strategic direction and development of all aspects of our SEND provision and adaptive teaching across our school, whilst effectively monitoring and developing the progress and achievement of our students. As SENDCo you must be a qualified teacher, with extensive experience of teaching and supporting students with SEND, and a holder of the National Award in Special Educational Needs Co-ordination (NASEN) qualification. Leadership and management experience within a school setting is important and evidence of working with or within other organisations that support SEND students would be beneficial. You will have exceptional communication skills to share information with parents, students and staff. PURPOSE To support the strategic direction, development and implementation of SEND provision across our school, whilst effectively managing and developing the progress and achievement of our students. The successful candidate will manage our SEND register and ensure high quality provision for students with additional needs and disabilities. The person appointed will develop our whole school inclusion services, bringing together the areas of additional educational needs and social, emotional and behavioural support.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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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

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About Alsop High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1442 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Alsop High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/alsop-high-school

PURPOSE

To provide professional leadership and management across all Departments and the curriculum in order to secure high quality teaching, effective use of resources and improve the standards of learning and achievement of all learners.

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