Assistant SENCO
Granville Academy, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 7JR12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
7 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
23 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Special Education Needs (SEN)
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,654.00 - £37,034.00 Annually (FTE) Pro-rata for the hours advertised (£28,462.58 - £32,280.37)
Assistant SENCO job summary
Location: Burton Road, Woodville, Derbyshire, DE11 7JR
Granville Academy is a part of Affinity Learning Partnership. We are a Multi Academy Trust currently based in Staffordshire and Derbyshire. We consist of 3 Secondary Academies and 4 Primary Academies.
Here, at Granville Academy, we are on a truly exciting journey of improving standards and outcomes in our pursuit of excellence. We are proud that the academy was judged to be good against all areas of the Ofsted framework in our recent inspection and we are committed to continuous improvement to ensure that we give our students the best possible outcomes, experiences and opportunities
Good behaviour provides the foundations for high quality teaching and learning to thrive. It allows teachers to focus on their craft and to teach well. High quality teaching is sacrosanct and is the absolute focus of our next chapter ensuring that great teaching impacts positively on exceptional outcomes of all within our care. Our visitors tell us that our Academy offers them a warm welcome with a calm atmosphere conducive to high quality teaching and learning. We are a passionate and a committed group of staff who support each other to be the best that we can be.
The Candidate
We are looking to appoint a highly effective and motivated Assistant SENCO, who will work in partnership with the SENCO who is a full time teacher and a non-teaching Assistant SENCO. This non teaching role is designed to add capacity, to support and effectively contribute to the SEND provision across the academy. Our non-teaching Assistant SENCO supports the SENCO in coordinating and delivering high-quality support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities. While not involved in direct classroom teaching, they play a crucial administrative, organisational, and liaison role within the SEND provision.
The successful candidate will work with all stakeholders to ensure that children with additional needs, vulnerabilities, or barriers to learning receive the support they need to learn, progress successfully and maximise their potential. You will be well organised and willing to go the ‘extra mile’. You will be able to build positive, supportive relationships with staff and students to ensure that teachers are well informed and able to build upon the specific interventions led by the SEND team to maximise learning within the classroom thus ensuring that the separation effect does not impact negatively upon student opportunities and progress. You will champion students who need additional support and play a vital role as a direct contact to allocated parents.
You will have experience and a working knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice and experience of working with students academically and or pastorally.
The ideal candidate will possess the drive and passion to develop themselves professionally within the SEND area and undertake CPD opportunities to cultivate their SEND knowledge and practice.
The academy benefits from a personalised learning centre and we are developing further sectors within our “Rise and Thrive” offer to students with SEND. This includes The Bridge and The Oasis. The successful applicant will play an active role in supporting provision to ensure that our students can be successful. The job description is diverse and designed to add capacity to our SEND team in an evolving landscape. It requires the candidate to be flexible, adaptable and a team player. No two days are the same and the successful candidate will be creative, resilient and driven.
Our Vision and Values – Affinity Learning Partnership
Affinity Learning Partnership is a Multi Academy Trust comprising three Secondary Academies and four Primary Academies, currently based in Staffordshire and Derbyshire.
We pride ourselves on being 'a great place to work', Where everyone belongs, progresses and thrives.
Belongs:
We advocate and nurture inclusivity, connectedness and wellbeing by creating opportunities for all and forging a sense of community.
Progress:
Exceptional CPD and career pathways ensure all staff can excel in their roles.
All of our schools deliver quality teaching and learning, underpinned by our aspirational and enriching curriculum. This is enabled by skilled support and business professionals.
Thrives:
We empower staff, pupils and our wider communities to be agents of change both now and in the future. We actively seek to grow our Trust where it supports all in our community to achieve, grow and develop.
Continuing Professional Development
The Trust believes that professional development is key to successful employees and offers excellent opportunities for you to grow and achieve. We provide tailored Continuing Professional Development, mentoring, support and a range of development opportunities across the Trust.
Benefits Package
Affinity Learning Partnership strives to be an ‘Employer of Choice’ and is committed to the wellbeing and development of colleagues. Offering an excellent benefit package which includes:
Cycle to Work Scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Discounted Gym Membership
BHSF Healthcare Scheme
Eye Care Voucher Scheme
Flu Vaccination Vouchers
Within the academy we have a wellbeing offer designed by our staff, for our staff which is valued. We are proactive in ensuring a work life balance is maintained offering an excellent benefit package which include social activities, access to fitness facilities, and a strategically planned, employee-led calendar designed to promote wellbeing.
Additional Information:
Please note that we do not hold a sponsorship licence and, therefore, are unable to employ individuals residing outside of the UK or candidates living within the UK who require continued sponsorship to work in the UK.
Please note: Completed applications should be received by 09:00am of the closing date. We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Please ensure to regularly check your junk/spam folder for any correspondence in relation to the progress of your application. Due to the volume of applications we receive, it is not policy to give individual feedback at this stage.
We welcome a broad range of perspectives with a commitment to equality of opportunity by recruiting a diverse workforce, and creating an inclusive environment and a culture of belonging for everyone in Affinity Learning Partnership. Therefore, we encourage applications from underrepresented communities irrespective of age, disability, race, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, marriage or civil partnership status, or neurodivergent status. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible through the recruitment process should this be required.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and this position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and this position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.
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 Granville Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 889 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Granville Academy website
Granville Academy joined Affinity Learning Partnership in 2017. We are a Multi Academy Trust currently based in Staffordshire and Derbyshire. We consist of 3 Secondary Academies and 4 Primary Academies.
Here at Granville Academy, we are on a truly exciting journey of improving standards and outcomes in our pursuit of excellence. We are already seeing results with good behaviour recognised in our recent Ofsted report.
Good behaviour provides the foundations for high-quality teaching and learning to thrive. It allows teachers to focus on their craft and to teach well. High-quality teaching is sacrosanct and is the absolute focus of our next chapter, ensuring that great teaching impacts positively on the outcomes of all within our care.
Our visitors tell us that our Academy offers them a warm welcome with a calm atmosphere conducive to high-quality teaching and learning. We are a passionate and committed group of staff who support each other to be the best that we can be.
Our vision is to ensure that all the children and young people in our care have the opportunity to fulfil their potential through achieving highly, regardless of their ability or background.
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