Assistant SENCO
Sir William Stanier School, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 4EB21 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
10 June 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
20 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £30,556.00 - £33,783.00 Annually (Actual)
Assistant SENCO job summary
Assistant SENCO - Permanent
37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time plus inset days)
Grade 8
Actual salary - £30,556 - £33,783
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a highly skilled and effective SEND specialist to join Sir William Stanier School as an Assistant SENCO. The successful candidate will have significant experience of workingwith children and young people with SEND, ideally within a school or similar setting, and will have experience of using assessment and screening tools to identify appropriate support strategies.
In this role you will:
- Make a meaningful difference to the lives of students with SEND, ensuring they are supported to achieve their full potential
- Support the SENCO and staff in embedding adaptive teaching as a core element of high-quality classroom practice
- Effectively support the deployment of Teaching Assistants and resources to meet the needs of students across the SEND provision
- Develop strong, positive relationships with families and carers of students with SEND
- Monitor, implement and evaluate strategies to improve outcomes for SEND students
- Contribute to the early identification and assessment of students with SEND, including supporting exam access arrangements
- Support the development and delivery of targeted intervention programmes
- Work with students and families to develop SEN Support Plans and contribute to statutory processes where required
- Work collaboratively with the SENCO and wider team to ensure high-quality SEND provision across the school
In return we offer
- Supportive and inspiring teaching and learning community with regular coaching and mentoring opportunities
- recognised qualification. This compliments your individual subject pedagogy and supports our whole school approach to teaching and learning
- Individual subscription to a range of research-based teaching and learning platforms, including:
- TLP Perks - access to a wide range of discounts and benefits for employees of The Learning Partnership Trust.
If you are looking for a rewarding opportunity within a supportive and forward-thinking school, we would love to hear from you.
To learn more about the role, the school, and the development of the trust, please book a visit by contacting Michele Dobson, Principal's PA: michele.dobson@sws.cheshire.sch.uk.
Suitable candidates will be interviewed promptly upon receipt of application. We retain the right to bring forward the closing date in the event that the post is filled.
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As part of our commitment to employee development, all internal applicants will be offered a priority interview
We will only contact candidates that have been short-listed for interview. If you do not receive a communication within 10 working days of the closing date, you can safely assume that you have not been invited to interview.
The Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced checks with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).
In line with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010 The Learning Partnership does not request attendance or medical information on candidates for posts prior to appointment. We will, however, seek a post-appointment reference for successful candidates, which will include questions relating to attendance records. Appointments will be made subject to this reference and the Trust may, in some circumstances, withdraw the offer of appointment on the basis of information received, again having full regard to the requirements of the Equality Act.
The Learning Partnership is committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity and the elimination of discrimination; all applicants should note that they will be considered on the basis of suitability regardless of disability, gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation and marital status or any other discrimination which is unfair or unreasonable. We are proud to be an employer that holds Disability Committed and Menopause Friendly status. The Trust supports CIPD’s #FlexFrom1st campaign and is ‘happy to talk flexible working’.
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 Sir William Stanier School
- School type
- Academies, Does not apply, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 688 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Sir William Stanier School website
Sir William Stanier; a school at the heart of its community, built and equipped for learning in the 21st century. An exciting and stimulating place of learning with innovative practice, high standards and traditional values.
Sir William Stanier School is part of The Learning Partnership.
The Learning Partnership is a new multi-academy trust that was formed on 1st September 2023 as a merger between The Learning Alliance and The Learning for Life Partnership. The trust consists of fourteen schools, eight of which are primary schools and six are secondary schools, all based across east Cheshire and north Staffordshire.
We are an inclusive school and believe all of our students can achieve success in life. We see it as our responsibility, working in partnership with our families, primary schools, and post 16 partners, to provide the opportunities and environment that will nurture a love of learning. We embrace change and challenge and aim to develop students that do the same.
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