Assistant SENCo
The Howard School, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 0BX82 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
29 August 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
6 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Special Education Needs (SEN)
Working pattern
- Full time, part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £33,937.00 - £42,822.00 Annually (Actual) NJC PO1 points 27-37
Assistant SENCo job summary
The Howard School is seeking to appoint a highly effective Assistant SENCo, to start from September 2025.
This successful candidate will maintain accurate SEN records, providing direct student support, coordinating with external agencies, and managing intervention timetables. This will also include overseeing teaching assistant schedules, support reading assessments and other monitoring, coordinate referrals, and manage departmental resources.
This is a full time, permanent role, Term Time +3 weeks, paid based on the NJC pay scale PO1 point 27-37 (actual salary calculated on a pro rata basis £33,937 - £42,822 - FTE £37,035 - £46,731).
What can we offer you?
The successful candidate will be someone who has high expectations and is genuinely passionate about education. In return, we can promise an investment in you and your future, offering a competitive remuneration package, providing first class professional development and career opportunities.
We value our staff and actively support their professional development and have redesigned our working week to place even greater emphasis on employee development. You will have access to ongoing professional development including accredited courses. If you are looking to extend your experience and would be interested in joining our team, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Benefits of Working with The Howard Academy Trust
We care about the personal and professional wellbeing of our staff, and are pleased to offer:
- Health Assured - Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to Benenden Healthcare
- Free Flu Jabs
- Free Health Checks
- Access EarlyPay
- Skills Network of 30 Free Level 2 8 – 12 week courses
- Discounted gym membership
- Wellbeing afternoons
- Access to Mental Health First Aiders
- Free parking on all our sites
If you require any further information or you wish to organise a tour of the school, please contact the school office by calling 01634 388765 or via email to office@thehowardschool.co.uk
We reserve the right to alter our interview dates and close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.
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 The Howard School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1533 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Howard School website
School location
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