Assistant SENDCO

Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East, Birmingham, West Midlands, B8 3DT

17 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  7 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  21 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week Term Time plus 1 week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: £31,537.00 to £34,434.00 per annum (pro rata £27,126.07 to £29,617.88 per annum)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for a dedicated individual to provide tailored support to our pupils. You will be committed to making a positive difference to young people’s lives and in supporting and developing their learning. Your intervention will help enable an outstanding learning environment for our young people, providing the support they need to succeed.

The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and technical skills. You will have the ability to effectively support learning and teaching, and to develop relationships across our school and the Star community.

You will have:

• A degree qualification or relevant qualification.
• A knowledge of what constitutes outstanding practice.
• A good understanding of catch-up strategies.
• The ability to prioritise conflicting demands.
• The ability to set clearly articulated targets to track progress and adopt strategies towards achieving them.

What the school offers its staff

Eden Boys’ School, Birmingham East is a Muslim faith-based secondary school for boys, which welcomes pupils from all faiths and none. We opened in 2018 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism. We were graded as ‘Outstanding’ in all areas by Ofsted during our first inspection in January 2023.We have an exemplary reputation for excellence in every aspect of school life. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

JDPS - Assistant SENDCO.pdf - 289 KB (opens in new tab)

About Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East

• School type: Free Schools, Muslim, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 619 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East website
• Email address: recruitment@ebbhameast.staracademies.org
• Phone number: 0121 657 7200
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/eden-boys-leadership-academy-birmingham-east

Eden Boys’ Leadership Academy, Birmingham East is an 800 place, 11-19 Muslim faith-based secondary school. It opened in September 2018, admitting 120 boys into Year 7 and 60 boys into Year 8, and welcomes applications from pupils of all faiths and none. The school will build up its pupil numbers year on year. Like all Star schools, it has “Leadership” as a specialism.

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