Assistant SENDCo

Astrea Academy Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 9EW

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  2 November 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  13 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,597.00 - £34,470.00 Annually (FTE) Pro rata salary £28,378 - £30,009

Assistant SENDCo job summary

Join our Team as an Assistant SENDCo

Location: Astrea Academy Dearne, Barnsley
Start Date: As soon as possible
Salary: £28,378 - £30,009 (Actual Salary) SCP 20-23
Hours: 37 hours/week, Term Time Only (39 weeks/year)

Astrea Academy Dearne is seeking a highly effective Assistant SENDCo to join our committed team. The Assistant SENDCo will be required to support the strategic and operational delivery of high-quality SEND provisions across the school. Working closely with the SENCO and wider pastoral and teaching teams, the Assistant SENDCo will help ensure that scholars with additional needs receive tailored support that enables them to thrive academically and socially. This role involves coordinating interventions, supporting staff with inclusive teaching strategies, liaising with parents and external agencies, and contributing to the development of EHCPs and individual learning plans. The successful candidate will be passionate about inclusion, highly organised, and committed to Astrea’s values of educational excellence for every child.

Why Join Astrea Academy Dearne?

We are a proud member of the Astrea Academy Trust, serving over 1,150 scholars aged 11-16. Located in Barnsley, we’re easily accessible from Wakefield, Leeds, Doncaster, and Sheffield. Our academy is inclusive, aspirational, and academic—driven by the belief that every child can thrive.

Our Mission & Values

We are unapologetically ambitious for every scholar, regardless of background or starting point. We believe in:

• A knowledge-rich curriculum built on powerful knowledge and traditional teaching.
• A warm/strict culture that ensures impeccable behaviour and joyful learning.
• High expectations without excuses—we redouble our efforts to help scholars overcome barriers and succeed.

What We Offer

• Extensive CPD and career development opportunities
• Centralised planning and resources
• No formal graded observations—just ongoing, supportive coaching
• A feedback policy focused on whole-class feedback
• Centralised detentions and behaviour systems
• Opportunities to complete NPQs and progress across Astrea South Yorkshire
• A visible, supportive leadership team that has your back

Who We’re Looking For

• A confident, values-aligned Assistant SENDCo
• Someone who believes every child can achieve, without exception
• A team player who thrives in a culture of high standards and support

Interested in Applying?

If you are interested in this role, looking for a new challenge, have a passion for education, or maybe all of the above, take a look at the Recruitment Pack and Job Description to find out more about the role and how to apply. We actively welcome visits and would be delighted to show you around our academy to appreciate fully our excellent learning environment.

Please contact Hannah Peace (Hannah.peace@astreadearne.org) to arrange a visit. 

Closing Date:

The closing date for applications is 2nd November 2025. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity!

Commitment to Safeguarding and EDI:

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks, including references and enhanced DBS checks. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates who are underrepresented in our workforce, including people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, and LGBTQI+ communities. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to promoting a culture that ensures there are no barriers to the recruitment, development, and progression of disabled staff across the trust. We provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.

Flexible Interview Dates:

Please note that interview dates are flexible, and the academy reserves the right to interview shortlisted candidates during the application window.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you're ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to our dynamic and forward-thinking team, apply today and be a part of our mission to create a positive impact!

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

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks including references and enhanced DBS checks.

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.

About Astrea Academy Dearne

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1106 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Astrea Academy Dearne website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-dearne-academy

Do you want to be part of a team where you will help make a lasting impact on our students and rapidly accelerate their progress?

Do you want to work in a school where you are free to teach, with impeccable student behaviour and unhindered by bureaucracy?

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced teacher or ECT.

Astrea Academy Dearne is an 11-16 secondary academy situated in Barnsley, with around 1150 students. We are within commutable distance from Wakefield, Leeds, Doncaster and Sheffield and are a proud member of the Astrea Academy Trust family of schools. We have the highest aspiration for our students to achieve their very best and grow both as individuals and as members of their community. We are a truly comprehensive and inclusive academy. This is reflected in our approach to all areas of our work.

We are committed to a knowledge-rich curriculum and a traditional approach to teaching, behaviour and culture. We believe that schools must teach powerful knowledge, ’the best that has been thought and said’ and an ‘entitlement curriculum’ for all. We believe in explicit instruction and have been greatly influenced by Lemov’s ‘Teach Like A Champion’, Rosenshine and recent developments in cognitive science. We believe that the creation of a scholarly culture that is warm and strict, disciplined and joyful, where there is ‘purpose not power’, ensuring impeccable behaviour, where teachers can focus on teaching and pupils can focus on learning, underpins everything

We are values-driven and our vision is to provide an inclusive, aspirational and academic education for all our students, so that all of them will learn, thrive and lead successful lives. We are unapologetically ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We want to ensure that all our students have the option to be able to go to university or aspirational alternative. We are not going to reduce expectations because of a child’s background or home life, or because they are new to English or have a special education need. In fact, the opposite is true. It is our job to redouble our efforts to help children overcome these barriers so that they can flourish.

We value our staff highly and treat workload very seriously. Our systems are high leverage, ensuring you can really focus on your core purpose – teaching, in a sustainable way, unhindered by bureaucracy or poor behaviour.

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