Assistant SENDCo
Erasmus Darwin Academy, Burntwood, Staffordshire, WS7 3QW21 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
16 April 2026 at 9am
Date listed
26 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
- Other leadership roles
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 Hours per week, Monday-Friday, Term Time plus 10 days
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 8 (Whole year salary: £33,699-£38,220) Actual Salary: approx. £29,858 - £34,948 depending on years’ service.
What skills and experience we're looking for
What the school offers its staff
Fostering a Successful Learning Environment
Whether you work in the classroom, Administration, Student Support, Site team or Leadership, you will be part of a team where you are supported. Our Academy fosters an inclusive atmosphere that blends respectful relationships, clear routines, and engaging, tailored instruction. Key strategies include building trust through rapport, adaptive teaching styles, empowering student voice, Senior Leadership ‘On Call’ system to support lesson disruptions. We believe and ensure that:
- Every teacher has the right to teach and every student has the right to learn
- Reading, writing and oracy sit at the heart of our curriculum
- Behaviour is taught, modelled and supported through a clear behaviour curriculum
- Personal development and extra‑curricular opportunities enrich every student’s experience
- Everybody in the Academy can always improve, both personally and professionally
Why Us?
We are committed to staff wellbeing, professional growth and a healthy work–life balance. Initiatives include flexible working for all Teaching professionals during PPA and non-contact time, and a friendly, fair approach to cover. Join a school that invests in You, we believe that our staff are our greatest strength. Our wellbeing strategy ensures every colleague feels valued, listened to and supported. Career progression is a genuine reality here, many of our teachers and leaders have grown and developed within the Academy through a range of avenues such as Apprenticeships, Teacher Training, NPQ Courses and much more.
We offer:
- High expectations paired with a genuine commitment to manageable workload
- Extensive professional development for all roles: pedagogy, leadership and beyond
- A warm, collaborative and supportive staff community
- Mental Health Champions, accessible in school for a coffee and a chat
- Polite, motivated and respectful students
- Staff wellbeing activities and events
- A work laptop for all teaching staff
- Increased non-contact time for planning and preparation
- Additional leadership time for leadership roles
- A visible, approachable and supportive Senior Leadership Team
- A united staff body working together to continually improve our Academy
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Erasmus Darwin Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1128 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Erasmus Darwin Academy website
- Email address
- j.skelding@eda.staffs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01543 685828
Erasmus Darwin Academy is a highly successful co-educational school for girls and boys aged 11-18 years. We are the school of first choice for parents of children from 26 different primary schools. The Academy serves a wide local community, attracting students from the Burntwood area and well beyond.
Arranging a visit to Erasmus Darwin Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email j.skelding@eda.staffs.sch.uk.
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