Assistant SENDCo

Waseley Hills High School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 9EL

16 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  27 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £29,617.00 - £31,277.00 Annually (Actual) Pay Award Pending

Assistant SENDCo job summary

Assistant SENDCO

Permanent

37 hours per week TTO + 5 INSET days

Salary - NJC Scale SO1 (£29,617 - £31,277 annual, actual) Pay Award Pending

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant SENDCo with the vision, skills and empathy to work with our SEND students. You must be a team player and committed to all four broad areas of special educational needs and disabilities.

This is a very exciting time to join Waseley. Following our latest OFSTED visit we have been recognised as Good in all areas and we also have a multi-million pound Department for Education project to rebuild the school well underway with the SEND department having already moved into a brand new state of the art facility in September 2025.

You will help lead a team which is empowered and dedicated to providing a safe and inclusive learning environment, where every student is valued and encouraged to reach their full potential. The work is varied and challenging but very rewarding for the successful candidate.

You will be joining a School and Trust which believes in inclusion for all and will offer;

Happy and dedicated students and staff

An excellent induction and CPD programme

Well-appointed and equipped modern classrooms in a new build

The opportunity for further career development

Staff work together to ensure the best possible learning for the young people, by supporting each other through expertise and sharing so that our staff can be the best they can be.

If you would like to visit the school before submitting an application, please email acraciun@waseleyhills.crst.org.uk to arrange an appointment.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Online checks will be carried out on shortlisted candidates and an enhanced DBS will be required for the successful candidate. All successful candidates will be required to present their birth certificate along with evidence of any name changes.

Please note that applications must be the creation of the candidate applying. While technology, including artificial intelligence, may be used to help the candidate select certain phraseology, if substantial use of AI is used, the application will be disregarded.

Closing Date: Sunday 27th September 2026 with interviews on Thursday 1st October 2026.

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

Central Region Schools Trust is committed to the promotion of equal opportunities and diversity. It is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. The completion of an Enhanced DBS will be required.

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 Waseley Hills High School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 782 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Waseley Hills High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/waseley-hills-high-school

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