Assistant SENDCO Non-Teaching
The Pingle Academy, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0QA20 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
27 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
5 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Special Education Needs (SEN)
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £28,230.00 - £32,017.00 Annually (Actual) £32,654 - £37,034 FTE
Assistant SENDCO Non-Teaching job summary
SEN Department Information
Who are we?
At The Pingle Academy, our SEND team is led by an Assistant Principal – SENDCO, and supported by:
- Two Assistant SENDCOs
- A dedicated SEND Administrator
- A highly experienced team of Teaching Assistants
Our ethos is built on teamwork, shared responsibility, and a commitment to inclusion, ensuring every student has the opportunity to thrive. We pride ourselves on our warm, friendly team culture, where progress is celebrated and support is embedded across all areas of school life.
We work in close partnership with classroom teachers, school leaders, external agencies, and families to ensure students with special educational needs and disabilities receive tailored support to help them succeed.
What do we offer?
We are entering an exciting new phase of SEND provision at The Pingle Academy, launching in September 2025. As part of this development, we are investing in enhanced facilities and innovative support systems, including:
- A brand-new sensory room
- Two dedicated Hub rooms
- A small group intervention room
- Three specialist spaces for emotional coaching and social skills development
- A calm, secure SEND Hub providing break and lunchtime support with outdoor access
These spaces are designed to ensure that students with SEND feel safe, supported, and understood. You will play a vital role in realising this inclusive vision.
Join Our Inclusive Community
We are proud of our inclusive ethos and our commitment to supporting vulnerable learners and those with additional needs. Joining The Pingle Academy means becoming part of a caring and ambitious team making a real difference to the lives of young people every day.
The Candidate
We are seeking a highly motivated and effective Assistant SENDCO to support the Assistant Principal – SENDCO in leading and delivering outstanding SEND provision across the academy.
37 hours per week, 39 working weeks.
Key Attributes:
- A clear commitment to improving outcomes for students with SEND
- The ability to work collaboratively with teachers, TAs, parents, and external professionals
- A proactive and solution-focused approach to problem-solving
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
- A commitment to professional development and CPD within the SEND field
- A willingness to go the ‘extra mile’ to ensure students feel supported and understood
Your Impact:
You will work with all stakeholders to ensure that students with additional needs or barriers to learning:
- Receive the support and adjustments they require
- Make strong academic and personal progress
- Are well prepared for their next steps in education or employment
Be Part of Our Vision
If you’re passionate about SEND, inclusion, and making a meaningful difference in the lives of young people, we would love to hear from you. Join us at The Pingle Academy and become part of a forward-thinking, inclusive community that places students at the heart of everything we do.
Our Vision and Values – Affinity Learning Partnership
Affinity Learning Partnership is a Multi Academy Trust comprising three Secondary Academies and four Primary Academies, currently based in Staffordshire and Derbyshire.
We pride ourselves on being 'a great place to work', Where everyone belongs, progresses and thrives.
Belongs:
We advocate and nurture inclusivity, connectedness and wellbeing by creating opportunities for all and forging a sense of community.
Progress:
Exceptional CPD and career pathways ensure all staff can excel in their roles.
All of our schools deliver quality teaching and learning, underpinned by our aspirational and enriching curriculum. This is enabled by skilled support and business professionals.
Thrives:
We empower staff, pupils and our wider communities to be agents of change both now and in the future. We actively seek to grow our Trust where it supports all in our community to achieve, grow and develop.
Continuing Professional Development
The Trust believes that professional development is key to successful employees and offers excellent opportunities for you to grow and achieve. We provide tailored Continuing Professional Development, mentoring, support and a range of development opportunities across the Trust.
Benefits Package
Affinity Learning Partnership strives to be an 'Employer of Choice' and is committed to the wellbeing and development of colleagues. Leader's listen to all stakeholders and are proactive in looking after our best resource - our staff. We are proactive in ensuring a work life balance is maintained offering an excellent benefit package which includes:
Cycle to Work Scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Discounted Gym Membership
BHSF Healthcare Scheme
Eye Care Voucher Scheme
Flu Vaccination Vouchers
Laptop / IPAD
Additional Information:
Please note that we do not hold a sponsorship licence and, therefore, are unable to employ individuals residing outside of the UK or candidates living within the UK who require continued sponsorship to work in the UK.
Please note: Completed applications should be received by 09:00am of the closing date. We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Please ensure to regularly check your junk/spam folder for any correspondence in relation to the progress of your application. Due to the volume of applications we receive, it is not policy to give individual feedback at this stage.
We welcome a broad range of perspectives with a commitment to equality of opportunity by recruiting a diverse workforce, and creating an inclusive environment and a culture of belonging for everyone in Affinity Learning Partnership. Therefore, we encourage applications from underrepresented communities irrespective of age, disability, race, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, marriage or civil partnership status, or neurodivergent status. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible through the recruitment process should this be required.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and this position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and this position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.
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 Pingle Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1419 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Pingle Academy website
The Pingle Academy is a successful and well-respected comprehensive school which became an academy in May 2017 as part of Affinity Learning Partnership. We currently cater for 1429 students aged 11–19 and have been over-subscribed for the past five years. The academy enjoys an excellent reputation.
Our academy is truly inclusive and includes Enhanced Resource Sections for students with mild learning difficulties and students with more complex needs. In addition, we have our own alternative provision, which caters for a small number of students who find mainstream classes challenging. Our staff share responsibility for creating a safe and pleasant place to learn and work and are proud of our efforts to educate and care for all our students, whatever their abilities, to ensure that every student’s potential is fulfilled.
We are proud of our caring and inclusive community, and our values of WORK HARD, BE KIND, CHOOSE WISELY are present in all aspects of academy life.
In 2019, the academy enjoyed its best-ever results both at GCSE and A Level. In October 2021, OFSTED judged the academy as GOOD in all areas.
Our priority is to help parents/carers prepare their children for adult lives in a rapidly changing world. We aim to provide a broad and stimulating curriculum; we set high expectations for work and behaviour, and we encourage students to aspire to these standards with confidence.
We value our staff, ensuring that we look after and care for their wellbeing through professional development, mental health provision and supporting staff with their workload.
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