Assistant to the SENCo

Wellfield Academy, Leyland, Lancashire, PR25 2TP

34 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  October 2026

• Closing date

  1 September 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  29 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £23,761.75 - £27,070.76 Annually (Actual) Grade 6 SCP 11-19 FTE £28,142 - £32,061

Assistant to the SENCo job summary

Join Our Team at Wellfield Academy.

Are you looking for a role where each day is different, filled with experiences that are both challenging, enjoyable and fulfilling? A role where you go home with a sense of reward and achievement? Wellfield Academy is looking for an enthusiastic and passionate Assistant to the SENCo to join our established team on a permanent, term-time only basis. This role is ideal for a candidate with a good understanding of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) who is looking for a rewarding role in a supportive and ambitious school.

The role is to support our SENCo with administrative processes, parent communication and multi-agency involvement, helping to release time for the SENCo to focus on developing inclusive practices across the classroom. It is an exciting time to join our team as we continue to strengthen and develop our SEND provision, including our Thrive enhanced provision. Thrive provides a tailored, nurturing educational environment for students who require a more personalised approach to learning, enabling them to thrive both academically and socially. The successful candidate will play an important part in supporting the coordination and day-to-day effectiveness of this provision, working closely with staff, families and external agencies to ensure the best possible outcomes for our students.

You will be joining a team of positive and enthusiastic staff who are committed to providing the highest quality support for our students and the wider school community.

The successful applicant will be a positive, flexible and motivated individual with personal drive. You will have a calm and organised approach, with the ability to work professionally to strict deadlines while responding effectively and efficiently to challenges. You will communicate confidently and effectively in a variety of situations and be able to work both collaboratively as part of a team and independently, building and maintaining positive working relationships with colleagues.

If this sounds like the opportunity you have been looking for, then please follow the guidance below on how to apply.

ROLE DETAILS

This role is 36 hrs, permanent and term time only plus two weeks. Hours are 8:15am-4:00pm Monday to Thursday and Fridays 8:15-3:45pm.

HOW TO APPLY

Please complete our online application form (via My New Term) in full, along with a personal statement to support your application and outline the relevant experience you can bring to Endeavour Learning Trust.

If you require any further information please contact our Operations Manager, Elaine via e.courland@wellfieldacademy.org

Endeavour Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and individually take responsibility for doing so.

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

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

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 Wellfield Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 562 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Wellfield Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wellfield-academy-leyland

Wellfield Academy is an ambitious, growing and thriving school. At our school, students experience inspirational and challenging teaching, excellent pastoral care and a genuine belief that every child can succeed. The successful candidate will join us at an incredibly exciting time for the school. We are one of just a small number of schools nationally to be chosen for the Department for Education’s Schools Rebuilding Project, which will see us move into a brand-new state of the art school in the coming years. In addition, our fantastic reputation in the local community has secured a significant growth in the number of students attending Wellfield. The number of families choosing Wellfield as their first-choice secondary school has more than trebled in the past three years and we are excited to welcome more staff into the Wellfield family as a result.

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