Deputy Director of SEND
Pudsey Grammar School, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 7ND12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
8 July 2026 at 8am
Date listed
26 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £33,033.00 - £34,692.00 Annually (Actual) 37 hours Per week plus 10 days, S02, point 26 - 28
Deputy Director of SEND job summary
Details of advert
Job Title: Deputy Director of SEND - Permanent
Hours and working pattern: 37hpw, plus 10 training days (8.00am-4.15pm Monday to Thursday and 8.00am-2.30pm Fridays)
Grade: S02, 26 - 28
Salary: £37,280 - £39,152 FTE (£33,033 - £34,692) Actual)
Start date: September 2026
We are seeking an outstanding professional to excel in this key middle leadership role in the school’s SEND team. The Deputy Director of SEND will work closely with the Assistant Headteacher to ensure our SEND department operates as a centre of excellence, securing high quality care and welfare for all students and supporting student behaviour and safeguarding. The role is very varied and the ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate expert subject knowledge and be adaptable and flexible in managing a diverse caseload. You will need the ability to stay calm under pressure and skilled at navigating your way through difficult conversations whilst building strong, positive relationships.
The role involves:
Assisting the Assistant Headteacher in maintaining accurate and up-to-date records of students with special educational needs.
Coordinating the scheduling of interventions, meetings, and assessments, ensuring efficient use of resources and staff availability.
Monitoring and tracking student progress, documenting outcomes and adjustments as necessary.
Maintaining confidentiality and sensitivity when handling student information and records
Liaising with External Agencies
Working with families and the community.
Providing support to the wider Student Support Team
Ensuring all five components of the original ‘Every Child Matters’ entitlement are met for each subject
Applicants will need to demonstrate:
Excellent attention to detail, effective analytical skills and strong inter-personal and communication skills, together with the ability to work as part of a successful team.
Appropriate qualifications and/or relevant experience in working with young people in this role.
A commitment to:
o Working in line with statutory safeguarding guidance (e.g. Keeping Children Safe in Education, prevent and our safeguarding and child protection policies)
o Taking responsibility for receiving and acting upon any reported concerns and ensuring that the Child Protection Policy is implemented and promote best safeguarding practice across the school as part of the Student Support Team.
o Promoting the safeguarding of all students in the school
Why work at Pudsey Grammar School?
Be part of a rapidly improving school
Work for an organisation which has staff wellbeing as its core
Benefit from a flexible early finish to the school day on Fridays
Embrace the opportunity to play a key part in the continuing transformation of the school
Be part of a dynamic and enthusiastic team of staff who are ensuring our students are successful in every way
Work alongside hub-schools in the Yorkshire and Humber region and University College London, with access to high quality Teaching and Learning training, networking events, CPD
Belong to a supportive organisation which prides itself on high standards for staff and students
Work in an award-winning state of art building
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure. If shortlisted, you will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history and an on-line search will be conducted. This includes only information publicly available on-line.
We promote diversity and want a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.
Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply for this position.
Application Process
Should you wish to apply for this position, please see below:
Please be aware that we do not accept Curriculum Vitaes.
In support of your application, you may include a cover letter. This should be in addition to the completed application form.
Application form and full job description can be found on the school website: www.pudseygrammar.co.uk vacancies - My New Term link
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 8th July 2026 at 8.00am
Successful candidates will be contacted direct with details of the interview.
Interview date: Monday 13th July 2026
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
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Pudsey Grammar School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1362 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Pudsey Grammar School website
Pudsey Grammar School is a heavily oversubscribed mixed comprehensive secondary school located in the heart of the market town of Pudsey. The school has a long and proud history stretching back to 1904. The school has over 1200 students with a thriving and expanding Sixth Form of 200 students, all taught in a state of the art building. The innovative and unique style of the building creates a calm atmosphere very different to many secondary schools.
We are aiming to be a centre of excellence by 2023 and every indicator we have shows that we will achieve this goal. Continuing to recruit high calibre staff is a key priority of our strategy.
* January 2017 - Amanda Speilman (Chief Inspector of Ofsted) wrote to congratulate us on 'transforming
all aspects of the school'.
* August 2018 - the most improved school in the city
* April 2019 - highly successful Ofsted which confirmed the school is now good in all areas including Sixth
Form
* August 2019 - our best ever GCSE results with a Progress 8 figure of +0.1.
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