11 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    20 July 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    4 July 2025

Job details

Job role

  • SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 32.5 hours a week

Contract type

Fixed term - 12 months - Maternity or parental leave cover

Full-time equivalent salary

£31,650 - £49,084 MPS/UPR according to experience TLR £3,391 per annum plus SEN Allowance £2,679 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

Required September 2025 Maternity Cover contract

We are seeking to appoint a skilled and nurturing professional to join our Learning Support Department as a Deputy SENDCO. The successful candidate will assist the SENDCO in providing professional leadership and management for our Learning Support Area; to secure high-quality teaching, effective use of resources, and high standards of learning and achievement for all SEND students assigned to the area.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a committed and dedicated team who put the needs of every child at the centre of all we do. Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School is a successful and oversubscribed school. We are committed to character education, helping students flourish not only through academic excellence but by offering them the opportunities to grow and develop.

This is an exciting time in the development of the LSA. If you share our commitment to ensuring the success of each of our students and are keen to take on this exciting new challenge, we welcome your application.

What the school offers its staff

A job description and application form can be downloaded from our website - https://www.hughfaringdon.org/home/join-us/vacancies/

You can also submit your application via the upload application link on our website.

Further information can also be obtained from Juliet Lyons, Operations Assistant - recruitment@hughfaringdon.org

Closing Date - 20 July 2025

Applications considered upon receipt. Interviews will be organised as and when applications are received.

The School reserves the right to interview and appoint before the closing date.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

How to apply

About Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School

School type
Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1045 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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Arranging a visit to Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@hughfaringdon.org.

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