Deputy SENDCo
Pool Hayes Academy, Willenhall, West Midlands, WV12 4QZ2 days remaining to apply
Start date details
01 September 2026
Closing date
21 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
19 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,916.00 - £45,352.00 Annually (FTE) Plus TLR £8,611
Deputy SENDCo job summary
DEPUTY SENDCO
Salary - MPS 1 - M6 plus TLR 2, £8,611
Permanent Full Time Contract
Commencing: September 2026
We are searching for the best education professionals to join our trust. Are you passionate about making a difference to our children’s learning? Do you understand the importance of education?
Pool Hayes Academy are looking to appoint a committed and experienced Deputy SENDCO to supplement and enhance a strong established and supportive Faculty. The department is part of a well led, dynamic team, whose colleagues all enjoy supporting the Academy and its culture of outstanding success amongst our students. The appointed candidate will work collaboratively with colleagues and will be supported by our teaching and learning team.
This is an exciting opportunity to progress your career in education!
The ideal candidate will be an exceptional educator with evidence of CPD training courses and have the vision, tenacity, optimism, strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to inspire students to achieve their very best in a progressive, dynamic and improving Academy, creating a culture of outstanding success amongst our students. As a key leader, you will support the SENDCO to oversee the implementation of the academy's SEND strategy and policy, lead staff in supporting students with additional needs and oversee internal interventions for students with additional needs and deputise when and where appropriate. We are keen to secure a high calibre leader who can make a telling contribution to our forward-looking team. This position will also include a teaching responsibility.
Within this role you will be the class teacher based within our new SRP provision, initially with 8 students, increasing to 16 students in year 2 with primary needs in communication, interaction and ASD.
The Faculty is one rooted in working to provide the very best teaching and learning for our all our students, with a strong commitment to removing barriers to learning for all. We celebrate with our students not only the joys and diversity of our subject, but also the academic rigour of it, too.
Why choose Pool Hayes Academy? We have experienced substantial growth in recent years, and the academy is now a provider of choice in the area and is over-subscribed. Our Ofsted rating has improved to Good in April 2022 - but that’s just the beginning of our ambition for the pupils and staff at this 11-18 academy.
Our vision for Pool Hayes Academy means that any pupil regardless of circumstance can fulfil their potential. Furthermore, we believe that educational success leads to empowerment for our young people and the freedom to make more choices over their future.
About Academy Transformation Trust
Our ATT2030 Vision means we meet our young people where they are at and refuse to leave them there. Our pupils will leave us capable, competent and confident and take their place in the community of educated people. Our staff will be cared for, developed and they do will be capable, competent and confident. We would love to hear from those who want to join us in that mission.
In return, you can expect fantastic Professional Development opportunities, a comprehensive employee benefits package, shopping discounts, cycle-to-work and gym schemes, cinema tickets and an employee assistance programme.
Pool Hayes Academy is part of the Academy Transformation Trust family, whose ambition is that every person who passes through our schools and colleges becomes an educated person - able to take a rightful place in the community of educated people and to join what Robert Maynard Hutchins called “the Great Conversation.” An ATT education stresses history, the scientific mode of thinking, the disciplined use of language, a wide-ranging knowledge of the arts and religion, and the continuity of human enterprise. We aspire for everyone, regardless of their starting point, to leave us capable, competent, and confident.
To learn more and apply online, please see our application pack for more information and visit our careers page.
Closing date for applications: Thursday 21 May 2026 at 12pm
Interview date: Friday 22 May 2026
Pool Hayes Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE update 2025. We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are open to Flexible Working.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Pool Hayes Academy is sponsored by Academy Transformation Trust, whose mission is to transform learning, aspirations and opportunities for their pupils and the communities in which they live. This commitment also extends to staff who are key to their success.
The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE update 2024. We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are open to Flexible Working.
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 Pool Hayes Academy
- School type
- Academies, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1150 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Pool Hayes Academy website
Our team knows first-hand how to make education better for schools, pupils and their teachers.
For us, the future of UK education relies upon schools working closely together to share best practices, giving every child the best chance in life. We set up ATT to make this vision a reality.
As a not for profit trust, we work with our growing family of primary and secondary academies, and further education providers in the Midlands, East of England and South East.
Our mission is to provide the very best education for all pupils and the highest level of support for our staff to ensure every child leaves our academies with everything they need to reach their full potential.
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