Director of SEND including SENDCo responsibility
Bruntcliffe Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS27 0LZThis job expired on 11 December 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
Easter 2026 or sooner
Closing date
11 December 2025 at 9am
Date listed
26 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPR/UPR
Additional allowances
TLR 1B
What skills and experience we're looking for
Bruntcliffe Academy is seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague to the role of Director of SEND. This is an exceptionally important role for us here at Bruntcliffe Academy and the successful candidate will be joining us at an exciting point in our development.
The successful candidate will ensure the delivery of first class educational provision for all pupils at the academy, with a particular focus on the management of SEND specialist teachers, teaching assistants and external agencies. The successful candidate will also have a proven track record as an expert teacher as well as experience of engaging effectively with pupils and parents/carers as partners in their learning. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the impact of their work with SEND pupils across all areas of academy life.
Potential applicants will be expected to hold specialist SENDCo qualifications or be working towards those qualifications.
What the school offers its staff
As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:
- Membership to a local government pension scheme.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
- £2k Cycle to work scheme.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Bruntcliffe Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1361 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Bruntcliffe Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@bruntcliffe.leeds.sch.uk
Bruntcliffe Academy is an increasingly popular 11-16 comprehensive school with approximately 1400 students on roll. The school is situated in Morley which is on the outskirts of the thriving city of Leeds, with a very good motorway access to all areas of the north of England and beyond.
The school joined the highly successful GORSE Academies Trust which has a national reputation for its excellence in 2015. Since this time, the academy has been on an upward trajectory in all aspects of its work. Bruntcliffe Academy in 2024 received a Good judgement from Ofsted with inspectors recognising that the academy has ‘high expectations of all pupils’. We are proud that Ofsted commented positively on students' respect for others, their enjoyment of school and their high academic achievements
A collection of like-minded individuals, members of staff all choose to work at Bruntcliffe Academy because they believe in making a difference to young people’s lives. Members of staff work collaboratively across the academy as well as in Partnership with colleagues from across The GORSE Academies Trust to develop new and innovative approaches around teaching that will inspire students and cultivate a lifelong love of learning.Bruntcliffe Academy is typified by students who enjoy learning; you will find the students to be polite, well-mannered and respectful at all times mirroring our high expectations of them. Bruntcliffe Academy aspires for all students to leave us at the end of their secondary school journey as well-rounded citizens who are articulate and confident with a strong sense of social responsibility.
If you would like to know more about The GORSE Academies Trust, please visit; https://www.tes.com/jobs/employer/the-gorse-academies-trust-1071685
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