Director of SEND
St Francis Catholic Multi Academy Trust, Rotherham, S60 2ENThis job expired on 21 October 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
1 January 2026 - negotiable
Closing date
21 October 2025 at 9am
Date listed
8 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L21-L25
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Director of SEND will be passionate about realising this vision with us and will drive this ambition into the future.
The Director of SEND will be impassioned to develop people. With a significant and talented workforce across the Trust of teaching and support staff, they are our greatest resource to impact on the outcomes of our learners. The successful candidate will design a full CPD programme of SEND training ensuring that this is current, engaging and impactful for all members of the Trust.
We are looking for a candidate who can evidence a history of strong SEND leadership, ideally in a range of contexts. You will be a confident and articulate leader who has a depth of understanding not only of the workings of multi academy trusts, Local Authorities, the DfE and related bodies but will also have the skills and experience with which to develop school leaders to an outstanding standard.
What the school offers its staff
St Francis CMAT has grown significantly over the last three years from a small cluster of 6 Primary Schools to a vibrant and rapidly growing community of 12 Primary Schools and 2 High Schools. In line with the Bishop of Hallam’s vision, we will eventually grow to 20 Primary Schools and 4 High Schools.
This is such an exciting time for an energetic, well qualified and inspirational leader to join the Trust in order to create our SEND Strategy for the future. This will be a ‘blank page’ for the successful candidate to design, deliver and lead whilst being supported by an experienced and ambitious School Improvement Team.
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
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About St Francis Catholic Multi Academy Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- recruitment@stfranciscmat.com
- Phone number
- 01709 914070
St Francis Catholic Multi Academy Trust was established in September 2022 as part of the Bishop of Hallam’s vision for education. Today the St Francis family embraces 14 schools, 12 Primary Schools and 2 High School across the Local Authorities of Doncaster, Nottinghamshire and Rotherham.
We are set to grow to 24 schools at capacity. We are so proud of each and every school in our Trust and are passionate about protecting our schools’ individuality, character and unique communities.
Rooted in our Gospel Teachings, our ethos is one of sharing excellence and providing platforms for schools to come together, learn from each other and develop to be as good as the best. In this way, we believe that our staff get the most inspiring professional development, our children get the highest standard of provision and our community thrives.
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