DSPL7 SEND Lead
Spiral Partnership Trust, St Albans, AL1 4LW21 days remaining to apply
Job start date
3 September 2025
Closing date
25 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
1 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £39,442.00 - £42,174.00 Annually (FTE) H9 (range SPP 28-31)
DSPL7 SEND Lead job summary
As this role covers the full 3-18 age range, there is the potential to split the role into an Early Years/ Primary SEND Lead and a Secondary/Post 16 transition SEND Lead for the right candidates.
As SEND lead(s), you will play a pivotal role in supporting local schools, settings and families. You will work part-time hours across the week, term time only (38 weeks). The ability to work flexible days would be an advantage. This role operates from the DSPL7 office, based in The Hub in the grounds of Fleetville Junior School in St Albans.
We are keen to appoint people who are enthusiastic and capable of being hands-on. Successful candidates will have experience of working with children and young people with complex needs in educational settings and services, and an appreciation of the opportunities and challenges facing children and young people with significant needs, their families, schools and settings and services.
The role involves liaison with a range of professionals, Headteachers and SENCos, and parents/carers and candidates must present in a courteous and friendly manner and have the ability to relate well to people, adapting responses appropriately.
DSPL7 is part of the Spiral Partnership Trust. Being part of an Academy allows us to offer more generous terms and conditions of employments. The Trust recognises that the staff are our greatest asset and reflect that in the way they reward and invest in the staff team.
Please read the attached job description for further details. We reserve the right to close this vacancy and to interview and appoint early should successful applications be received, so early submission of your application is recommended.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
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 are not accepted.
About Spiral Partnership Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
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