Inclusion and SEND Lead - Maternity Cover
St Helen's Catholic Primary School, London, SW9 0TQ30 days remaining to apply
Job start date
11 January 2027
Closing date
6 November 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
7 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- SENCO (special educational needs coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday Full Time
Contract type
- Fixed term - 9 Months - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- M1 - M6 Will consider UPS for Exceptional Candidate
What skills and experience we're looking for
Must hold the National SENCO award
Specifically, the Inclusion Leader will:
- Play a key role within our school, to ensure that all pupils with additional needs make good/accelerated progress in their learning and achieve to the very best of their ability.
- Work closely with the School’s Senior Leadership Team, taking a key role in the promoting of the school’s overall aims and ethos.
- Under the direction of the Deputy Head, manage the SEND support staff team as line manager, recommending CPD opportunities and co-ordinating and delegating tasks and support.
- Carry out pastoral, SEMH well-being activities with children when appropriate
Teaching and Learning
- To undertake the duties of a class teacher as required 1 day a week (or more if unexpected circumstances required it e.g. long-term sickness) in line with the most recent Teachers Pay and Conditions
- Evaluate teaching and learning activities to ensure they meet the needs of pupils with SEND, EAL and those who are pupil premium
- Where necessary, team teach or actively teach, learning intervention and support groups in order to accelerate children’s progress.
- Promote the resources/programmes/skill sets that will develop pupils and allow them to work independently.
- Have regard to the individual needs of pupils with SEND, EAL, Pupil Premium and support their learning by using a wide range of teaching strategies, planning and providing support for their full participation in all activities.
- Liaise with pre-school settings to ensure the identification/continuity of support and learning of pupils with SEND on entry to school.
- Liaise with other schools to ensure continuity of support and learning when transferring pupils with SEND.
- Recording and Assessment
- Keep the school’s Special Educational Needs Register up to date.
- Undertake the provision mapping of SEND funding and staffing annually, to ensure all children’s support needs are met.
- Set targets for raising achievements among pupils with additional learning needs and SEND, EAL, Pupil Premium
- Interpret assessment data, feeding specifically into termly Pupil Progress meetings.
- Meet with class teachers and TAs and formulate plans to address any issues and needs as appropriate.
- Maintain and further develop existing systems for identifying, assessing and reviewing.
- Update the Senior Leadership Team and Governing Body on the effectiveness of provision of SEND pupils and those with additional learning needs
Leadership
- Ensure all members of staff recognise and fulfil their statutory responsibilities to pupils with SEND.
- Provide training opportunities for TAs and other teachers to learn about SEND/additional needs.
- Disseminate outstanding practice in SEND, EAL, Pupil Premium across the school.
- Identify resources needed to meet the needs of pupils with SEND, EAL, Pupil Premium and advise SLT of priorities for expenditure.
- Assist in the effective organisation and deployment of TAs and other resources linked to SEND, EAL, Pupil Premium.
- To prepare an annual action plan and manage a resources budget for this area of learning
Other Duties and Responsibilities
- Listening to and supporting colleagues with concerns about pupils.
- Advising colleagues about their concerns and ensuring that these are documented at Stage 1 of the Code of Practice or taken up and acted upon at other stages.
- Monitoring and screening/baseline assessments in order to identify and address children who are falling behind.
- Carry out nurture, SEMH well-being activities in groups or in 1:1 sessions to support children
- Attend meetings to support class teachers where necessary, in order to keep parents informed about their child’s progress.
- Assist class teachers in writing Individual Educational Plans and liaise with class teachers regarding their dissemination to parents
- Coordinate provision by calling meetings as necessary.
- Meet parents who have concerns about their child/ren.
- Advise TAs in techniques and materials which enable them to implement Individual Educational Plans and manage the targets set in them.
- Monitor the resources devoted to SEND, and make cases for funding where necessary. These resources include books, other teaching materials and practical teaching aids including technological aids such as laptops and ipads.
- Liaise and cooperate with the Local Authority, Educational Psychology Services, Health and Social Services and voluntary bodies – submitting necessary documents to enable the authority to discharge its function.
- Ensure that, when a pupil leaves the school all their records are passed on to the next school.
- Take the lead in assessments of children with SEND including identifying their strengths and weaknesses.
- Carry out essential referrals and documentation required for Educational Health Care Plan Applications.
- Prepare and lead annual EHCP review meetings.
Professional Development
- Take part in appraisals and annual professional review meetings.
- Keep up to date with current thinking, regulations and practice and further develop skills by attending courses, workshops and meetings.
- To undertake qualifications relevant to the field of SEND Leadership.
What the school offers its staff
. Friendly and supportive team where your contribution is genuinely valued and makes a difference.
. High-quality professional development and training
· A vibrant, inclusive and diverse school community.
· The chance to make a meaningful impact on the lives of children, families and the wider school community.
· Collaborative working practices and opportunities to contribute to improving how our school operates.
· A school that prioritises staff wellbeing, teamwork and a positive working environment.
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.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About St Helen's Catholic Primary School
- Organisation type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 247 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- dwalsh@st-helens.lambeth.sch.uk
We are a thriving school in the heart of Brixton, with a community where many have travelled from far and wide to be part of our family. Our values and ethos are based on our aim to provide a high-quality education for our children rooted in Gospel values. We are a happy, enthusiastic and energetic community of learners and we do our best to provide a nurturing and stimulating environment which supports our children to thrive and develop their own unique interests and talents.
At St Helen’s we work hard to ensure our pupils are educated in an environment where all God’s children are valued and it is of our highest priority. As a school we strive to promote equality and celebrate diversity in all its forms and we seek to ensure provision across the school meets the needs and interests of our learners, our families and the community we serve. We do this by trying to ensure our curriculum fully reflects the rich multicultural diversity that makes our school so special and unique.
As a school we also work hard to ensure our outcomes reflect the strong attainment and achievement we know the children are capable of as part of our moral duty to achieve social justice for our pupils. We believe our children have just as much talent and potential as other children, in spite of the multiple barriers, in and out of school some may face. We believe our children and our families deserve our best efforts to make St Helen’s a school that really does makes a difference. Our children are our most important visitors to our school and we want it to be a place where everyone can belong, believe and achieve to their fullest potential in their time here.
Arranging a visit to St Helen's Catholic Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email dwalsh@st-helens.lambeth.sch.uk.
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