KS2 teacher with SENCO responsibility

Black Firs Primary School, Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 4QJ

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  5th January 2026

• Closing date

  1 December 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  18 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £45,352.00 Annually (Actual) MPS plus SEN allownce

KS2 teacher with SENCO responsibility job summary

SENDCo required at Black Firs Primary School

Start Date: January 2026

Salary Range: M1 - M6 plus SEN Allowance

Salary details (Annual) £32,916 -£45,352 MPS

Allowances: Additional SEN allowance £2,679

Contract type: Permanent

This role will involve class teacher responsibility in KS2 (currently Year 4) with one day per week for PPA and SENDCo role.

Black Firs Primary School is a happy, successful 1.5 form primary school with a popular 52 place Pre-school, based in Congleton, Cheshire. We are looking to recruit an experienced, enthusiastic and committed SENDCo join our team, based as a class teacher in KS2, with dedicated time for SENDCo responsibilities.

The successful candidate will work alongside our Adaptive Teaching Lead and Headteacher to continue our commitment to inclusive practice based on EEF 5 a day. The SENDCo role will give the successful candidate the opportunity to become part of our SLT (a great way to prepare for Assistant/Deputy Headship in the future). The SENDCo at Black Firs is also part of our safeguarding and wellbeing teams, so an opportunity to train as a DDSL is available.

We have wonderful children and supportive parents. Children are motivated to learn, are well behaved and deserve the best that we can give them. Our school values are based on Mastery, Generosity, Independence and Belonging. SENDCos within the Trust are all supported on their ongoing CPD from The Learning Partnership Trust team including a termly SENDCo network and we are keen to help support staff with ongoing professional development such as NPQs.

This is an exciting opportunity to implement the Trust agreed provision for SEND, working as a member of the leadership team.

Under the direction of the Headteacher, you will determine the strategic development of special educational needs (SEN) and co-ordination of specific provision to support individual pupils with SEN or a disability. You will need to help line manage our SEN TA team and support the SEN interventions across the schools, working closely with the Deputy Head Teacher, who is our Wellbeing lead. The successful candidate will have experience with Cheshire East SEND procedures and will be familiar with documentation for applying for EHCPs and annual reviews.

The successful candidate would be employed as a teacher under the STPCD and will hold specific duties in the role of SENDCo.

We are inviting applications from qualified teachers who hold the national SENCo qualification, but would also be keen to hear from outstanding class practitioners who would be willing to undertake the national NPQ SENCo qualification and may have worked as an Assistant SENCO or Inclusion lead previously.

The Trust subscribes to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter and places staff wellbeing at the forefront of its strategic people priorities. Our ongoing commitment in this area is reflected in our employee offer that includes:

Discounts in retail stores, entertainment, and supermarkets

Benefits schemes in affordable tech, cycle2work, gym memberships and a car scheme

Employee assistant programme providing specialist advice and guidance

Flexible working

Free parking

Access to high quality CPD and secondment opportunities

Deadline for applications is Monday 1st December at 9am.

Applicants are invited to visit the school prior to their application, please contact office@black-firs.co.uk to arrange a visit.

Interviews will be held on Friday 5th December 2025 at Black Firs Primary School

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The Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced checks with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).

The Learning Partnership is committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity and the elimination of discrimination; all applicants should note that they will be considered on the basis of suitability regardless of disability, gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation and marital status or any other discrimination which is unfair or unreasonable.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at The Learning Partnership. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater outcomes for children. We are proud to be an employer that holds Disability Committed and Menopause Friendly status.

The Trust is ‘happy to talk flexible working’. Flexible working increases workplace diversity by making roles accessible to those with caring responsibilities (primarily women), disabled staff, and both older and younger workers.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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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

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About Black Firs Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 365 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Black Firs Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/black-firs-primary-school-congleton

Black Firs is an expanding 1 1/2 form of entry school on the edge of Congleton Town. We teach in four teams across School and we deliver a holistic curriculum offer.

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