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  • Start date details

    April 2026

  • Closing date

    8 February 2026 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    28 January 2026

Job details

Job role

  • SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

Competitive

Additional allowances

Competitive

Maternity Cover: SENDCO & DSL job summary

Are you a compassionate, adaptable leader who believes every learner deserves to be heard, valued, and able to flourish?

We are seeking an exceptional professional to join our supportive and friendly team as a SENDCO and Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) on a maternity cover basis. This is a unique opportunity to play a central role in a specialist independent school where relationships, wellbeing, and learner voice are at the heart of everything we do.

Our school provides a nurturing, inclusive environment for learners with additional needs. We are proud of our child-centred approach and our commitment to ensuring that every decision we make puts learners first.

The Role

As SENCO and DSL, you will:

  • Lead and coordinate high-quality SEND provision across the school

  • Champion inclusive practice so that all learners can thrive

  • Oversee safeguarding and promote a strong culture of vigilance and care

  • Work closely with staff, families, and external professionals

  • Support colleagues through guidance, training, and collaboration

  • Ensure that learner wellbeing, voice, and individual needs remain central to school life

We are looking for someone who is:

  • Kind, understanding, and highly empathetic

  • Adaptable and solution-focused

  • Committed to putting learners at the heart of every decision

  • An excellent communicator and team player

  • Experienced in SEND leadership and safeguarding practice

  • Passionate about creating environments where young people feel safe, heard, and empowered

What we offer

  • A welcoming, supportive, and friendly staff team

  • A strong culture of collaboration and care

  • A comprehensive wellbeing package for staff

  • High-quality professional development opportunities

  • The chance to make a genuine difference in a specialist setting where your work truly matters

If you are looking for a role where you can lead with compassion, make meaningful impact, and be part of a school community that values both staff and learners, we would love to hear from you.

Come and help us ensure every learner flourishes and every voice is heard.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Coombswood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of every learner and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant with require an enhanced DBS and DBS checks, online checks, with references being taken up before interview.

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.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 will not be accepted for this application.

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About Coombswood Special School

School type
Special school, ages 11 to 16
School size
26 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
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School website
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