Primary Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCo)
Appleton Academy, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD12 8AL16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
TBC
Closing date
2 October 2026 at 3pm
Date listed
10 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- SENCO (special educational needs coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £34,069.00 - £52,835.00 Annually (Actual) MPS 1 – 6 / UPS 1 – 3 (actual salary £34.069 - £52.835 per annum) + TLR 2B (£6,294) 32.5 hours per week, Term Time Only.
Primary Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCo) job summary
Together with our community, we can achieve extraordinary things.
Inspire our children and young people to make goals and plans that challenges their potential to be their best.
Develop the knowledge, skills, and “tools” our children and young people need to achieve their goals.
Nurture and empower our children and young people to have the confidence and resilience to achieve their goals and succeed.
If you'd like to know more about our school, please visit our website at https://appletonacademy.co.uk/
The successful candidate will provide strategic leadership for SEND and inclusive practice across the primary phase, ensuring that all learners, particularly those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), are supported, challenged and empowered to achieve their full potential. They will work collaboratively with staff, families and external agencies to secure high-quality provision, effective intervention and positive outcomes for learners, while monitoring progress, developing inclusive teaching and learning practices, and supporting staff to meet the needs of SEND learners. Working closely with the Assistant Headteacher for SEN and Learning Support, the Secondary SENCo and the Senior Leadership Team, they will contribute to a cohesive whole-school approach to SEND, inclusion and intervention, lead and manage support staff, and uphold the Academy's safeguarding and child protection responsibilities at all times.
The successful candidate will:
- Lead the strategic development of SEND and inclusive practice across the primary phase.
- Champion high-quality provision, intervention and support for learners with additional needs.
- Work in partnership with staff, families and external agencies to secure positive outcomes for all learners.
- Lead and develop support staff while contributing to a cohesive whole-school approach to inclusion and intervention.
- Promote and uphold the highest standards of safeguarding, wellbeing and child protection.
We can offer:
- Children who are enthusiastic to learn
- Supportive Trust central team, school leadership, governors, staff and parents
- Fantastic outdoor facilities
- Opportunities for further development and training
- A healthy work-life balance
- Free access to an Employee Assistance Programme
- Free, on-site parking
- Excellent employer pension contribution scheme
We would warmly encourage any interested candidates to visit our school setting. In order to do so, please contact Recruitment team on 01274 600550 to make the necessary arrangements.
Exceed Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to related online content checks, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check as well as successful completion of a probationary period.
Exceed Academies Trust strives to be an employer of choice. We are an inclusive and diverse multi academy trust and ultimately, our aim is to employ a workforce that reflects the communities it serves. We are committed to achieving a balanced workforce at all levels, whilst ensuring that no individual is disadvantaged or treated less favourably. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, faiths and ethnicities and will ensure a fair recruitment process without discrimination, in compliance with the Equality Act 2010.
Exceed Academies Trust recognises and promotes the positive use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in certain situations. We would encourage any job applicants, who choose to utilise AI when completing a vacancy application, to thoroughly check the data prior to submission, to ensure it is accurate, factual and demonstrable. Candidate suitability will be assessed at interview, however the recruitment process will reference information contained within the candidate’s application form. Any information contained within application form which is found to be factually inaccurate, may result in a conditional offer of employment being withdrawn.
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
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Appleton Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 3 to 16
- Education phase
- All through school
- Size
- 1207 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Appleton Academy website
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