SECONDARY PHASE SEND AND INCLUSION LEAD (SENCO)

St Johns CofE Academy, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 0GR

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st January 2026 (or sooner)

• Closing date

  19 October 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  6 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: Main Scale / Upper Scale + TLR 2.2 - £5869

SECONDARY PHASE SEND AND INCLUSION LEAD (SENCO) job summary

As the Secondary Phase SEND & Inclusion Lead, you will take day-to-day leadership of SEND and inclusion across our growing Secondary Phase, working closely with the Primary Phase Lead and Leadership Team.

You will lead, coordinate and evaluate targeted and specialist provision, lead and develop support staff, and help colleagues identify needs and make effective reasonable adjustments. You will oversee key SEND processes, including the graduated response, EHCP provision and reviews, and work closely with pupils, families and external professionals.

A key part of the role will be ensuring that additional support enables pupils to access an ambitious curriculum, participate fully in school life and develop increasing independence. You will also play a central role in transition, particularly from Year 6 into Year 7, as our Secondary Phase continues to grow.

This is an opportunity to have a genuine influence on the development of SEND and inclusion at St John’s, helping to shape provision and practice as the school grows.

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

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.

About St Johns CofE Academy

• Organisation type: Free School, Church of England, ages 2 to 16
• Education phase: All through school
• Size: 327 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: St Johns CofE Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-johns-cofe-academy

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