SEN Assistant

Torlands Academy, Exeter, EX4 1PT

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  9 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  23 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 15 hours per week - Mondays and Wednesdays - Term-time only
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £27,316 - £30,145
• Actual salary: £9,443 - £10,421
• Pay scale: NJC 7 - NJC13

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking a highly organised and dedicated SEN Administrator to join our supportive team and play a key role in ensuring the effective delivery of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) provision. This is an exciting opportunity for a detail-oriented professional to work closely with the SENCo, supporting the coordination of essential processes that enable students with SEND to thrive.

The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining accurate and confidential records, coordinating meetings and reviews, and ensuring full compliance with statutory requirements. Acting as a central point of contact for parents, staff, and external agencies, you will facilitate clear communication and contribute to the smooth operation of SEND support across the setting. Your strong administrative skills, organisation, and ability to manage multiple priorities will be critical in supporting high-quality outcomes for students.

For a full list of duties, please see the job description below.

Wave is dedicated to the safeguarding of children and Safer Recruitment Procedures will be followed. The position requires a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and online check.

We may close this vacancy early as we review applications as they are received, to ensure you are considered for this role please do not wait for the deadline to submit your application.

What the school offers its staff

Health & Wellbeing

Pension

Training & Development

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Free Parking

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.

Wave are an established and successful Multi Academy Trust, comprising of Alternative Provision Academies (APAs), Medical Academies (including Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s child and adolescent mental health unit ‘Sowenna’) and a Special Academy.

We provide education for vulnerable pupils aged 4 – 19 across Devon and Cornwall. The Trust has a national reputation for the delivery of outstanding pupil outcomes including enabling pupils to access the most appropriate education setting and transition to employment, training and higher or further education. The Trust educates over 1000 pupils and employs over 350 members of staff.

We Aim To

• Provide a balanced and broad curriculum that promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils and prepares them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.
• Give access to the National Curriculum; provide opportunities for external accreditation, and, for those pupils with specific learning difficulties, effective and personalised programmes.
• Ensure all pupils are supported to develop positive attitudes towards themselves and others. Promoting emotional well-being and self-esteem; helping our pupils to recognise their potential and work positively within their community.
• We will respect all pupils and encourage them to become active participants in their own learning, develop confidence, independence, self-esteem and express their needs and desires.
• Seek effective and positive working relationships with pupils’ families, schools and other agencies.
• Enable effective outcomes for our pupils.

Commitment to safeguarding

Wave is dedicated to the safeguarding of children and Safer Recruitment Procedures will be followed. The position requires a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

SEN Admin JD and Person Spec (2).pdf - 311 KB (opens in new tab)

About Torlands Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 16
• School size: 1 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Torlands Academy website
• Email address: recruitment@waveedu.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/torlands-academy

Torlands Academy is a medical provision academy that provides education for children and young people with complex medical and/or mental health needs which prevent them from attending school. We pride ourselves in providing pupils with access to high quality education, ensuring they are thoroughly prepared for the next stage in their learning journey. Personalisation is the cornerstone of our pedagogy; the curriculum is bespoke and programmes are crafted to meet individual needs which demands a totally flexible and adaptable approach to teaching and learning from all involved.

Torlands provides personalised education through a combination of teaching at our centre in Exeter (Merrivale), small group teaching, online learning and 1-1 teaching.

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