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This job expired on 10 October 2025

  • Job start date

    1 January 2026

  • Closing date

    10 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    15 September 2025

Job details

Job role

  • SENCO (special educational needs coordinator)

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: Full time position

Contract type

Permanent

Full time equivalent salary

32,916 - 51,048

Pay scale

Teachers Main / UPS

Additional allowances

TLR2C at £8,611.00

What skills and experience we're looking for

We have an exciting opportunity to lead he school’s SEN provision and are seeking an experienced, passionate and highly organised SENCO to join our dedicated team from January.

As SENCO, you will play a central role in ensuring every learner receives the tailored support they need to thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. The role safeguards equity and promotes high expectations of all learners, and you will lead on coordinating provision for learners with special educational needs across the school, working closely with staff, families, external agencies and local authorities to remove barriers to learning and promote success for all. In doing so the SENCo will uphold the values of the school and contribute directly to our mission of becoming exceptional and enabling every young person to thrive and flourish as confident and resilient members of our school community.

Lots more detail and further information is contained within the applicant pack which can be downloaded on this page, or by emailing - recruitment@wollaston-school.net

Visits to the school prior to making an application are warmly welcomed. Please contact Mrs Kerry Ridge, HR & Operations Manager, to arrange on:recruitment@wollaston-school.net

What the school offers its staff

Applications:

Closing date for applications is midday on Friday 10th October 2025.

Shortlisted candidates will be notified via email on Monday 13th October if they have been successfully shortlisted for the interview process which is likely to be held on Thursday 16th October 2025.

Your application should include a letter of application that covers; .

• How your skills and experiences equip you for this SENCo role at Wollaston School.

• Outline your vision for an exceptional learning support provision. This should include your vision for inclusion, understanding of SEND responsibilities and balancing compliance with keeping students’ needs at the heart of the provision, your approach to leading colleagues and working with families and the impact you wish to achieve.

The letter should be no longer than three sides of A4. CVs should not be attached.

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.

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Additional documents

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

SENCO - Applicant Pack.pdf - 2.18 MB (opens in new tab)

About Wollaston School

Organisation type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
Size
1432 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Website
Wollaston School website
Email address
ridgek@wollaston-school.net
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Wollaston School is a large, rural community school located in a village setting about 15 minutes drive from Northampton. The student intake draws on nearby villages and the towns of Earls Barton, Wellingborough, and Irchester. We have over 1400 students on roll with approximately 240 students in the Sixth Form. The school is over-subscribed. Wollaston School was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted in May 2023.

We are a school that takes great pride in our central purpose - to prepare every student for success. Success in academic qualifications, success in a wide range of extra-curricular and leadership activities and success in every individual’s personal and social development. We work towards this mission through a focus on exceptional levels of pastoral support and an academic and enrichment programme designed to ensure that every individual reaches their true potential.

At Wollaston, we believe in aiming high. We target excellence with the utmost commitment, but we also remember that a truly inspiring education is one that is filled with joy, laughter and happiness. We are also a school that is led by our values. We value honesty, kindness and tolerance. We embrace individuality as well as collective responsibility, we celebrate diversity, promote equality of opportunity, and we are a community which supports every individual to achieve all that they are capable of.

For most students, Wollaston School provides an education which lasts for seven years, from age 11 to age 18. Our ambition is to ensure that at the end of that journey, every student is ready to take their place in society as positive, purposeful, ethical and well qualified individuals.

Life at Wollaston School is characterised by an ethos of warmth, respect and ambition. We value effective working relationships with parents and we believe in delivering a high quality professional service in every aspect of our work. We offer a broad and exciting curriculum, expert teaching and high standards of academic achievement. We promote impeccable standards of behaviour and we expect the very best of every individual who walks through our doors. We are a team of staff and students who are committed to ensuring that our school is a truly exceptional place of learning.

Arranging a visit to Wollaston School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ridgek@wollaston-school.net.

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