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SENCO Assistant

Sidney Stringer Academy, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 5LY

This job expired on 4 September 2025 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  4 September 2025 at 11:59am

• Date listed

  25 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 4 £19,195 to £21,818

SENCO Assistant job summary

You will be employed by the trust which consists of five schools led by Sidney Stringer Academy. The schools are Radford Primary Academy, Ernesford Grange Community Academy, Riverbank Academy (Special School), Sidney Stringer Primary School and Sidney Stringer Academy.

We are looking to appoint a SENCO Assistant & Access Lead to join our SEND team. As SENCO Assistant you will work with and support the SENCO team in their role as they strive to ensure that everything is in place for the students identified as SEND.

Approximately 20% of the students at the Academy are identified as SEND and within this there is a varied spectrum of additional needs.

Job requirements

• High level of numeracy and literacy
• Experience of clerical/administrative work
• A positive interest in working with students
• Ability to work on own and as part of a team, with excellent communication skills
• Knowledge of relevant policies/codes of practice and awareness of legislation
• General understanding of National Curriculum and other basic learning programmes

Why join us?

As a SENCO Assistant and Access Lead within Sidney Stringer Academy, you’ll be able to make a key difference to a pupil’s educational experience as a crucial part of the wider team, and will have the opportunity to develop your skillset with key training and development opportunities available.

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 school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS.

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About Sidney Stringer Academy

• School type: Academies, Does not apply, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1495 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sidney Stringer Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sidney-stringer-academy

Our Trust consists of five schools led by Sidney Stringer Academy. The schools are Radford Primary Academy, Ernesford Grange Community Academy, Riverbank Academy (Special School), Sidney Stringer Academy and Sidney Stringer Primary Free School.

All of the schools in the trust are working together with the ambition of becoming outstanding. As the Trust develops we are exploring the opportunities of creating shared posts and services across the schools so that we can benefit from economies of scale.

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