SENCO
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School, Liverpool, Merseyside, L12 9HZ8 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
15 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
7 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L6-L14 depending upon experience
What skills and experience we're looking for
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a thriving and highly inclusive 11–18 Catholic school with a strong sense of community and shared purpose.
Our recent Ofsted inspection highlighted that:
- “Leaders have created a highly inclusive culture where pupils are well known, cared for and supported.”
- “Pupils feel safe, valued and happy in an incredibly welcoming environment.”
- “Staff are well trained to adapt teaching so all pupils can access an ambitious curriculum.”
This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking school, contribute to whole-school improvement and work collaboratively with senior leaders to shape inclusive provision within the school.
We are now seeking to appoint an experienced and passionate leader to join our Senior Leadership Team. This is a senior leadership role with strategic responsibility for SEND, building on these strengths and driving the next phase of our development.
Working closely with the Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher – Inclusion, you will lead and develop high-quality inclusive practice across the school, ensuring that all pupils-particularly those with additional needs are fully supported to achieve their potential. You will provide strategic direction, line management and professional development for SEND, while working with subject and pastoral leaders to embed quality-first class teaching for SEND learners across the curriculum.
What the school offers its staff
The role combines strategic leadership and operational delivery including oversight of EHCP’s admissions, funding, data, external agency partnerships and staff development. You will be a visible and influential leader, championing high expectations, strong pastoral support and inclusive teaching practices throughout the school.
This is a key strategic leadership position where you will:
- Lead and develop SEND provision across the school
- Drive inclusion and remove barriers to learning
- Ensure all pupils, particularly those with SEND, thrive academically and personally
- Contribute to whole-school leadership and improvement
What We Offer
- A school with a strong, inclusive ethos and clear values
- Pupils who are respectful, engaged and eager to learn
- A culture where staff feel supported and valued
- A leadership team committed to professional development and wellbeing
- A vibrant school with outstanding facilities.
- The opportunity to join a thriving SENCO department.
- A welcoming staff culture, where we focus on supporting each other to grow and develop as teachers and aspiring leaders, with regular opportunities for staff to collaborate and share best practice.
- An environment where pupils have an excellent attitude to learning where they can grow academically and personally. Pupils’ behaviour and safety was judged by Ofsted as ‘Outstanding’.
- Pupils who, through the wide and diverse academic and extra-curricular opportunities they are offered, grow as individuals and happily contribute to the school community.
- Opportunities to regularly develop your own professional practice through in-house CPD.
We Are Looking for Someone Who:
- Is passionate about inclusion and improving life chances
- Has a strong track record of impact for pupils with SEND
- Can lead strategically and inspire others
Is committed to working in partnership with families and external agencies
Further information about the job
This role is full time and permanent. If this advert incorporates your strengths and interests and you wish to be part of our extremely successful and constantly evolving team, please see the job description, person specifications and application forms available on the school website at www.cardinal-heenan.org.uk .
Email application forms and covering letters to Lynn Lewington (l.lewington@cardinal-heenan.org.uk) by midday, Friday, 15th May 2026, with interviews to take place week commencing, 18th May 2026.
Job description, person specification, application form, code of conduct – Safer working practice guidance, Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 form, consent to obtain reference form, Disqualification Policy, model reasonable adjustments statement are available on the school website at www.cardinal-heenan.org.uk.
Applicants from overseas outside the EEA should obtain an overseas criminal check before applying for a visit as the post is in an education sector.
Our school is committed to safeguarding children and promoting children’s welfare. This post is subject to all the relevant pre-employment checks set out in “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, including an enhanced DBS certificate with a barred-list check and subject to receipt of references.
The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance
Commitment to safeguarding
Our school is committed to safeguarding children and promoting children’s welfare. This post is subject to all the relevant pre-employment checks set out in “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, including an enhanced DBS certificate with a barred-list check, together with an additional check as part of the shortlisting process, will be to carry out an online search (including social media).
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained schools, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1324 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School website
- Email address
- admin@cardinal-heenan.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0151 235 1430
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a thriving and vibrant Specialist Sports College and a leading school in the local area.
Arranging a visit to Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@cardinal-heenan.org.uk.
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