SENCo

Danegrove Primary School, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN4 8UD

15 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  27 May 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPS1 - UP3
• Additional allowances:

  TLR 2 (amount will depend on experience and qualification)

What skills and experience we're looking for

• has an excellent knowledge of SEN in a primary school;
• can play a key role by ensuring that all pupils with additional needs make accelerated progress and achieve to the best of their ability;
• will contribute to and implement strategic plans for the provision of pupils with EHCPs;
• will lead CPD for staff and workshops for parents;
• can provide leadership and direction to a large staff team by providing guidance and support that ensures high quality teaching, and effective use of support and resources;
• will professionally liaise with outside agencies/specialists to help achieve the best outcomes for pupils;
• is a team player, has a positive outlook and a sense of humour;
• will contribute to the wider life of the school;
• holds the National Award for SEN Co-ordinators or the NPQ for SENCos, or is prepared to undertake the NPQ for SENCos.

What the school offers its staff

• happy, enthusiastic pupils, who are guaranteed to make you smile;
• welcoming and caring members of staff;
• a supportive leadership team;
• an inclusive and kind ethos;
• opportunities for continued professional development
• access to an Employee Assistant Scheme

Flexible working opportunities

• Personal day
• Work life balance weeks
• Remote working for PPA/management time.

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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to rpenny7.302@lgflmail.org

CVs are not accepted.

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.

Additional documents

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

SENCO Job description & Person Specification - Sept 2025.pdf - 711 KB (opens in new tab)

About Danegrove Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 629 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Danegrove Primary School website
• Email address: rpenny7.302@lgflmail.org
• Phone number: 02084494024
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/danegrove-primary-school

Danegrove Primary School is a lovely three-form entry primary school based in the London Borough of Barnet. If you are looking to join a forward-thinking primary school with a supportive leadership and an amazing staff team – then this is the role for you.
Danegrove Primary School provides children with the best possible education by developing the whole child and equipping them for the challenging and fast changing world in which we live. Our children would love a teacher who has energy, commitment, champions inclusivity and has an enduring passion for education.
The head teacher encourages staff to be creative and innovative in their approach to teaching and learning, within an inclusive, happy and stimulating learning environment.

Arranging a visit to Danegrove Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email rpenny7.302@lgflmail.org.

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