SENCO & EYFS/Year 1 Phase Leader with Phonics Responsibility

Brownmead Primary Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B34 6SS

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Easter 2026

• Closing date

  21 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  7 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main Scale/UPS + TLR 2A - £8,279
• Additional allowances:

  Main Scale/UPS + TLR 2A - £8,279

SENCO & EYFS/Year 1 Phase Leader with Phonics Responsibility job summary

Are you an experienced and passionate teacher ready to take the next step in your leadership journey? Do you have a strong commitment to inclusion and a drive to ensure every child thrives?

We are excited to offer a unique opportunity to join our Senior Leadership Team as SENCO and Phase Leader for EYFS and Year 1, with additional responsibility for leading phonics supporting early reading

About the Role:

As our mainstream school SENCO, you will play a pivotal role in shaping inclusive practice and ensuring high-quality provision for pupils with additional needs. You will also lead teaching and learning across EYFS and Year 1, supporting staff to deliver outstanding early education and phonics instruction.

This role includes a 0.2-0.4 teaching commitment, primarily supporting PPA across all phases, allowing you to remain connected to classroom practice while developing your leadership skills.

We’re Looking For Someone Who:

Is an excellent classroom practitioner with experience in EYFS and Key Stage 1

Has a secure understanding of phonics and early reading, ideally with experience in Read Write Inc

Holds or is willing to work towards the NASENCo qualification

Demonstrates a strong commitment to inclusive education and high expectations for all learners

Has experience supporting children with a range of special educational needs

Possesses excellent interpersonal, organisational, and leadership skills

Is resilient, flexible, and passionate about making a difference

In This Role, You Will:

Lead and manage SEND provision across the school

Support and develop teaching and learning in EYFS and Year 1

Implement the Trust’s SEND strategy and ensure statutory responsibilities are met

Design and monitor effective interventions

Work collaboratively with staff, parents, and external agencies

Champion high-quality phonics teaching across the early years

In return, we will offer you:

- A collaborative and inclusive culture, where team members will upskill you and give you regular opportunities to learn from each other in a safe and collaborative environment, both within your schools and Trust-wide.

- An opportunity to undertake structured CPD via access to the National College online CPD platform and/or apprenticeships such as Level 7 Senior Leaders Masters, with regular twilights.

- Access to Career Pathways and Pledge to help you plan for and make your goals a reality via our Professional Growth and Performance (PPG) process.

- A wellbeing culture, with paid and unpaid time off to support life events via our Life Leave Policy, access to a Wellbeing Champion and the opportunity to participate in our annual staff wellbeing survey with Edurio, so we know and can respond to views.

- Access to 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), which includes confidential counselling, access to wellbeing advice and a lifestyle app called “My Possible Self”.

- Access to a suite of supportive policies, such as Life Leave, Wellbeing, Career Break and Family Friendly.

- Access to a generous pension scheme known as the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (LGPS).

- Access to a comprehensive employee rewards package including Long Service Awards, Employee Referral Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and contribution to glasses and eye-sight tests for eligible display screen users.

- Opportunity to be part of key Trust-wide collaborative groups such as the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI working group) and Wellbeing working groups, including menopause support and neurodiversity support.

- Onsite parking at all schools.

As part of our recruitment process, we carry out rigorous online searches in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Please note that applications must be the creation of the candidate applying. While technology, including artificial intelligence, may be used to help the candidate select certain phraseology, if substantial use of AI is used, the application will be disregarded.

We value our people and are dedicated to making sure that everybody feels empowered to bring their authentic self to work. We have an outstanding opportunity to work at Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust.

We promise to treat all candidates fairly, consistently and with respect throughout the application, assessment, and selection process.

We are also “happy to talk flexible working” subject to the operational requirements of the role.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means 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. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.

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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.

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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

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About Brownmead Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 316 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Brownmead Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/brownmead-primary-academy

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