SENCo
JCoSS, New Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN4 9GE4 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
5 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
14 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Special Education Needs (SEN)
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £67,762.00 - £74,239.00 Annually (Actual) L11-15
SENCo job summary
JCoSS is seeking an experienced and highly qualified SENCO to lead and manage our provision for students with Special Educational Needs. This is a key strategic role within our school, ensuring that every student receives the highest quality of education, support, and care.
As a high-achieving, inclusive, and supportive school, we are looking for an exceptional leader who can drive SEND provision forward, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements while maintaining outstanding outcomes for students.
The role
As SENCO, you will:
Lead and manage the Learning Support Faculty, promoting a culture of inclusion and high expectations.
Work closely with the Associate Deputy Headteacher - Inclusion to ensure full compliance with the SEND Code of Practice, including maintaining the annual SEND Report.
Identify and support students with special educational needs, ensuring that all staff have access to up-to-date records and guidance.
Oversee Exam Access Arrangements (EAA) in line with JCQ regulations.
Lead the completion of statutory reports, consultation responses, and other documentation within set deadlines.
Deploy resources effectively, ensuring that Learning Support Assistants and teaching staff are well-equipped to meet students’ needs.
Develop and implement high-quality training for Learning Support staff and mainstream teachers, promoting best practices in inclusive teaching.
Champion and promote the progress and achievement of students with SEND and disabilities.
Work closely with colleagues to develop effective teaching and learning strategies for all students.
Lead and manage the strategic planning, review, and self-evaluation of SEND provision across the school.
About you
We are seeking an inspirational leader who:
Holds the National Award for SEN Coordination (or is willing to undergo the training) and has extensive experience in SEND leadership within a secondary school.
Demonstrates a proven track record in leading and managing inclusive education.
Has a deep understanding of the SEND Code of Practice and best practices in SEND provision.
Is highly organised, able to manage multiple priorities effectively, and ensure statutory compliance.
Has outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, capable of building strong relationships with students, parents, staff, and external agencies.
Shows resilience, enthusiasm, and a commitment to fostering a positive and inclusive school culture.
Brings an innovative and strategic approach to leadership, with the ability to motivate and inspire others.
Why join JCoSS?
Be part of a highly respected, dynamic, and forward-thinking team.
Work in a vibrant and inclusive school community where every individual is valued.
Play a key role in shaping and enhancing SEND provision, making a lasting impact on student’s lives.
Commitment to safeguarding
JCoSS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) clearance.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About JCoSS
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Jewish, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1345 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- JCoSS website (opens in new tab)
Our Vision: JCoSS is an academic, aspirational learning community, known and respected for our pioneering spirit, our humanity and our excellent outcomes.
Our Ethos: If you think you know what working in a Jewish school might be like, be ready to think again. Our outward-looking and pluralist Jewish ethos combines an embrace of open-minded values with a deep love of the varied riches of Jewish tradition. The staff and leadership team includes different faiths and none at all levels, and the school has a culture of purposeful good humour and humanity. We are a school like no other.
Our Results: We have a track record of outstanding results. Students achieve excellent outcomes and make great progress. In 2023 46% of A level grades were at A*or A and more than 79% of Cambridge Technical grades were Distinction* or Distinction. 45% of GCSE grades were grade 7 or higher, with more than a quarter of the cohort achieving at least 7 GCSEs at grade 7 or better. Our ALPS grade has been consistently 2 at both A level and GCSE, and our ‘Progress 8’ score is consistently significantly above national average. Supported by a strong programme, students every year gain places at Oxbridge and for Medical and Veterinary Study, as well as for a wide range of specialisms and competitive courses at prestigious institutions.
Staff Benefits: We appoint on potential as well as experience, and we are committed to supporting staff development. Several non-teaching colleagues have trained with us as teachers; our rich CPL programme includes full induction for new teaching staff including ECTs, NPQ programmes, and financial support for MA courses, Action Research projects and many other opportunities. Additional responsibilities are always considered for suitable candidates and we offer ECTs employment for the last few weeks of the summer term. Our admissions policy includes priority places for the children of all staff*. Our website details a huge number and variety of staff wellbeing initiatives.
* (Children, Jewish and non-Jewish, of JCoSS staff who have a permanent contract of employment and have completed two years of service on the last day of the summer term of the academic year prior to application)
Our Location & Community: The school is in beautiful £50m buildings overlooking the Green Belt. It is easily accessible from Northern, Piccadilly and Overground rail links, public buses run past the entrance and a school coach service (available to staff) serves our whole catchment area. We attract students from eloquent and supportive communities across North London and Hertfordshire.
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