SENCO

Lime Tree Primary Academy, Sale, Cheshire, M33 2RP

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  12.04.2027, unless candidate can start sooner

• Closing date

  3 December 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £34,155.00 Annually (FTE)

SENCO job summary

To provide strategic leadership for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and inclusion across Lime Tree Primary Academy, ensuring that pupils with SEND access ambitious, high-quality teaching, appropriate provision and opportunities to thrive. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, the SENCO will lead the development and implementation of the academy's whole-school Inclusion Strategy, ensuring that inclusive practice is embedded across all aspects of school life. They will fulfil statutory SENCO responsibilities; support staff expertise; and work closely with pupils, families and partner agencies.

The SENCO will work in partnership with the SEND Manager, who coordinates agreed operational processes, records, meetings, communications and monitoring. The SENCO retains professional and strategic oversight, statutory accountability and decision-making within the school’s delegated arrangements.

This role will be non teaching, the selected candidate will be part of SLT and the role will include a TLR2a.

The role is part time, 3 days per week.

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 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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Lime Tree Primary Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 473 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Lime Tree Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lime-tree-primary-academy

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