SENCO
The Victory Primary School, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 4QP35 days remaining to apply
Start date details
01-2027
Closing date
26 November 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
22 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- SENCO (special educational needs coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £53,585.00 - £57,698.00 Annually (FTE)
SENCO job summary
The Victory Primary School wishes to appoint a qualified SENCO, or some willing to undertake the qualification, to lead and manage support for pupils with Special Educational Needs and disabilities (SEND). They will be a key member of the team with no regular teaching responsibilities. They will oversee inclusive practices across the school and be highly effective in managing quality provision for children with SEND, raising standards and enabling all pupils to achieve their very best.
Alongside a strong team of Learning Support Assistants and pastoral staff, the SENCO will work to secure high-quality teaching, effective use of resources and improved standards of learning and achievement for all pupils but particularly for those on the SEND register.
Working with SEND pupils will be a vocation of the successful applicant, and they will come with knowledge and enthusiasm. United Learning offers a generous salary and relocation expenses, where required. Together we can achieve ‘The Best in Everyone’.
Flexible working is available for this position. Please refer to the candidate pack for full details of this wonderful opportunity.
The Victory Primary School is part of United Learning, a growing group of schools whose aim is to provide excellent education to children and young people across the country. We are committed to ensuring our employees feel valued, supported and rewarded. As part of United Learning, we offer opportunities and a benefits package beyond that of an individual school.
We’re proud to offer ‘more pay, more time, and more support’. We offer the best pay in the sector, three extra INSET days dedicated to planning and professional development, one paid personal leave day each year during term time.
We place a high priority on developing our staff. Every employee benefits from a supportive annual review process with a tailored programme of personal development. We also facilitate a wide range of professional networks, enabling colleagues to collaborate, share best practice and learn from colleagues in similar roles.
We are committed to supporting your wellbeing. Flexible working is available where roles allow, alongside a comprehensive range of benefits including enhanced parental leave, access to a health cash plan (following 6 months’ service) employee assistance and wellbeing programmes, and free flu vaccines. Further information about our rewards and benefits can be found at - www.unitedlearning.org.uk/careers/rewards-and-benefits.
If you enjoy a varied role and take pride in making a difference, we’d love to hear from you!
If you would like to arrange an informal conversation or visit the school, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please refer to the candidate pack for full details of this wonderful opportunity.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About The Victory Primary School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 365 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
The Victory Primary School is a happy and dynamic school that is striving to offer the very best education for the children, whilst embedding the school values of kindness, respect, determination, teamwork and excellence. If you are looking for an exciting, challenging and highly rewarding teaching role, this is the job for you!
The Victory Primary School is part of United Learning, a large and growing group of schools, aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England. Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialist, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resources, helping to simply work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.
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