21 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 January 2026

  • Closing date

    3 October 2025 at 11:49am

  • Date listed

    12 September 2025

Job details

Job role

  • SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£32,916.00 - £51,048.00 + TLR2a £3,391

SENCo with Teaching Responsibilites MPS/UPS + TLR2a job summary

We are currently looking to welcome an experienced and passionate SENDCo to join our team and take the lead in ensuring children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities receive the very best support. This role combines strategic leadership of SEND provision with an element of direct teaching responsibilities.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead and manage the school’s provision for pupils with SEND in line with the SEND Code of Practice.
  • Work closely with staff, parents, and external agencies to ensure inclusive, high-quality education for all learners.
  • Oversee the identification, assessment, and monitoring of pupils with SEND.
  • Deliver engaging and inclusive teaching to a small class or groups, contributing to high standards of learning across the school.
  • Monitor and evaluate the impact of interventions, ensuring effective support is in place.
  • Maintain accurate records and contribute to whole-school improvement planning.


We are looking for someone who:

  • Holds the National Award for SENDCo (or is willing to work towards it).
  • Has proven experience in supporting children with a wide range of needs, ideally in a primary setting.
  • Is a strong communicator and relationship-builder with children, families, and colleagues.
  • Demonstrates excellent teaching skills and a commitment to inclusive practice.
  • Can inspire, motivate, and support staff to meet the needs of all learners.


In return, we offer:

  • A supportive and collaborative staff team.
  • Children who are enthusiastic, caring, and eager to learn.
  • Opportunities for professional development and training.
  • A school culture that values wellbeing, inclusion, and high aspirations.


Visits to the school are welcomed


Birley Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment. Appointments are subject to enhanced DBS checks and satisfactory references.

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

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.

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About Birley Primary Academy

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
541 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
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School website
Birley Primary Academy website
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Birley Primary Academy joined L.E.A.D Academy Trust in February 2017 together with four other schools in the Birley family. This is an exciting time to join our Academy and contribute to a successful learning environment for our children.

We are a large primary school in south east Sheffield, admitting children from 3 to 11 years with Foundation Stage 1 (nursery) provision for 104 children. Our admissions number is 90 children across all other year groups. The school was last inspected by Ofsted in 2019 and was judged to be good.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to complete a Criminal Records Disclosure Form in line with Section 115 of the Police Act 1997.

We value diversity and are committed to recruiting from all sections of the community.

The L.E.A.D. Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check in line with Section 115 of the Police Act 1997. The School follows safe recruitment practices.

Birley Primary Academy is part of L.E.A.D. Academy Trust, which is a registered charity created in 2011. The Trust aims, through outstanding leadership, to provide the highest quality education to enable every pupil to realise their full potential. Further information about the Trust can be found here http://www.leadacademytrust.co.uk/about-us

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