SENCO
Woodside Primary School, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 6NF7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st January 2026
Closing date
30 September 2025 at 1pm
Date listed
2 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
- £36,413.00 - £53,994.00 Annually (FTE) Teacher's Outer London - £36,413.00 FTE - £53,994.00 FTE
SENCO job summary
Start Date: January 2026
Contract: Full-Time (all year round)
Location: Woodside Primary School
Ask yourself…why do you teach?
As a SENDCO, you have a pivotal role to play in shaping the next generation. You have the opportunity to be a role model, with the ability to develop our children’s talents and needs. As a member of the leadership team, you are able to maximise their potential, enabling them to achieve something they thought they never could.
If you have this mindset and with it, a deep desire to make a difference, then Woodside Primary School is the school for you!
We are a school on a journey towards excellence for all
A journey that is built on equity, inclusion and ambition, with our community at the centre of everything we do.
Children at Woodside Primary School need people who:
- Want to be here and to make a difference
- Build rewarding relationships
- Are aspirational
- Have a sense of humour
‘The Woodside Primary School’ is seeking to appoint an ambitious, creative and aspirational SENDCO and leader.
In return we will:
- Support you and celebrate the difference you are making
- Value your wellbeing
- Offer you the very best CPD
- Recognise your potential and support your career development
- Pay a competitive salary
The Inspire Partnership is a multi-academy trust of 10 schools based in Greenwich, Medway and Croydon.
What we can offer you:
Ongoing professional development
Commitment to staff wellbeing (members of the staff wellbeing charter)
Generous Annual Leave
Annual Incremental Pay Increases
Enhanced Family Friendly Pay (maternity, paternity/enhanced sickness pay)
Teacher’s Pension Scheme
Local Government Pension Scheme
Eye care voucher scheme
Extensive Training and Induction program
CPD opportunities including national networking opportunities
Possibility for future growth and CPD
All aspects of the application form must be fully completed to be considered for shortlisting, furthermore, please ensure that the Personal Statement in your application form addresses how you meet the duties outlined in the Person Specification. Please note we do not accept CV's, to apply, please complete the Inspire Partnership Recruitment Form and the Equal Opportunities Form, that is attached to this vacancy.
Further details about this vacancy and the job description can be found below.
To discuss this opportunity, please contact Mr Imandeep Atwal (Headteacher) at iatwal@inspirewoodside.co.uk
We reserve the right to interview and appoint at any stage during the recruitment process. Early applications are advised, as interviews will be ongoing.
Closing Date for Applications: 30th September 2025 at 12:00pm
For enquiries or an application pack please contact Janine Fernandes on 07706 829 391 or by email croydonhubrecruitment@inspirepartnership.co.uk
Please note we will only accept applications from candidates who have documentary evidence that they have the right to work in the UK.
Woodside Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff, volunteers and external agencies to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, Medical Clearance and satisfactory Employment References.
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 Woodside Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 472 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Woodside Primary School website
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