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SEND Administrator
The East Manchester Academy, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M11 3DS10 days remaining to apply
Job start date
27 August 2026
Closing date
6 July 2026 at 9am
Date listed
26 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,000.00 - £27,578.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 5, Points 13 -19
SEND Administrator job summary
About Us
The East Manchester Academy is a vibrant and innovative educational community in the heart of Beswick. We are a part of the Greater Manchester Education Trust. Together, we create lives of opportunity.
‘The East Manchester Academy is a beacon of hope and aspiration for pupils’ (Ofsted 2023)
‘The sense of community is tangible in this inclusive school.’ (Ofsted 2025)
This is an exciting opportunity to join The East Manchester Academy, a vibrant and ambitious school at the heart of a diverse community. Following our positive Ofsted inspection in March 2025—where we achieved ‘Good’ overall and ‘Outstanding’ for Personal Development and Leadership and Management—we are continuing to build on our rapid improvement journey.
We are a growing academy and we are now looking to add further capacity to our team as we enter the next stage of our development; to become an exceptional school that ensures the children of East Manchester flourish both academically and socially. We are a forward thinking and happy school, we embrace research and work collaboratively with colleagues within and beyond our trust to drive standards.
Please visit our website to learn more about us and contact: recruitment@temac.co.uk if you would like to arrange a visit to the academy prior to application.
The Role
We are seeking a highly organised and proactive SEND Administrator to provide essential administrative and organisational support to the SENCO and wider inclusion team.
The role is central to ensuring the effective coordination, monitoring and recording of provision for students with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND), in line with statutory requirements and school policies.
Key aspects of the role include
- Maintaining accurate and up-to-date SEND records, including EHCPs, SEND support plans and provision mapping
- Managing SEND information systems and ensuring data protection compliance
- Coordinating annual reviews and ensuring statutory deadlines are met
- Acting as a point of contact for parents/carers and liaising with external agencies
- Organising and minuting meetings such as annual reviews and intervention planning sessions
- Supporting monitoring, reporting and audit processes relating to SEND provision
This is a key administrative role that contributes directly to improving outcomes and ensuring inclusive practice across the academy.
About You
You will have absolute commitment to wanting the best for children and young people, along with tact, discretion and diplomacy in all interpersonal relationships with parents/carers, students and colleagues at work. You will be self-motivated and have a personal drive to complete tasks to the required timescales and quality standards, you must have the flexibility to adapt to changing workload demands and new school challenges that may involve working beyond prescribed hours on occasion.
You will be a skilled administrator with excellent organisational and communication skills, able to manage multiple priorities effectively.
You will:
- Have experience in an administrative role and handling confidential information
- Be proficient in IT systems including Microsoft Office and databases/MIS systems
- Demonstrate strong attention to detail and the ability to meet deadlines
- Be able to work both independently and as part of a team
- Show a professional, approachable and empathetic manner when working with students, families and colleagues
You will also have an awareness of SEND and inclusive practices, alongside a commitment to safeguarding and supporting young people.
Experience within a school or SEND environment and knowledge of EHCP processes would be advantageous, though not essential.
Full details about the role and the qualifications, experience, and attributes required can be found in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Why Join Us?
You will join an academy that is relentless in its drive to ensure our students and staff alike achieve their very best and are proud of themselves. We are proud to serve our diverse and inclusive community and wish to appoint a practitioner who shares our commitment to young people in challenging circumstances who believes that education is the best way to ensure social justice.
A minimum 20% PPA allowance for all staff
Joint PPA time for departments to plan collaboratively
Bike2work scheme
Gym membership
Employee Assistance Programme
Health Cash Plan
A comprehensive CPD programme to support pedagogical and leadership development
A low stakes approach to QA to ensure teachers keep getting better
Strategic partnerships with external organisations to support staff development
A genuine commitment to wellbeing and effective workload management
A Trust for Every Child and Every Colleague
We believe that great futures are built by great people. Colleagues who work in our schools will experience the same focus on care and guidance, opportunity and challenge, so that they can deliver an exceptional education to our young people. They will become the very best practitioners through bespoke support and opportunities to learn professionally, to collaborate, to lead innovation and to advance their career with us.
We strive for excellence in everything we do. At GMET, every role, from teaching to support, is valued. You’ll be supported and empowered to grow within a trust where our core values guide our work with learners, colleagues, families, and the wider community.
We invest in our people. As part of GMET, you’ll benefit from a wide range of employee benefits designed to support your health and wellbeing, help you save money, and make your salary go further including:
- A warm, inclusive, and supportive school culture
- High expectations for all learners and staff
- A strong focus on wellbeing and professional development
- Opportunities to innovate and collaborate across the trust
- A commitment to equity, diversity and accessibility
- Tailored CPD and coaching
- Trust-wide networks and learning communities
- Leadership development pathways
- Access to wellbeing resources and flexible working options
How to Apply
We are committed to safeguarding, child protection and promoting the wellbeing of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All roles are subject to:
- Enhanced DBS checks
- Reference and identity verification
- Compliance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The East Manchester Academy is committed to safeguarding, child protection and promoting the well-being of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Enhanced Check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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 East Manchester Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1031 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The East Manchester Academy website
‘The East Manchester Academy is a beacon of hope and aspiration for pupils’ (Ofsted 2023).
This is an exciting time for the academy and to help transform the life chances of students within East Manchester. As you will see from our recent Ofsted inspection report, we have driven rapid improvements to all areas and are ready to accelerate further. We are a growing academy and we are now looking to add further capacity to our team as we enter the next stage of our development; to become an exceptional school that ensures the children of East Manchester flourish both academically and socially. We are a forward thinking and happy school, we embrace research and work collaboratively with colleagues within and beyond our trust to drive standards.
The academy is part of The Greater Manchester Education Trust. The Trust is a multi-academy trust, which came into effect in September 2022 comprising four schools; The East Manchester Academy, a mixed school of over 1,000 students in the heart of Manchester’s re-generation area, Whalley Range 11-18 High School, a girls school of 1,500 students, Levenshulme High School, a girls school which is three miles away with a very similar, diverse community and Parrs Wood 11-18 High School a mixed school of nearly 2000 students in the heart of East Didsbury.
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