SEND Administrator

Witton Park Academy, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 6TD

5 days remaining to apply

Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
8 December 2025 at 9am
Date listed
2 December 2025

Job details

Job role: Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time
Contract type: Permanent
Actual salary: £22,201 - £23,278

What skills and experience we're looking for

SEN Administrator / SENCO Support 🤝

Role:SEND Administrator

Salary:Grade D (SCP 5 - SCP 8) FTE £25,583 - £26,824 FTE per annum, pro rata salary £22,201 - £23,278 pa

Contract:Permanent, Part time

Hours:37 hours per week, Term time plus one week

Closing date for applications: 9am 8th December 2025

Join Our Dedicated Special Educational Needs (SEN) Team!

Are you a highly organised, empathetic, and detail-oriented administrator looking for a rewarding role supporting the educational journey of young people? We are seeking a dedicatedSEN Administratorto provide essential administrative and clerical support to our Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO) and the wider department.

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, can handle sensitive information with discretion, and want to contribute significantly to an inclusive school environment, we encourage you to apply!

🌟 The Role: Key Responsibilities

As the backbone of our SEN administration, your duties will be varied and crucial, including:

📄 Administrative and Clerical Support

Provide all necessary administrative and clerical duties to support the SENCO.
Handle departmental correspondence, including typing, scanning, and sending letters and reports to parents and outside agencies.
Manage the booking of appointments and assist with the ordering of all books and equipment for the department.
Assist with the setup for key school events like Open Evenings, Tours, and Taster Days.

🗣️ Communication and Liaison

Act as a key liaison, professionally answering enquiries and coordinating communication with parents, external agencies, and other stakeholders.
Handle sensitive situations with tact, confidentiality, and discretion.

🗓️ SEN Process Management

Ensure allAnnual Reviewpaperwork is carried out and submitted punctually.
Attend and accurately take minutes at Annual Review meetings.
Maintain and update theSEN registerand other essential records.
Type and arrange reviews forIndividual Education Plans (IEPs).

⏱️ Operational Support

Assist the SENCO with the complex timetabling of support staff and student provision.

🔒 Compliance and Professional Standards

Ensure all work and records are kept up-to-date and fully compliant withGDPR(General Data Protection Regulation).
Be aware of and comply with policies relating to child protection, health and safety, confidentiality, and data protection, reporting all concerns appropriately.

What the school offers its staff

About the School

We are extremely proud of our school; the achievements of our pupils, the expertise, the dedication of our staff, our outstanding facilities and our reputation as a centre of excellence. Our ultra-modern school buildings allow our pupils to flourish in facilities for learning that truly does enable us to trail blaze innovative learning – from the bright and attractive classrooms to the fully equipped outside play areas, the facilities allow our pupils to fully explore their talents and to shine in those areas that they most enjoy.

A building, however, is only as good as the people working within; we believe we have some of the best students and teachers in the world.Staff and pupils benefit from the investment we place in their development: as well as playing a key part in supporting other schools through the Achievement through Collaboration Trust, we have a variety of external partners from Google, The Schools, Students and Teacher Network, and with University College London. Partnerships like these create opportunities for all members of our team.

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.

About the Trust

Achievement through Collaboration is a Trust with a purpose! We want our children, our staff and our schools to Achieve, Belong and Collaborate.

To achieve our purpose, we know there are things we need to get right!

Through a clear definition and articulation of the values and beliefs of Achievement through Collaboration, we’ve built an organisation with children at the heart of everything we do. Our schools have the individuality to make the right choices for their pupils, staff and communities within a culture of collaboration.

Our Trust Board owns the strategic plan, holding the executive team to account to deliver it whilst delegating the correct things to the Local Governing Bodies.LGBs are supported to build their role around the children, parents and staff of their individual school whilst expressing the “we” of the Trust.

Key to maintaining our successful educational standards is a clear trust wide school improvement strategy/plan that meets the needs of every school wherever they are on their journey. Our Trust Wide strategy for capturing the most effective practice and transmitting it between more classrooms is in place and underpinned by a workforce talent management strategy that facilitates staff development and deployment.

A strong central team connects the academies enabling leaders and teachers to concentrate on educational delivery. Achievement through Collaboration is financially stable which enables the strategic allocation of resources that enables standards to be maintained and improvements to be achieved.

We believe that all children, staff and schools benefit from belonging to a family of schools within a strong collaborative multi-academy trust. We are an outward organisation, we embrace innovation and opportunities that benefit our pupils. AtC has invested in staff to build capacity to collaborate with other schools and we are now actively looking to grow further.

If you share our values and are committed to ensuring that our children at Wittonchildren have the opportunity to acquire the knowledge, skills and character to shape future success for themselves and their world,we look forward to hearing from you.

Jane Chambers

Chief Executive Officer

Safeguarding Information

AtC Trust and its Schools are committed to safeguarding children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.This position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service which will require you to disclose all unspent/unfiltered criminal convictions.

Achievement Through Collaboration Trust is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination, and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We understand how important choosing the right school is and so, on behalf of our children and staff, we warmly invite you to visit our school and experience for yourself the quality of education we offer.

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.