SEND Improvement Lead
Star Academies, Blackburn, BB1 2HT10 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
27 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
15 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £72,162 to £87,651 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
Who we’re looking for
We are looking for an experienced SENDCo and school senior leader or an educational psychologist with the ability to drive improvement in SEND across our schools nationally. You will play a crucial role in the trust-wide strategy to secure gains in pupil outcomes, developing SEND leaders and securing systems to ensure we maximise the achievements of pupils with SEND. The position requires an individual who can work both strategically and operationally, modelling best practice SEND expertise and embedding a coaching approach. You will have a track record of advocating for SEND, ensuring high quality SEND systems, supporting colleagues to improve SEND provision at the universal, targeted and specialist level, and you will be proficient in providing actionable developmental feedback.
You will have:
- Credibility as an experienced and successful SEND leader either as a school senior leader and SENDCo or as an educational psychologist with a demonstrable track record of success, improving outcomes for pupils with SEND.
- The ability to drive high quality identification and provision for pupils with SEN across a national network of schools.
- The ability to support and challenge senior leaders and SENDCos to implement a high-quality SEND strategy in each of their schools.
- An expert knowledge of all areas of SEND and the evidence-informed practice to support need.
- The ability to plan and deliver high-quality CPD.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Full commitment to our vision and values.
What the school offers its staff
About Star Central
Star Central, which is headquartered in Blackburn, Lancashire, provides leadership, strategic direction and support to Star Academies, Star Institute and our schools.
The Star Central team includes experts from a range of professional backgrounds, who work together to provide an outstanding support service to the Star community. We support our schools to provide educational and operational excellence and to cultivate a strong Star community, with the aim of nurturing today’s young people and inspiring tomorrow’s leaders.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
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About Star Academies
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- info@staracademies.org
- Phone number
- 0330 313 9800
Head office location
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