SEND Manager (Assistant SENDCo)

Parkside School, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD13 5AD

27 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  16 April 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  20 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £30,440.00 - £32,145.00 Annually (Actual) SO1 Point 23-25

SEND Manager (Assistant SENDCo) job summary

Do you want a job where you make a difference to the lives of children and young people?

Do you want to be inspired on a daily basis by your work?

Are you passionate about inclusion and committed to meeting the needs of all children?

Do you have the ability to engage, motivate and promote the progress, learning and personal development of pupils?

Are you ready to take on a key position of responsibility?

It is a very exciting time to join Parkside School, a part of Wellspring Academy Trust. Our school is welcoming and vibrant, with students who thrive on positive relationships and staff who are committed to securing the best possible outcomes for them. We are on an exciting journey reshaping Parkside School to be a school that students, staff, and the community are proud of. We are looking for like-minded, motivated staff to join us and positively contribute to this journey. Wellspring Academy Trust is known for its inclusive practice and a focus on high challenge and high support. These values are matched by Parkside School. Details of Wellspring Academy Trust can be found at: https://wellspringacademytrust.co.uk/

‘We make a difference’ - if you have the same philosophy, this may be the job for you.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated and enthusiastic person to join our team at Parkside as SEND Manager (Assistant SENDCo)

As the SEND Manager at Parkside School, the core focus of this job is to support the SENDCo and Deputy SENDCo. The post holder will do this by assuming responsibility for managing and contributing to the work of the team, with a particular focus on EHCP students, undertaking reviews, parent/carer evenings, and supporting teaching staff with the implementation of inclusion strategies. The post holder will lead on the transition of SEN students and will track progress throughout their time at Parkside School.

The successful applicant will be supported by the Assistant Principal for Inclusion (SENDCo) and Deputy SENDCo. There is a Trust wide SEND/SENDCo network along with the opportunity to visit other schools to witness strong practice and use that experience to develop others at Parkside School. This post would be an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate about supporting SEND students and is wanting to develop their leadership experience.

Parkside School also has a Resource Provision, a dedicated area for students with EHCPs (Autism) to work in a hybrid model with students in school. The postholder will gain an immersive experience in all aspects related to

Our vision for Parkside School is that Parkside School should visibly and substantively impact on the community it is embedded within. This impact should be important, meaningful and considerable. This means young people from Parkside should develop into well-rounded young people who know how to keep themselves safe. We want students to have a personal and specific hope for the future which they can articulate, believe in and share with others; students who can empathise, critique, protect, love, inspire, make, design, explore and understand; students who are willing to try things they have never done before, do things they don’t want to do and be willing to reinvent themselves to become the best that they can be.

We encourage any applicant to come and visit the school or to book an informal phone conversation about this role with the Assistant Principal (SENDCo) Heather Woodstock. Please contact Heather at heather.woodstock@parksideschool.net to arrange a suitable time.

If you are as excited by this challenge as we are and you think this might be the role for you, please apply by submitting a completed application form, having taken note of the attachments, by 9am on Thursday 16th April 2026.

Interviews for successfully shortlisted candidates will be undertaken shortly following the closing date.

The School has adopted the principles of Safer Recruitment and will safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to do the same. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal records check via the Disclosure and Barring Service. Parkside School is an Equal Opportunities Employer

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

Wellspring Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils. All posts are offered subject to enhanced DBS checks. As this role involves working with children in regulated activity, please note that it is an offence to apply for the role if barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.

References will be requested and an online search carried out for shortlisted candidates, prior to interview. Further pre-employment checks, including prohibition from teaching, childcare disqualification and section 128 checks, if relevant for the role, will be completed for the successful candidate upon acceptance of the post.

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.

About Parkside School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1102 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Parkside School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/parkside-school-bradford

Parkside School and locality
We want all of our schools to make a positive contribution to the community that they are embedded within. This impact should be meaningful, considerable and lasting.

We want the young people of Parkside school to have every available opportunity to develop into well-rounded citizens who are equipped to make a positive contribution and who know how to keep themselves safe. We want students to have passionate hopes for their future; hopes that they can articulate, believe in and make real. We want to develop a nurturing environment that develops students who can empathise, critique, protect, love, inspire, make, design, explore and understand; students who are willing to try things they have never tried before, do things they have never done before and who are willing to risk reimagining themselves as the very best version of what they can become.

Located in the picturesque village of Cullingworth, Parkside School is surrounded by rolling hills and dramatic countryside.

The village, three miles south of Keighley and seven miles west of central Bradford, is not only popular with commuters but also with tourists, walkers and cyclists who revel in some of the country’s most glorious scenery.

The locality is steeped in history; the Brontë Parsonage Museum and its famous literary collections lie less than five miles east.

Also on the doorstep is the Saltaire World Heritage Site; a Victorian model village that is home to Salts Mill, which itself boasts striking architecture, eateries and shopping.

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