SEND Officer
Leeds Mathematics School, Leeds, LS1 5AS31 days remaining to apply
Start date details
to be agreed with successful candidate
Closing date
31 December 2025 at 9am
Date listed
7 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 22 hours per week, Term Time Only + 3 working weeks
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- SO1 (SCP 23-25) £34,434 - £36,363 Actual Salary: £18,594 - £19,636
What skills and experience we're looking for
Leeds Mathematics School is seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague to the role of SEND Officer. This role is of great importance to our work at LMaS. The successful candidate will ensure the effective delivery of SEND support to students at LMaS with SEND, and to their parents & carers and their teachers, to ensure that our support for LMaStudents with SEND is comprehensive, personalised and highly impactful.
Applicants should have:
- In-depth knowledge of SEND legislation, including the Equality Act (as amended), and its application in education.
- Clear understanding of inclusive practice, strategies to remove barriers to learning, and approaches that promote participation for all LMaStudents.
- Understanding of safeguarding responsibilities within the context of SEND.
- High level of IT literacy, including data management systems and online platforms.
What the school offers its staff
As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:
- Membership of a teacher or local government pension scheme, depending on the role.
- A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Discounts and online offers at major high street/online retailers.
- £2k Cycle to work scheme.
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
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About Leeds Mathematics School
- School type
- Free School, ages 16 to 19
- Education phase
- Sixth_form_or_college
- School size
- 168 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 16 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Leeds Mathematics School website
- Email address
- robert.wilne@lmas.ac.uk
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