SEND Team Leader

Plymstock School, Plymouth, Devon, PL9 9AZ

5 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  15 December 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  22 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22,974.50 - £25,300.73 Annually (Actual) Grade D SCP 8 - 14 FTE £26,824 - £29,540

SEND Team Leader job summary

We are seeking a SEND Team Leader for our current Year 8 cohort. The Team Leader will oversee the year group's caseload, coordinating support and ensuring high quality provision in line with the SEND Code of Practice. The SEND Team Leader will work closely with teachers, teaching assistants and external agencies to track outcomes and implement the graduated response.

The Team Leader will lead on team routines (briefings, case discussions, documentation) and contributes to CPD for colleagues. The Team Leader upholds safeguarding and inclusion and models excellent practice across classrooms and interventions.

We are looking for;

• Experienced TAs/HLTAs who are confident coordinating support, communication with families and professionals and using data to inform next steps.
• Colleagues who embody our inclusive ethos, are organised and can lead with calm, solution-focused professionalism.

This role is full-time, term time - 37 hours per week x 39 weeks

Information about our child protection and safeguarding policy is available at: click here

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.

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

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 Plymstock School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1607 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Plymstock School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/plymstock-school-plymouth

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