SEND Team Leader
Tibshelf Community School, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 5LZ19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP / 4th January 2026
Closing date
8 November 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
20 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £28,613.00 - £30,356.00 Annually (Actual) Term time only
SEND Team Leader job summary
This is an exciting time to join Tibshelf Community School as we make a significant investment in the continued development of our SEND provision. As part of our wider inclusion strategy, we are expanding our team through the recruitment of four new colleagues, strengthening our capacity to provide high-quality, personalised support and ensure that every young person has the opportunity to thrive.
We are incredibly proud of the reputation we have already established for providing exceptional support for pupils with special educational needs, and these new roles represent the next stage in that journey. We are looking for caring, committed and enthusiastic people who share our belief in truly inclusive education and who want to make a tangible difference to the lives, confidence and aspirations of our young people. Whether you are already experienced in SEND or looking for an opportunity to develop your skills within a supportive and ambitious team, this is a fantastic time to become part of the Tibshelf Community School community.
This role will involve, but not limited to:
- Oversee SEN department team meeting in absence of SENDCo
- Meeting statutory deadlines for documentation with the Derbyshire EHC Hub
- Make decisions on discipline and the handling of complex behavioural situations
- Support transition arrangements with the relevant Specialised Teaching & Learning Assistant, Head of Year, Intervention Manager and SENDCo
- Supporting the SENDCo and Specialist Teaching and Learning Assistant for Year 9 with assessing and administering student access arrangements for exams
- Support SENDCo with data analysis at key data entry points and monitor progress and attainment for individual students
- Responsible for quality assurance monitoring and complete learning walks and faculty reviews with SENDCo
- Coordinate and support Specialised Teaching & Learning Assistants writing case studies of SEND students with SENDCo and relevant staff
- Oversee the completion of IEP/mentoring writing/recording on Arbor
- Support the performance management and CPD of Teaching & Learning Assistants and Specialised Teaching & Learning Assistants
- Work in conjunction with the SENDCo and Team Leader ERC to develop and deliver CPD to teaching staff throughout the academic year
- Direct the time of Teaching & Learning Assistants and Specialised Teaching & Learning Assistants including absence cover
- Line Management and supervision of Grade 8 Specialist Teaching and Learning Assistants for Year Groups 7, 8 and 9 and Grade 7 classroom-based Teaching Assistants/Apprentices.
- Work in conjunction with the SENDCo to establish effective working links with faculty leaders and Specialist Teaching and Learning Assistants within Faculties.
- Responsible for the completion of risk assessments for trips and visits and generic ones for key students
- Co-ordination of testing/interventions including Dyslexia Screening
Please read our Recruitment Pack for further information
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Tibshelf Community School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All staff and volunteers are required to undertake a criminal record check via the DBS before they can be appointed.
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View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Tibshelf Community School
- Organisation type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 834 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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Tibshelf Community School opened on a brand new £17m purpose built site in November 2013. We were inspected by Ofsted (September 2021) and were judged to be a ‘Good’ school in all categories.
We are a popular, over-subscribed, 830 strong 11-16 school serving a rural area of North East Derbyshire. We draw students from a geographically dispersed catchment area of nine villages. The official PAN is 150 students per year group but numbers are well above this in all year groups. The proportion of students from minority ethnic groups is very low and significantly below national averages. 30% of the intake are ‘disadvantaged’ and are supported through Pupil Premium funding; 30% of students are SEND, with 5% having an EHCP, including a number of pupils with ASD. The school’s deprivation index is very close to the national average, but it is in the top third within Derbyshire LA and contains a number of wards with extremely high levels of deprivation. Prior attainment data suggests that students are close to national average.
Ofsted September 2021 said:
“There are high expectations of every pupil at Tibshelf Community School. Teachers and leaders are ambitious of what pupils can achieve academically and how they can develop personally. Pupils have very strong relationships with staff at the school. There is a feeling of family and community which is evident and pupils say they are happy and feel safe”
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