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  • Job start date

    2 September 2025

  • Closing date

    26 June 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    19 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
  • Pastoral, health and welfare

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 5 days per week, 35 hours. 52 weeks with 35 days annual leave

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£38,000 to £42,000

What skills and experience we're looking for

Education and Qualifications

Educated to degree level or equivalent in SEND/Behaviour

Qualification or equivalent Child care and Development/ Young people’s work force/ Health and Social Care/Class Room Assistant

Qualification in mental health first aid/Safeguarding Level1

Knowledge and Skills

Knowledge of issues affecting young people as creatives

Ability to work effectively with a range of colleagues both within the Academy and from external agencies

Knowledge of high needs funding for the effective support of students with an Educational Health Care Plan

Extensive knowledge of using, setting up, maintaining and developing administrative systems.

Experience of working with Students who have difficulty attending an education setting

Ability to develop good relations with staff and students and the wider school community

Experience

Must have worked with children and or adolescents supporting SEND needs in an educational setting

Experience in working in an all-inclusive setting

Commitment

Track and manage data

Ability to organise and prioritise workload and work on own initiative

Ability to develop good relations with staff and students and the wider school community


What the school offers its staff

•Flexible Fridays, half day, to provide work-life balance •Employee assistance programme •Research-based professional development •Supportive, caring and developmental environment with full staff wellbeing programme •Excellent career development opportunities and performance recognition •Staff social events •Gym facilities for staff use •Cycle to work scheme

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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to bca-hr@bigcreative.education

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About Big Creative Academy

School type
Free School, ages 16 to 19
Education phase
Sixth_form_or_college
School size
0 pupils enrolled
Age range
16 to 19
Ofsted report
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Big Creative Academy (BCA) is a post-16 free school specialising in the creative industries. We believe that teaching skills employers want and empowering young people to think reflectively enables positive outcomes for students and our wider community. Big Creative Academy is committed to wellbeing and excellent teaching. Our mission is to improve the lives of young people through high quality training and creative industry experiences. We have 350 learners studying vocational programmes progressing to higher education and employment.

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