SENDCo (0.8 FTE)

Alder Grove Church of England Primary School, Shinfield, Berkshire, RG2 9RA

4 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  3rd November 2025

• Closing date

  18 July 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/UPS + SEND Allowance

SENDCo (0.8 FTE) job summary

Alder Grove Church of England Primary School is a new school that opened in September 2020. The school is looking to recruit an experienced SENDCo from October Half Term. This is a Senior Leadership, non-class-based role.

As our school continues to develop and expand, we are looking for a passionate and committed SENDCo to help shape the future of our provision for pupils with special educational needs.

You will play a key role in influencing the growth of our school community, embedding inclusive practices from the ground up and ensuring that every child receives the support they need to thrive.

As part of a supportive and forward-thinking Trust, you’ll also benefit from access to a strong professional network, high-quality CPD opportunities and the chance to collaborate with experienced colleagues across our family of schools.

The Keys Academy Trust is a primary specialist MAT committed to providing the very best educational experiences for our pupils and staff, so that our schools are recognised as centres of academic and pastoral excellence at the heart of the communities they serve.

• Do you want to work in a forward thinking and aspirational multi-academy trust that places learning at the heart of everything it does?
• Are you looking for a unique role that will be central to the development and growth of a whole school provision, helping to build upon the vision and values as it continues to grow?
• Do you have the ambition and determination to secure positive outcomes for our young people?

The successful candidate will be:

• enthusiastic and experienced teacher
• passionate about supporting SEND pupils to access a broad curriculum
• organised with excellent interpersonal skills
• resilient with a ‘can do’ attitude
• a team player, with a sense of humour and willing to make a positive contribution to whole school life
• an accredited SENDCo or willing to undergo the training

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with colleagues across our family of schools as part of the Trust’s CPD programme and networking opportunities.

We encourage candidates to book an appointment to see the school with a member of the Senior Leadership Team. Please contact the school office to arrange this - recruitment@aldergrove.wokingham.sch.uk.

Closing date: Friday 18th July 2025

Interviews: Week beginning 21st July 2025

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced criminal records check. No agencies please

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 Alder Grove Church of England Primary School

• School type: Free School, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 351 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Alder Grove Church of England Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/alder-grove-church-of-england-primary-school

Alder Grove is a school within The Keys Academy Trust which is a primary specialist MAT committed to providing the very best educational experiences for our pupils and staff, so that our schools are recognised as centres of academic and pastoral excellence at the heart of the communities they serve. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with colleagues across our family of schools as part of the Trust’s CPD programme and networking opportunities.

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