SENDCo Admin Assistant

Hillside Primary School, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 8NU

41 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  30 October 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  19 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,386.00 - £25,989.00 Annually (FTE) ALT Grade D Point 8-11, £8,225.35-£8,420.73 - Annually (Actual)

SENDCo Admin Assistant job summary

Provide essential support to our SEND team at Hillside Primary

Hillside Primary School is seeking a motivated and organised SENDCo Admin Assistant to support our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Coordinator. This vital role ensures the smooth running of administrative tasks, helping staff, pupils, and parents, and contributing to an inclusive, supportive school environment. If you’re proactive, efficient, and passionate about supporting SEND provision, we would love to hear from you.

Job title: SENDCo Admin Assistant

Location: Hillside Primary School

Contract: Fixed-term: 31/08/2026, 14 hours per week, 39 weeks per year

Salary:£8,225.35-£8,420.73

Closing Date: 9:00am, Thursday 30th October 2025

Summary of Key Responsibilities

• Carry out various administrative tasks as directed by the SENDCo, including minute-taking, updating student files, and preparing documents and reports.
• Respond to enquiries and provide accurate information to staff, pupils, parents, and external agencies, ensuring courteous and effective communication.
• Belong to a compassionate and inclusive trust that values you and the role you play.

Our People-First Philosophy

At Active Learning Trust, we invest in you from day one. We love working with specialists who are united by their skills and passion for shaping the future of education. We provide tailored coaching, leadership training and clear progression pathways that turn roles into fulfilling, lifelong careers. Guided by our values of open dialogue, bold thinking and supportive teamwork, we put your growth and well-being at the heart of everything we do - so that you can focus on making a real difference in our schools and beyond.

Why Join Our Trust?

• Belong to a compassionate and inclusive trust that values you and the role you play.
• Gain access to our VivUp employee benefit system, Cycle to Work scheme and local government pension scheme.

Contact

If you wish to discover more about this exciting opportunity and our Academy, then please contact Lucy Wass, Headteacher at: office@hillsideprimary.co.uk

The Active Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people. We expect all staff to actively share this commitment. All adults working in our Trust in whatever capacity will be part of a thorough safer recruitment process. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks including the taking of satisfactory references and enhanced criminal record clearance in line with the need to create and maintain a safe culture.

The Active Learning Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the advert closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

To ensure we recruit and retain the best talent, all new employees recruited to the Active Learning Trust (leadership, teaching and support staff) will be subject to a 6 months’ probation period at the start of their employment (except for Early Career Teachers who are subject to a Statutory Induction Period). This policy aims to assess new employees' alignment with our culture, teaching standards, and student needs. It is designed to foster success; with regular evaluations and support mechanisms in place, helping us to identify and nurture talent.

We value diversity and welcome applications from all, including those with protected characteristics under the Equality Act. Flexible working will be considered for all roles deemed suitable.

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 Hillside Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 421 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hillside Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hillside-primary-school-ipswich

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