SENDCO Administration
Armthorpe Academy, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN3 2DA13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
6 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
22 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- NJC Grade 4 SACP 6 – 8 (£22,277.26 - £ 22,992.92)
SENDCO Administration job summary
SENDCO Administration
📍 Location: Armthorpe Academy
💰 Salary: NJC Grade 4 SACP 6 – 8 (£22,277.26 - £ 22,992.92)
⏳ Contract: Full Time, Permanent, Term Time plus 2 days
📅 Start Date: September 2025
Join our mission to make a difference. Every child. Every chance. Every day.
Armthorpe Academy, part of the Consilium Academies Trust, is seeking to appoint a passionate and committed SENDCO Administrator to join our dedicated support team. This is a key role at the heart of our SEND provision, ensuring our students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities receive the best possible support through robust administrative processes and well-managed systems.
About the Role
As SENDCO Administrator, you will be responsible for supporting the effective operation of the Learning Resource Centre and SEND department. You will work closely with the SENDCO and other professionals to manage Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), coordinate annual reviews, liaise with external agencies, and maintain accurate records. This vital position ensures that pupils’ needs are met through timely and well-organised provision.
Key responsibilities include:
- Preparing and submitting EHCP applications and annual review paperwork
- Coordinating and attending annual review meetings
- Managing correspondence with parents, staff, and the local authority
- Maintaining and updating EHCP trackers, reports, and records
- Managing the SENDCO’s diary and appointments
- Supporting staff with SEND-related queries and resources
About You
We are looking for a professional with:
- Excellent administrative and organisational skills
- Confidence using IT systems (Microsoft Office, SIMS, CPOMS etc.)
- A calm and diplomatic manner when dealing with sensitive matters
- A strong understanding of confidentiality and safeguarding
- Previous experience in a school or SEND environment (desirable)
- Knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice (desirable)
You will be a positive, proactive team player with a genuine commitment to supporting young people to thrive.
Why Join Us?
At Armthorpe Academy and Consilium Academies, we are committed to:
- Excellence: Providing an outstanding education and support to every student
- Equity: Ensuring every child and every staff member is empowered to succeed
- Integrity: Building strong relationships based on trust and respect
We offer:
- A supportive, inclusive, and values-driven working environment
- Access to our Centre for Professional Learning for tailored CPD
- 34 days holiday per year (pro-rata), plus bank holidays
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Employee assistance programme and wellbeing support
- Vivup employee discount platform and salary sacrifice schemes
About Armthorpe Academy
Armthorpe Academy is a vibrant 11-16 secondary school located in Doncaster, with a strong ethos centred around inclusion, ambition, and the holistic development of every learner. We are proud of our strong values – Respect, Responsibility, Resilience, Pride and Ambition – which underpin everything we do.
We are committed to helping every child succeed both academically and personally. As part of Consilium Academies, we benefit from the strength and support of a wider trust that is focused on excellence and collaboration.
Applications and Information
For further information about the role please see attached recruitment pack including, job description and person specification.
If you have any questions about the role or would like to arrange a visit to Armthorpe Academy, please contact amanda.thompson@consilium-at.com
Closing date for applications is Friday 6th June 2025 at 9.00am
Interviews will take place on a date to be arranged.
Please ensure that within your application you provide the names, addresses, and contact details for two referees, one of whom should be your current or most recent employer.
We look forward to welcoming a new team member who shares our commitment to excellence in education!
Consilium Academies is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments are made subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
The Trust is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English.
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 are not accepted.
About Armthorpe Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 646 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Armthorpe Academy website
Armthorpe Academy is a ‘truly inclusive school’ (Ofsted 2019). We have high expectations of students, both in terms of their progress and their behaviour. In particular, we expect them to invest in their own learning, and we encourage them to enjoy and make a positive contribution to the wider life of the school. They, in turn, can expect from us the highest possible quality of teaching, care and support.
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