SENDCo & Assistant Headteacher
Barnfield Primary School, Edgware, HA8 0DA11 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
15 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
2 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership Pay Scale: L8-L14 (depending on experience and qualifications)
What skills and experience we're looking for
• An experienced and passionate teacher with a proven track record in SEND and inclusion
• The National Award for SEN Coordination (or a willingness to achieve it)
• A strong leader who can inspire staff, pupils, and families
• A strategic thinker who can evaluate provision, use data effectively, and drive improvement
• A team player who’s flexible, proactive, and deeply committed to inclusion and well-being
What the school offers its staff
• Leadership scale salary (L8–L13)
• A warm, inclusive, and forward-thinking school community
• A strong and supportive SLT and Governing Body
• A commitment to professional development and well-being
• State-of-the-art facilities including a brand-new 3G pitch
• Days in lieu for extracurricular contributions
• Convenient location with on-site parking and excellent transport links (Burnt Oak Station)
Further details about the role
Why Join Barnfield as our SENDCo & Assistant Headteacher?
🧠 Lead Inclusive Excellence: You will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering our SEND strategy, working closely with staff, families, and external agencies to ensure every child thrives. You’ll help drive inclusive teaching practice and ensure that our provision continues to meet the diverse needs of our children.
🎨 Creative Culture: As part of the leadership team, you’ll help shape whole-school initiatives, particularly around creativity and innovation. Our commitment to the arts, enrichment, and community engagement is something we celebrate—and you’ll be a part of that celebration.
🌱 Professional Growth: We believe in growing our leaders. You’ll have opportunities for further training, collaboration with other schools, and support to take your leadership to the next level.
💪 Supportive & Passionate Team: At Barnfield, we work together. You'll be joining a team of dedicated professionals who support each other and believe in shared leadership. Our school has a family feel, where every voice is valued.
🏃♀️ Exciting Extras: From helping to lead extracurricular clubs to engaging with our new sports facilities, your role can be as rich and varied as you make it. Plus, days in lieu for leading after-school activities support your work/life balance.
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 office@barnfield.barnetmail.net
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Barnfield Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 446 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Barnfield Primary School website
- Email address
- office@barnfield.barnetmail.net
- Phone number
- 02089526026
Barnfield is a school dedicated to helping pupils and staff reach their full potential.
With passionate teachers and ambitious learning opportunities, students are encouraged to strive for excellence from an early age.
Through the Compass for Life initiative, pupils set goals and connect their learning to real-life purposes. The curriculum fosters five key qualities: ambition, creativity, curiosity, empathy, and health, ensuring students grow into well-rounded individuals.
The school promotes resilience, a growth mindset, and values-based learning while celebrating diversity.
Strong relationships are central to creating a safe, supportive, and inspiring environment where every child is encouraged to be their best.
Arranging a visit to Barnfield Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@barnfield.barnetmail.net.
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