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SENDCo Assistant

Hillborough Infant and Nursery School, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 5EZ

This job expired on 23 March 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  April 2025

• Closing date

  23 March 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  12 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £29,093.00 - £31,586.00 Annually (FTE) L5

SENDCo Assistant job summary

The Governing Body of Hillborough Infant and Nursery School is seeking to appoint a SENDCo Assistant to start as soon as possible. Hillborough Infant and Nursery School is Ofsted rated Good, with pupils who are keen to learn.

Ofsted, May 2023:

• 'Hillborough Infants is a welcoming school, where pupils feel like part of a family.'
• 'Children make a strong start in the early years. Teachers set high expectations.'
• 'Children develop positive attitudes to learning. Staff support and care for children well.'
• 'Staff enjoy being part of a close-knit team. The new governing body is effective and enthusiastic in supporting the school. Parents value the school.'

We can offer:

• A supportive, enthusiastic and friendly team;
• Children who are well behaved and want to learn;
• An amazing wellbeing room;
• Commitment to your own professional development;
• Newly upgraded IT infrastructure and investment in IT.

We are seeking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic, knowledgeable individual to support the day to day operational work of the Inclusion Manager (who has recently been promoted) and assist in supporting high-quality teaching, the effective use of resources, and effective systems and processes to ensure good provision for pupils with special educational needs.

We require a committed and self-motivated individual with an enthusiasm for working with young people with previous experience of working in an educational environment, preferably in EYFS and Key Stage 1.

The successful candidate will have/be:

• MUST have experience of working in a school environment (EYFS & Key Stage 1);

• MUST have experience of leading on procedures, protocols and guidelines when working with children with Special Needs and Disabilities;

• A good knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice:

• Able to work effectively with relevant leads and SLT to achieve excellence;

• Ability to work collaboratively with others and to form positive and professional relationships with staff, pupils and professionals

• Experience of using diagnostics tools, E-Systems for SEND, maintain accurate pupil records and write other short reports as required

• Able to converse with ease with members of the public and provide effective help or advice in accurate and fluent spoken English

All application must be made through MyNewTerm

Please read the Job Description and Person Specification and only apply if you can demonstrate that you meet ALL of the essential criteria listed in the Person Specification, including qualifications.

Closing date: Sunday 23rd March 2025

Initial shortlisting: Friday 21st March 2025

Interviews will take place: w/c 24th March 2025

Successful applicants may be called to interview before the closing date so early applications are encouraged.

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.

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About Hillborough Infant and Nursery School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 7
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 312 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hillborough Infant and Nursery School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hillborough-infant-and-nursery-school

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