SENDCo

Bassingbourn Primary School, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 5NP

20 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  21 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  26 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main Scale to Upper Pay Scale 3 plus SEN Allowance

SENDCo job summary

The SENDCO will provide leadership and direction for innovating, maintaining and developing excellence in every aspect of the school’s SEND responsibilities in relation to the SEND Code of Practice.

The SENDCO, under the strategic direction of the Headteacher, will:

• determine the strategic development of special educational needs and disabilities policy and provision in the school;
• be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the SEND policy and co-ordination of specific provision to support individual pupils with SEN or a disability;
• provide professional guidance to colleagues, working closely with staff, parents and other agencies;
• Support teachers to fulfil Section 5 of the Teacher Standards.

The successful candidate will display the following personal qualities:

• Uphold public trust in the school and maintain high standards of ethics, behaviour, and professional conduct always acting with professional integrity.
• Build positive and respectful relationships across the school community.
• Serve in the best interests of the school’s pupils.
• Have excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills.
• Have high and rigorous expectations of all.
• Notwithstanding issues of confidentiality and tact, act with honesty and transparency regarding your work.
• Be passionate about leading on SEND with the staff, our children and their families.
• Always remain positive and lead staff by example.
• Have high standards of your own and the work of others, ensuring accuracy and attention to detail.
• Demonstrate a desire to improve your own practice and support staff to do the same.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Bassingbourn Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 373 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Bassingbourn Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bassingbourn-primary-school (opens in new tab)

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