SENDCo
Bridgemary School, Gosport, Hampshire, PO13 0JN41 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
4 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
21 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS + TLR2
Additional allowances
TLR 2
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to an excellent SENDCo to join our inclusive and growing secondary school.
If you are an enthusiastic inspiring leader of SEND exploring your next opportunity we are exactly the inclusive and ambitious school that you are looking for! If you want to work with our fabulous students within the structure of a supportive multi academy Trust, I would be delighted to hear from you.
It is a very exciting time to join Bridgemary School. Our recent (Dec 2023) OFSTED inspection recognised the “inclusive and calm culture…underpinned by mutual respect”. They also reflected that “leaders are very mindful of staff well-being and workload. Staff feel valued and are extremely proud to work at the school.” This accurate description gives us now the sound school climate and platform to rapidly improve student academic progress and outcomes supported ably by our Trust, TKAT, who provide direct support and facilitate regional and national networking opportunities.
Our new SENDCo will be pivotal in driving the next phase of our improvement journey; the refinement of a highly effective intervention program delivered through inspiring and precision teaching by a committed support team.
We are looking for a highly motivated, compassionate, and experienced SENDCo who has:
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and experience working in a secondary school setting. There is significant flexibility on specialist subject.
- The National Award for SEN Coordination or SENDCo NPQ
- A strong knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice and current legislation.
- Proven experience in identifying and supporting pupils with a wide range of SEN, including ASD, ADHD, and dyslexia.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with students, staff, parents, and external agencies.
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage a diverse and complex workload.
Does this whet your appetite? If so, don’t be an ‘if only’ in a few weeks' time. Contact us so we can have an exploratory talk and to arrange for you to come and see us in action!
What the school offers its staff
Tom Garfield - Headteacher
On behalf of The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT), the Governors, staff and students, I am delighted to welcome you to Bridgemary School.
At Bridgemary, we foster a culture of high standards, expectations and aspirations within which every child is known.
Our key aims are for our learners to have high aspirations and expectations for themselves and the school and to realise those expectations. Learners in Gosport deserve and can achieve the very best.
The environment at Bridgemary School is safe and happy, where our students can actively engage in their learning. Our curriculum is built upon a strong academic GCSE core that gives students the correct qualifications to proceed to the courses and careers of their choosing. The staff are dedicated to high-quality relevant learning and to raising standards in all areas.
We are committed to developing independent, healthy young people who make a positive contribution to society. We demand high standards of behaviour, respect and dress. We ensure the support; care and welfare of our students are the best. This school is inclusive. We are a school at the very heart of the local community and aspire to be the school of choice of all who live here.
We will ensure that the successful candidate has:
- continuous professional learning, development and improvement the opportunity to contribute to raising standards for all our students
- an excellent opportunity for career progression, both within the school and the Trust.
- a positive and optimistic working environment focussed on student progress and high standards of achievement and behaviour
- excellent networking opportunities including involvement in PIXL and school partnerships
- opportunities to further develop your Leadership Skills
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 recruitment@bridgemary-tkat.org
CVs are not accepted.
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About Bridgemary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 798 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Bridgemary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- gayle.dudley@tkat.org
Arranging a visit to Bridgemary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email gayle.dudley@tkat.org.
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