SENDCo
Chiswick School, London, W4 3UN5 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
28 February 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
10 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: this is a teaching role so will be in line with the responsibility
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MP/UPS plus SENCo Allowance
What skills and experience we're looking for
Chiswick School is a high performing school in West London of nearly 1600 students (including a thriving and very successful 6th Form). We are now looking for an additional SENDCo to join us in September 2025.
The school is heavily oversubscribed and remains the first choice school for many parents in Hounslow. Shortlisted for the TES School of the Year Award in 2022 and 2023 and in 2023 winner of the TES Best Arts Provision category. Our examination results this summer again were excellent!
In 2020 the school was rated as good with outstanding features. OFSTED visited us in February 2025 and we are looking forward to sharing their findings shortly.
Our fantastic staff share a moral purpose that is rooted in providing brilliant opportunities for our students. Teams support each other, everyone works hard but we also have fun together!
Our SENDCO will be working with a highly experienced and skilled, AHT SEND who is also a SENDCo, a Deputy SENDCO as well as a fantastic teaching assistants team, managed by a LEAD HLTA and internal and external SEND professionals.You will have a very light teaching loading as we understand the demands of this vital role. There is also the possibility of some remote working from home when completing paperwork or attending virtual meetings.
For more information on the post please download the JD below and look at our website and our information brochure. We welcome school visits and please contact us to arrange this at ara@chiswickschool.org.
Closing Date: Friday 28th February but interviews will be held throughout the application process and the school reserves the right to appoint before the closing date.
Chiswick School is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. An enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Check and Online Search Check that are satisfactory to us is a condition of employment so are all other statutory pre employment checks.
What the school offers its staff
Core benefits
- Holiday– up to 35 days’ paid holiday a year plus bank holidays (depending on service length) for support staff; (statutory leave for teaching staff)
- Paid leave– enhanced sick pay, maternity pay and adoption leave pay (linked to service), as well as paid leave for a wide range of unforeseen personal situations
- Pension– a generous defined benefit pension with the Local Government Pension Scheme or Teachers’ Pension Scheme
- Death in service payment– lump sum payment and an ongoing pension for your partner & children (subject to conditions & membership of our pension scheme)
Health and wellbeing
- Flu vaccinations– offered free on-site every year
- Employee assistance programme– free, independent 24/7 help and advice, including face-to-face counselling, for any work-related issues or problems affecting your home life
- Wellbeing group– our staff voice group acts as your soundboard and supports and initiates wellbeing activities
- Gym– free use of the school gym
- Environment– healthy and safe working environment with excellent facilities.
Work-life balance
- Two Week October half term
- It’s your Birthday! Enjoy with your family - we give you the day off (paid).
- Flexible working– we encourage and enable flexible working and a commitment that all staff can make a request to work flexibly from day one
- Early Friday finish– a short Friday so you can start your weekend early
- Teacher cover– we have Cover Supervisors reducing the amount of cover required by teachers
- Sabbaticals (on request and depending on the need of department/school)
- Sensible Marking Policy
- Fully Planned, Sequenced and Resourced Knowledge Rich Curriculum
- Teachers are supported with their own Coach
- More PPA time
- Staff social activities– regular sporting competitions, quizzes and a wide range of other yearly events
Professional development
- Professional development– full and part-funded training courses (including higher cost courses such as Masters, PhD) and a wide range of learning opportunities available to all
- Our Study Corner for all staff where access to a wide variety of professional and personal training is supported financially by the school
Employee discounts
- Car parking– free and on-site
- Hot drinks– free tea & coffee provided for all staff (with the occasional doughnut)
- Free Lunch on Wednesdays for all staff
- Free Lunch on any other day for anyone undertaking an additional duty
- Cycle-to-work scheme– save up to 32% on a new bike and accessories
Flexible working opportunities
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 complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Chiswick School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1568 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Chiswick School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- ara@chiswickschool.org
http://www.chiswickschool.org/
Arranging a visit to Chiswick School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ara@chiswickschool.org.
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