SENDCO

Featherby Junior School, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 6BT

33 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  20th April 2026

• Closing date

  24 January 2026 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  22 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (Actual) MPS / UPS + TLR

SENDCO job summary

Join Featherby Infant & Junior School as a Class Teacher
Inspire young minds. Grow your career. Change lives.

Hours: 27.5 hours per week Contract: Permanent Time Time Only: 39 weeks per year Start Date: 20th April 2026 Actual Salary: MPS / UPS + TLR

Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of children with special educational needs? Featherby Schools is seeking a dedicated and experienced SENDCO to join our team on a permanent basis.

About The Role

Working in close partnership with our leadership team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the strategic direction of SEND provision across the whole school, ensuring every child has the support they need to thrive.

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic professional who combines exceptional organisational skills with the ability to teach and inspire students with diverse learning needs.

Who You Are

We are looking for teachers who will:

• Qualified Teacher

• Evidence of, or willingness to undertake the National Award for Special Educational Needs Coordination

• The desire and ability to create a safe and nurturing learning experience for all children

• A sound understanding of the SEN Code of Practice

• Experience of working across the age range in schools

• Ability to plan for a range of needs combined with a clear view of the next steps in a pupils learning

What We Offer

At Featherby, part of the Maritime Academy Trust, we pride ourselves on being a warm, nurturing, and forward-thinking school. We believe in helping every member of our community thrive—including our staff.

Here’s what we offer:

• A supportive network of SEND specialists across the Trust (including our award-winning SEND school, Danecourt)

• Bespoke and Innovative CPD that is bitesize, practical training that fits around busy teaching lives delivered via our Learn Upon platform

• Opportunities for career progression, whether within Featherby or across Maritime schools.

• 1:1 devices for staff and pupils, supporting innovative and effective digital teaching

• Access to excellent school grounds, which are regularly used to enhance outdoor learning

• Local Government Pension scheme & National terms & conditions

• Staff wellbeing initiatives including Wellbeing leads and Mental Health First Aiders on site at the school, Employee Assistance Programme, access to the Wisdom app, enhanced maternity and paternity, eye care vouchers, free flu vaccines and cycle to work scheme

Ready to Make a Difference?

We’d love to welcome you for a visit — come and see what makes Featherby Infant & Junior School so special. Please contact the school office on 01634 231984 to arrange.

You’ll find more about the role, school, and Trust in the Candidate Information Pack attached. Apply now via My New Term — we may interview and appoint as applications are received, so don’t delay!

Featherby Infant & Junior School and the Maritime Academy Trust embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and the successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and online checks in line with safeguarding guidance.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Trust and its academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post is subject to a successful DBS clearance and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before an appointment is confirmed.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Featherby Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 358 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Featherby Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/featherby-junior-school

Featherby Junior School is part of the Maritime Academy Trust, an innovative partnership of schools in Greenwich and Kent. Our schools transform through collaboration and an entrepreneurial curriculum which equips children with life skills.

The Featherby Partnership is made up of 2 schools: Featherby Infant and Nursery and Featherby Junior who are working closely together like one school. We are going forward through an exciting period of change with a new leadership team and a collaborative approach to ensure consistency of high expectations for the whole of the Featherby community. At Featherby you will find a true passion for learning, happy and safe children, a purposeful environment and an inspiring curriculum. We believe these are the key ingredients that make a Featherby child stand out from the rest.

Our vision statement is 'Working together to inspire minds through inclusive and creative practice; aspirations are high for all'. Underpinning this we have our core values of unity, resilience, responsibility, respect, honesty and trust. We are very much a value lead school which underpins our whole approach. Featherby is an inclusive school that supports learners well and encourages them to be independent and take risks in their learning.

We have high expectations of behaviour at Featherby and promote positive praise amongst learners.

Working in collaboration with each other ensures that we build strong relationships with families, children and the wider community to continuously provide children with great learning opportunities!

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