SENDCo
Friern Barnet School, London, N11 3LS12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 April 2027
Closing date
16 November 2026 at 9am
Date listed
4 November 2026
Job details
Job role
- SENCO (special educational needs coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 27.5 hours per week.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPR / UPR
Additional allowances
TYLR 1 plus SEN allowance
What skills and experience we're looking for
Friern Barnet School is looking for a dedicated and motivated individual to join our inclusion team as SENDCo. This is an important role combining strategic leadership with responsibility for SEND provision. Our mission is to ensure every child, including those with SEND, is happy, enjoys school and feels a valued part of the school community. We are hugely ambitious academically for our students, but we also want them to live lives which are personally and socially fulfilling.
As SENDCo, you will lead and develop the inclusion provision across the school, ensuring it is inclusive, effective and meets statutory requirements. You will work closely with staff, families and external agencies to remove barriers to learning, improve outcomes and ensure students with additional needs can access a broad, balanced and ambitious curriculum.
What the school offers its staff
This is an opportunity for a passionate and experienced practitioner who believes in the importance of inclusion, has high expectations for every student and wants to make a real difference to young people's lives.
Friern Barnet School provides a comprehensive curriculum whilst maintaining a special emphasis on the creative arts. We offer a comprehensive induction programme and excellent professional development opportunities. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to enhanced clearance through the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Further information about the job
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 will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Friern Barnet School
- Organisation type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 591 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Friern Barnet School website
- Email address
- vacancies@friern.barnet.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 020 8368 2777
In line with our school motto, ‘Enjoy and Excel’, we are hugely ambitious academically for all our students. We also want them to live lives which are personally and socially fulfilling, developing a love for art, music, dance, theatre and culture which will enrich the whole of their lives.
Our desire is that students leave us as mature, independent learners who are also engaged and responsible citizens, ensuring that they secure the results to go on to further and higher education institutions and then on to fulfilling careers.
Arranging a visit to Friern Barnet School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vacancies@friern.barnet.sch.uk.
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