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SENDCo

Hall Green Junior School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B28 9AJ

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  1 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  17 April 2026

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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: MPR/UPR plus TLR2b
• Additional allowances:

  TLR 2b £5,643

What skills and experience we're looking for

Hall Green Junior School is a popular 4 form entry Junior school with an enthusiastic, hard working staff team. The Governors are looking to recruit a Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator to join our successful team. Our SEND database is currently around 15% of our school population.

This post would suit an experienced class teacher who would like to specialise in SEND, or an existing SENDCo. The role will have a weekly teaching commitment.

We are looking for candidates who:

• will be hands on, getting involved with teaching, learning and modelling good practice for all staff,
• holds or is willing to complete the national award for SEN co-ordination
• are a qualified teacher with recent experience at KS2 involving successful SEND support within an inclusive mainstream classroom and helping to close the gap for those children.
• have a range of classroom strategies that can be shared to support SEND children in the mainstream classroom.
• have great communication skills and a proven track record of working well with staff and parents,
• are able to put children at the heart of all they do
• want to take full advantage of the opportunities we can offer in developing send provision in our school

If this sounds like the role for you, come and have a look around and see what we can offer you

What the school offers its staff

What we can offer you

• A chance to work with amazing children
• An opportunity to work alongside a highly professional and committed staff team

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.

Overall responsibility

• To lead, manage, develop and maintain high quality SEN provision which enables quality

teaching, excellent learning outcomes and success for all pupil

• To model effective teaching, to coach and train colleagues and to teach across school

• To keep all aspects of paperwork including records and policies, up-to-date and actioned, as

appropriate

• Specific responsibility of SENCO and Designated Teacher for Looked After and previously

Looked After Children

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.

SENCO Job Specification April 2026.pdf - 148 KB (opens in new tab)

SENCO job description April 2026.pdf - 172 KB (opens in new tab)

About Hall Green Junior School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 479 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hall Green Junior School website
• Email address: s.pal@hallgrnj.bham.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01214643840
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hall-green-junior-school-birmingham

4 Form Entry Junior School

Arranging a visit to Hall Green Junior School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email s.pal@hallgrnj.bham.sch.uk.

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