SENDCo

John Mason School, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1JB

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  5 May 2026 at 1pm

• Date listed

  17 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (FTE) Plus a TLR 2(3a)

SENDCo job summary

We wish to appoint an enthusiastic, creative, and committed leader of the Learning Support Department from September 2026.

This is a unique opportunity for a highly motivated individual to take on an integral leadership role within a newly thriving SEND Department. The successful candidate will work with the Head of Inclusion, a highly qualified, experienced and successful former SENCo who is working to transform the way we work with young people, improving their chances for success, fulfillment, and wellbeing across multiple settings. Improving outcomes for pupils with SEND is one of our four School Priorities at JMS and is the foundation for development of our rapidly improving school.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the capability to lead and deliver an exceptionally high standard of SEND provision, to review and assess its efficacy and to understand how to improve and develop adaptations and interventions. Some knowledge of SEND literacy and numeracy strategies for raising achievement is essential, as is the ability to work with all curriculum areas and year teams in the school. They will lead a highly successful and well-established team of Teaching Assistants, interfacing with the school’s pastoral team and building and developing collaborative approaches in the classroom with teaching colleagues to ensure the best possible outcomes for our young people.

This post is suitable for a teacher who is willing to work towards the NASENCo (National Award for SEN Coordination) qualification whilst in post, for which the school will support the training, or a teacher who has already achieved the NASENCo.

The successful candidate will:

Be an enthusiastic individual who can lead the SEND provision across the school

Have high expectations of children’s attainment, progress, behaviour and emotional wellbeing

Have high expectations of their own achievement and development, both professionally and personally

Have excellent organizational skills and up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation

Have experience of implementing strategies to successfully support students

Be able to model good practice, deliver training and recommend specific programmes of intervention for students

Be a team player who is creative, energetic and who will provide enriching and inspiring learning opportunities for our young people

Make a positive contribution to all aspects of school life

Be an excellent classroom practitioner

In return we can offer:

A warm, welcoming school with a friendly and dedicated staff team

A dedicated and enthusiastic team of TAs to deliver interventions

Students who have a desire to achieve and respect the school’s expectations

A programme of supported induction and continuing professional development firmly rooted in educational research

A commitment to supporting the wellbeing of all staff.

Please include with your application a letter addressed to Alastair West, Headteacher, addressing how your experience suits you for this role and how you see the role developing in the short, medium, and long term. The letter should be no more than two sides of A4.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Abingdon Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced check. The Trust is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, di-versity and inclusion and welcomes applications from less well-represented groups in the school and Trust. Posts in regulated activity are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and all shortlisted candidates will be required to disclose information about their previous criminal convic-tions. All staff are expected to promote fundamental British values.

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 John Mason School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 995 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: John Mason School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/john-mason-school

John Mason School is part of the Abingdon Learning Trust and is fully committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of all its students and staff.

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