SENDCo Leader
Ellis Guilford School, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG6 0HT15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
5 May 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
20 April 2026
Job details
Job role
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday term time plus inset days
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership 8-12 (£61,532 to £67,897 pa)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We’re looking for an organised, proactive, strategic leader and fully qualified teacher ready to step into leadership as our SENDCo. You’ll lead inclusive practice across the school, coordinate SEND provision, and work with staff and families to ensure every learner receives the support they need to succeed.
Job Title: SENDCo Leader
Location: Ellis Guilford School
Salary: L8-L12
Start Date: As soon as possible
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Leadership
About You:
We are looking for a dedicated leader and SENDCo to help lead and coordinate effective SEND provision across the school. This role will be part of our leadership team and will work to ensure inclusion remains at the heart of everything we do. You will support staff in meeting the needs of learners with a range of additional needs, including SEMH, and work closely with families and external agencies to remove barriers to learning. Line managed by the Vice Principal for Behaviour and Culture, you will help promote inclusive practice and positive learning behaviours.
Our ideal candidate will:
- Be an experienced leader
- Bring a therapeutic, nurturing approach (trauma‑informed practice preferred).
- Have experience of working with secondary-aged children.
- Be resilient, proactive, and committed to achieving the best outcomes for all children.
- Set high expectations and encourage a culture of respect.
- Demonstrate ambition, integrity and respect in all aspects of their work.
What the school offers its staff
About Our School:
The Ellis Guilford School is a thriving, larger than average inner-city Secondary School with a clear mission ‘to ensure that the children attending our school have a better chance of success than if they attended any other school’. We deliver a broad curriculum, including emphasis on the creative subjects, to support our children to become confident, independent and balanced individuals, allowing them to excel.
Graded ‘Good’ by Ofsted in 2023, Ellis Guilford School is at an extremely exciting point in its development journey. We’re striving for ‘EGScellence’ in all that we do!
About the Inclusion/SEND Team:
Inclusion at Ellis Guilford School underpins everything. Our core SEND team includes our SENDCo, Deputy SENDCo, Assistant SENDCo, Director of Inclusion, teaching assistants, pastoral support officers. We have a number of specialist provisions in school including our Re-Integrate Centre and our INTEX provision. We have recently introduced a newly created SEMH provision alongside a Forest School provision. Our whole inclusion team work to support and promote an inclusive culture throughout the school and to put appropriate measures in place to enable all children to overcome barriers to learning. We prioritise professional development for our staff and make an ongoing commitment to this. Our collaborative approach aims to enhance SEND provision, working closely with the pastoral and inclusion team to coordinate support across the school.
About Creative Education Trust:
Creative Education Trust was established in 2010 to work in England’s post-industrial and coastal towns and cities. We are now a network of 17 schools educating 14,500 children and young people.
We have chosen to work with schools in challenging circumstances. We have successfully transformed schools previously deemed to be inadequate into good ones in order that all our students can have the best start in life. We are committed to providing educational opportunity for children of all abilities and to building cultural capital through a wide range of co-curricular activities. Curricular innovation through our Knowledge Connected programmes promotes creative, integrated and pro-active thinking so that our students are equipped for the challenges of the 21st century.
CET Benefits & Continual Professional Development
CET are committed to your learning and development, which is a continuous process that starts with your induction. The opportunities include a wide range of subjects from middle leadership and DSL training to autism awareness. We run annual conferences including Safeguarding and Learning and Teaching and have regular network meetings across the Trust.
We have a wide range of benefits that you are more than welcome to explore further in our Staff Benefits brochure attached.
Ready to Join Us?
Submit your application directly through our website.
Applications close Tuesday 5th May 2026
We warmly welcome visits to our school prior to interview, and if you'd like to arrange a visit or confidential conversation with the Principal, please reach out to us at principal@ellisguilfordschool.org.uk, and we'll be delighted to assist you.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive suitable applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. We will hold interviews as soon as we have received enough applications from suitably qualified applicants. If a successful appointment is not made, then we will repeat the process. Please do not hesitate to contact us on principal@ellisguilfordschool.org.uk if you would like an update on your application and details of a potential interview date.
We warmly welcome visits to our school, or if you would like to arrange a confidential conversation with the line manager of this position, please contact the Principal’s PA as above, who will be happy to assist in arranging this.
Discover More About Our Trust:
We encourage you to learn more about our trust's culture, the continuous professional development (CPD) opportunities we offer, and the benefits available to our colleagues. Visit our Trust website to explore these aspects in detail and see how we support our staff in their professional journey.
Essential Information:
Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility. All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.
The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Creative Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks in line with Government Safer Recruitment guidelines.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
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About Ellis Guilford School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1247 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Ellis Guilford School website
- Email address
- recruitment@ellisguilfordschool.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0115 913 1338
Ellis Guilford School is a mixed secondary school, catering for children between the ages of 11 and 16 years and located in Old Basford, Nottingham.
Since November 2018 we have been part of the Creative Education Trust. This has enabled the school to rigorously pursue rapid improvement for the children we teach.
The school boasts many facilities, and we strive to provide an inclusive and expansive education for all of the children in our care.
Sports fields including 5-a-side football pitches;
Multi-Use Games Area marked up for netball and football;
Astro Turf perfect for football;
Dance studio complete with sound system and mirrored wall;
Hall complete with a stage;
Interactive whiteboards in classrooms;
Modern and open-plan library with wide range of reading materials
Creative Education Trust inspires and enables young people to build successful lives on foundations of learning, resilience, and employability. We believe that a rewarding educational experience and the highest possible qualifications are the best way to ensure social mobility for young people.
Creative Education Trust is a growing multi-academy trust educating over 13,000 children in England. It was established in 2010 to work in England’s post-industrial cities and coastal towns: areas of economic disadvantage and with a history of academic underachievement. We transform these schools by integrating a knowledge-rich curriculum with skills and creativity.
Creative Education Trust defines creativity as the ability to find connections between the things we know and turn these connections into new ideas and action. The academic arts and PE, practical subjects and life skills all need this creativity, and creativity is valued highly by employers. Our staff and expert advisers use imaginative methods for linking knowledge across subject boundaries, fostering personal development and resilience, and developing practical skills that prepare
students for their transition to adult life and employment.
Arranging a visit to Ellis Guilford School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@ellisguilfordschool.org.uk.
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