SENDco
Ludlow Junior School, Southampton, Hampshire, SO19 2DW18 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
18 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
28 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 0.5 FTE or 0.6 FTE - working days flexible/negotiable
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Main or Upper Pay Scale for Teachers
Additional allowances
SEN Allowance
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Proven experience in delivering high quality provision for children with SEND leadership within a school setting. Ideally this will include special school experience.
- Proven experience of leading school improvement across a whole school setting or driving improvements for SEND pupils with complex needs and/or supporting colleague in developing their expertise.
- Strong understanding of SEND legislation and EHCP processes.
- QTS and a minimum of an undergraduate degree.
- National Award SENCO Qualification and, ideally, special school experience and/or outreach work supporting colleagues.
- Ability to lead, inspire, and support staff in inclusive and adaptive teaching practices.
- A commitment to upholding the school’s values and ethos.
What the school offers its staff
- A Warm & Welcoming School Community– Be part of a friendly, inclusive environment where everyone is valued.
- Inspiring Students– Our children are creative, independent learners who love to explore and grow.
- A Supportive Staff Team– Work alongside dedicated colleagues who communicate well and uplift one another.
- Commitment to Professional Development– We invest in personalised CPD to help you flourish in your career.
- A Community That Celebrates Success– Experience a school that takes pride in every achievement, big or small.
Further details about the role
Are you a passionate and experienced teacher with SEND lead experience, looking for an opportunity to make a meaningful impact for an ever-growing priority in our in our school? Do you have the passion, skills, and drive to make a difference for our most vulnerable pupils and those with the highest level of need? Are you driven by the desire to have inclusion and success at the heart your core work?
If you are committed to making a difference in the lives of children with SEND and want to be part of a supportive, inclusive and forward-thinking team - we’d love to hear from you!
As a single academy trust, with its roots firmly in its community, you’ll have the passion and commitment to lead and inspire the provision within and across our school for our pupils with SEND and beyond. You will:
Key Responsibilities.
- Jointly lead SEND Provision:Champion inclusive education, ensuring high-quality SEND support for all students. You will work alongside a SENDco partner – a deputy head already in post – but form a joint leadership team with parallel seniority within SEND in order to create a SEND team approach at leadership level. Your partner will be contributing approximately 0.5 to 0.6 FTE to the SEND leadership partnership.
- Responsibility: Take responsibility for the lower or upper phase of SEND provision in our school (Years 3 and 4 or 5 and 6) so that you drive improvement in that phase but work with your partner SENDco to join up whole school provision and provide whole school cover and training as required for SENDco areas of responsibility.
- Uphold Our Ethos:Foster positive relationships with parents, staff, and governors
- Track & Monitor Progress:Utilise data-driven approaches to assess pupil progress and tailor support effectively so that we constantly remove barriers, push boundaries and see our pupils flourishing.
- Secure Resources & Funding:Collaborate with the Local Authority (LA) to obtain necessary funding and resources. Be active in looking at support offers beyond this where possible.
- EHCP Management:Oversee and ensure timely completion of the annual review process in line with statutory requirements and take on the core responsibility for this work in the lower or upper school – sharing the EHCP workload with your partner.
- Personalised Learning:Design creative, individualised learning packages and facilitate smooth transitions for students.
- Partnership & Collaboration:Build strong relationships with parents, external agencies, and other schools to enhance student support.
- Staff Development:Provide professional training, guidance, and support to promote inclusive teaching practices across the school but with a clear emphasis in your phase.
- Strategic Leadership:Contribute to the school's vision and improvement plan, ensuring SEND provision aligns with strategic goals. Work with your partner to create a cohesive plan, vision and strategy for SEND across the school.
Commitment to safeguarding
Ludlow Junior School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. As part of the selection process, we will consider any transferable risks as outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
About Ludlow Junior School
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 576 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Ludlow Junior School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@ludlowjunior.org.uk
- Phone number
- 02380447885
Ludlow Junior School is single status academy in the heart of the Itchen & Woolston Community in Southampton, Hampshire. The school can take up to 600 pupils with a five form entry.
Arranging a visit to Ludlow Junior School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@ludlowjunior.org.uk.
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