SENDCo

Naphill and Walters Ash School, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP14 4UL

12 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  22 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 3 days per week - days are negotiable
• Contract type: Fixed term - 1 Year
• Pay scale: MPS
• Additional allowances:

  SENDCo Allowance

What skills and experience we're looking for

Dear future SENDCo,

We are looking for a confident, ambitious and thoughtful practitioner who wants to make a real difference — not just maintain what already works.

If you believe inclusion belongs at the heart of a school (not filed away in a policy), and you’re someone who is curious, reflective and keen to keep getting better, then this might be the role for you.

You’ll lead SEND across the school — but this isn’t just about systems and paperwork. You’ll shape provision, support staff, work closely with families, and stay connected to the classroom through teaching.

Put simply: you’ll have real influence, and real responsibility.

Essential

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
• National Award for SEN Coordination / NPQSENDCO (or working towards)
• Strong working knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice
• Proven experience of improving outcomes for pupils with SEND
• Excellent communication, leadership and organisational skills
• Strong commitment to inclusive education and high expectations

Desirable

• Experience as a SENDCo in a primary setting
• Experience working within a school with high SEND needs
• Experience of multi‑agency working and EHCP processes

What the school offers its staff

This is a role where:

• your ideas will be listened to
• you can make meaningful changes
• you’ll continue to grow as a leader
• you’ll balance leadership with time in the classroom

It’s not a role for someone looking to stay comfortable or simply keep things ticking over.

What you’ll find here: enthusiastic and kind pupils, a committed staff team, strong pastoral support, and a school community that takes pride in what it does.

Flexible working opportunities

We are looking for someone to work three days a week and there is some flexibility on the days.

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.

This role comes with both challenge and opportunity.

It’s a school where need is above average and where we care deeply about getting it right. You won’t be left to figure that out alone — you’ll be working with a supportive team and a Headteacher who understands the role from experience — but you will need to be someone who is willing to think, adapt and lead.

It’s probably worth being clear…

This is a role where:

• your ideas will be listened to
• you can make meaningful changes
• you’ll continue to grow as a leader
• you’ll balance leadership with time in the classroom

It’s not a role for someone looking to stay comfortable or simply keep things ticking over.

After a year, we’d hope you’d look back and see real impact — in pupils, in staff confidence, and in your own development.

This post is initially offered on a fixed-term basis, but for the right person — someone who really makes the role their own — there is potential for it to become permanent.

We’d really encourage you to visit.

Schools aren’t easily summed up on paper — come and see us, ask questions, and get a feel for whether this is the right place for you.

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

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

SENDCo Job Description June 26.pdf - 163 KB (opens in new tab)

SENDCo Advert June 26.pdf - 3.84 MB (opens in new tab)

About Naphill and Walters Ash School

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, Does not apply, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 274 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Naphill and Walters Ash School website
• Email address: sbickerton@nap-walt.bucks.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01494562813
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/naphill-and-walters-ash-school

Arranging a visit to Naphill and Walters Ash School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sbickerton@nap-walt.bucks.sch.uk.

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