SENDCo

Oasis Academy Wattville, Birmingham, West Midlands, B21 0DP

38 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  21 January 2026

• Closing date

  5 March 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  22 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS 2-6 or UPS1-3 + TLR 2 £3,527

SENDCo job summary

Is our SENCO opportunity at Oasis Academy Wattville , the role for you?

You'll be joining us at Oasis, where we are looking to build stronger communities and provide exceptional education for our pupils that enhances their lives. Sound like something you'd want to contribute to?

You’ll be integral to the running of our academy. No child is the same and we need someone who recognises this and ensures we're supporting our SEND pupils to address any barriers to learning they may have. Ultimately you'll be someone who wants to join us on our journey. There's been a lot of changes at Oasis Wattville since the beginning of 2025 and you'll be key in supporting the changes that are being made for our students.

If you share our vision and this sounds exactly what you are looking for then please read on!

About our SENCO Role

Firstly you'll be a classroom practitioner. You'll care and consistently be intrigued by pedagogy. We want someone who can support with teaching and learning and be able to coach and inspire how we meet the needs of our SEND pupils. We'll provide that time to understand the role and make / implement the changes you feel are necessary but we want that person who has passion to be in the classroom (as first and foremost we're teachers) and that desire to drive inclusivity and support our community.

You'll work in a very diverse academy, we have numerous languages spoken and there's work to support with speech and language alongside varying cognition and learning needs. There's opportunities to develop EHCP's that really support our students and best help them, alongside really looking and shaping our policies and procedures.  

This is perfect for an experienced SENCo looking for a new challenge!

About Wattville Academy

You’ll be joining an Academy on a journey to best support and students and community, where staff are really working together, where celebrating success is important and where support and systems are in place for individuals to develop and grow.

What will you get in return?

Pay Scale M2-M6 or UPS 1-3

TLR 2 £3,527

Wider Oasis Community Learning benefits portal including health & dental cover & discounts at leading companies

Teachers pension scheme

About Oasis Community Learning

The overall vision for every part of Oasis is for community. A place where everyone is included, making a contribution and reaching their potential. Delivering first-class, innovative education is part of the work we do as we seek to grow an Oasis Hub in every area where we work; creating safe and inspiring local neighbourhoods that provide integrated and diverse services to benefit the whole person and whole community.

Next Steps

We are looking to get the right candidate in role ASAP. We actively encourage early applications, and position will close on Wednesday 4th February 2026 with interviews taking place prior to half term so we will need candidates to be available week beginning 9th February 2026. Candidates will be informed by Friday 6th February 2026. Interviews will be at Oasis Wattville Academy.

Prior visits to the academy are actively encouraged. Please reach out to Oasis Wattville Academy and outline your name, contact details and current role and we will get back to you.

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.

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 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 Oasis Academy Wattville

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 420 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wattville-primary-school-birmingham

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