SENDCo
Outwoods Edge Primary School, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2LD8 days remaining to apply
Job start date
26 August 2025
Closing date
10 June 2025 at 3pm
Date listed
23 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time, permanent
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS - UPS
Additional allowances
SEN Point
What skills and experience we're looking for
Outwoods Edge is seeking a dedicated Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCo) to join our nurturing and inclusive primary school community. This is a fantastic opportunity to combine your leadership in SEND provision with a rewarding teaching role.
About the Role:
As SENCo, you will lead and coordinate the strategic development of SEND policy and provision across the school, ensuring all pupils with special educational needs or disabilities receive high-quality support tailored to their individual needs. You will work collaboratively with staff, parents, and external professionals to identify and remove barriers to learning and promote inclusive practice.
Alongside your SENCo duties, you will have a teaching commitment, allowing you to stay connected to the classroom and model outstanding practice in inclusive teaching and learning.
We are looking for someone who:
- Holds the NASENCo qualification (or is willing to complete it)
- Has a proven track record of excellent classroom teaching and pupil progress
- Has experience working with children with a range of SEND
- Demonstrates strong leadership, communication, and organisational skills
- Is committed to the inclusive ethos and values of our school
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:
- A warm, welcoming, and supportive school community
- A dedicated and enthusiastic staff team
- Opportunities for ongoing professional development
- A well-resourced SEND department and access to external agency support
- A leadership team that prioritises inclusion and pupil well-being
Further details about the role
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Outwoods Edge Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 416 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Outwoods Edge Primary School website
- Email address
- nbedder@oedge.net
- Phone number
- 01509 216177
Outwoods Edge is a large primary school in Loughborough, Leicestershire, with over 400 children on roll.
We serve a diverse catchment area with children coming from both private and social housing. A significant minority of our children come from outside our catchment area and applications for places at Outwoods Edge have increased year on year.
The school became a single academy trust in 2012 and we are part of a collaborative group of nine schools in the local area. The Loughborough Primary Academy Partnership works together on joint activities such as curriculum development, monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance work. It is a supportive, dynamic group that seeks to improve the educational experience for children and teachers in Loughborough.
Arranging a visit to Outwoods Edge Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email nbedder@oedge.net.
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