SENDCo - part-time maternity cover
Birch Copse Primary School, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 5LN6 days remaining to apply
Job start date
4 January 2027
Closing date
21 September 2026 at 9am
Date listed
15 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- SENCO (special educational needs coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 0.6 - 0.8 depending on candidate preference. We can be flexible on working days.
Contract type
- Fixed term - up to 12 months - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full time equivalent salary
- £32916 - £45352
Additional allowances
£2787 SENDCo allowance full-time equivalent
What skills and experience we're looking for
Birch Copse is an exceptionally friendly, welcoming and supportive place to work, and a wonderful, engaging place to learn. This is a rare opportunity to join us for a period of maternity cover and to make your mark in our outstanding school. The successful applicant will have a strong experience of SEND and will be interested in a part-time contract on a fixed-term basis. We can be flexible about the hours, depending on the circumstances of the successful candidate. We require someone who is well organised, confident and knowledgeable, and able to provide appropriate support to a wide number of children and their parents.
Please contact Mrs Marsh, Headteacher PA with all enquiries and to submit applications on either amarsh@birchcopse.co.uk or htpa@birchcopse.co.uk (both deliver to the same inbox).
What the school offers its staff
Birch Copse is an exceptionally friendly, welcoming and supportive place to work, and a wonderful, engaging place to learn. This is a rare opportunity to join us for a period of maternity cover and to make your mark in our outstanding school. The successful applicant will have a strong experience of SEND and will be interested in a part-time contract on a fixed-term basis. We can be flexible about the hours, depending on the circumstances of the successful candidate. We require someone who is well organised, confident and knowledgeable, and able to provide appropriate support to a wide number of children and their parents.
Please contact Mrs Marsh, Headteacher PA with all enquiries and to submit applications on either amarsh@birchcopse.co.uk or htpa@birchcopse.co.uk (both deliver to the same inbox).
Flexible working opportunities
Further information about the job
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.
About Birch Copse Primary School
- Organisation type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 420 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- amarsh@birchcopse.co.uk
- Phone number
- 0118 9427442
Birch Copse Primary School is a very successful, vibrant school of which we are very proud. We achieved an Ofsted rating of ‘outstanding’ in all five areas, in July 2024. The school is friendly, well supported by governors and parents, and is located in a pleasant residential area on the outskirts of Reading. There are 420 pupils on roll, organised into 6 Infant and 8 Junior classes. There are 2 classes for each Year Group, and each year group pair of teachers plan together.
The school is committed to ensuring that all pupils achieve the highest standards of attainment according to their ability in all subjects of the National Curriculum. The highest standards of behaviour and concentration in the classroom are expected. We always receive positive feedback from visitors to the school.
Arranging a visit to Birch Copse Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email amarsh@birchcopse.co.uk.
School location
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