SENDCO (Primary)

Linthwaite Clough Primary School, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD7 5NJ

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2025

• Closing date

  16 May 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  1 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time, part time: Hours: Full-time (Part-time considered - please include details clearly in your application)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPS/UPS plus TLR 2a
• Additional allowances:

  TLR2a

What skills and experience we're looking for

Salary: MPS/UPS plus TLR 2a

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full-time (Part-time considered - please include details clearly in your application)

Closing Date: Friday, 16th May at 9am

Interview: Week commencing Monday, 19th May 2025

Start Date: September 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we would encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

Are you passionate about making a lasting difference in the lives of children with special educational needs? Linthwaite Clough Junior and Infant School, part of the Together Learning Trust, is seeking a committed and inspiring Primary SENDCo to join our team from September 2025. This is a unique opportunity to lead and shape inclusive practice at the heart of a warm, ambitious school community. Working closely with our Head of School and the Trust Director for Primary Inclusion and Culture, you will play a vital role in ensuring that every child receives the support they need to thrive. If you're a strategic thinker with a deep understanding of SEND (or passion to develop it!) and a drive to empower both pupils and staff, we would love to hear from you.

What the role involves in a nutshell:

• Ensure the school carries out its statutory responsibilities regarding all children with SEND.
• Lead on providing any children with SEND the support required to help them access their education and reach their full potential.
• Oversee the implementation of the Trust SEND policy and work closely with the Trust Director for Primary Inclusion and Culture and the School’s Senior Leadership Team (SLT)
• Coordinate the provision for children with SEND, and advise other staff and parents on various aspects related to meeting pupils’ needs effectively.
• Work with external agencies to co-ordinate their contribution, provide maximum support and ensure continuity of provision.
• Provide strategic leadership, professional guidance and coaching to staff to secure consistently good teaching for SEND students.
• Be responsible for managing and completing SEND administration and maintaining excellent record keeping in relation to the role.
• Hold the NASENCO qualification or be willing to undertake the NPQSEN.
• You will also teach classes of children determined on an annual basis by the Headteacher
• To carry out the professional teaching duties covered by the latest School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document. The post holder will be expected to undertake duties in line with the professional standards for qualified teachers and uphold the professional code of the General Teaching Council for England

What you’ll get in return?

You’ll be joining a school and Trust which is all about putting staff first – with numerous wellbeing initiatives and social events to enjoy each term!

In addition to this you will benefit from:

• Automatic enrolment to the Teacher Pension Fund
• A Supportive and forward-thinking Leadership Team
• Staff development through our innovative Personal Professional Development (PPD) programme and CPD
• Eye Care
• Annual Flu Vaccines
• Home & Technology Scheme
• Rewards and discounts
• GP Online and Prescription Service
• Your Care Wellbeing packageLifestyle benefits (discount platform)

If our school sounds like a place in which you could really make a difference, then we’d love to hear from you.

For further details see our Job Pack below.

HOW TO APPLY

Could we be a good fit for each other? If you’d like a chat about the role or have any questions ahead of making a formal application, we’d be delighted to hear from you. Please contact our school office: office@linthwaiteclough.co.uk or call 01484 844300.

If you’re ready to apply, please complete your online application before the deadline.

SAFER RECRUITMENT

We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff and volunteers are expected to behave in a way that supports this commitment and are subject to an enhanced DBS check. Please be aware that it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. If you are shortlisted for interview, we will undertake an online public search in line with guidance from the Department for Education and Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024.

What the school offers its staff

see above

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.

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.

Additional documents

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

LC SENDCO April 2025 Final.pdf - 764 KB (opens in new tab)

About Linthwaite Clough Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: Up to 315 pupils
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Email address: recruitment@TLT.school
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/linthwaite-clough-j-i-early-years-unit-huddersfield

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