SENDCo (Special Education Needs and Disabilities Coordinator)
Sacred Heart Catholic Academy, Liverpool, Merseyside, L23 5TF13 days remaining to apply
Closing date
15 October 2026 at 9am
Date listed
29 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher or lecturer
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £32,900.00 - £52,835.00 Annually (Actual)
SENDCo (Special Education Needs and Disabilities Coordinator) job summary
Job purpose:
To provide strategic leadership and operational management of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) provision across the Academy, ensuring excellence, equity, and inclusion for all pupils. The SENDCo will play a key role in driving whole-school improvement, securing outstanding outcomes for pupils with SEND, and upholding the Catholic mission of the school and Trust.
Duties and responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership (Whole-School Impact)
Lead and implement a whole-school SEND strategy aligned with the School Improvement Plan and Trust priorities.
Act as a key member of the middle leadership structure, contributing to policy, self-evaluation, and school development.
Champion inclusion, ensuring SEND is embedded across curriculum design, teaching, and assessment.
Analyse whole-school data to identify trends, gaps, and priorities for SEND pupils.
Quality of Education
Drive high-quality adaptive teaching across all departments to meet the needs of SEND learners.
Monitor and evaluate the impact of teaching, interventions, and provision on pupil outcomes.
Lead staff training and professional development to improve inclusive classroom practice.
Ensure ambitious expectations and curriculum access for all SEND pupils.
Operational Leadership of SEND
Oversee identification, assessment, and provision for all pupils with SEND.
Maintain robust systems for SEND records, provision mapping, and compliance.
Lead EHCP processes, annual reviews, and statutory responsibilities.
Ensure full compliance with the SEND Code of Practice (2015) and relevant legislation.
Line Management & Team Leadership
Line manage and deploy Learning Support Assistants and SEND support staff effectively.
Build a high-performing SEND team through coaching, support, and performance management.
Ensure efficient and impactful use of SEND funding and resources.
Partnerships & Community
Develop strong, supportive relationships with parents and carers.
Lead engagement with external agencies and professionals.
Represent the school at multi-agency and Trust-level SEND forums.
Safeguarding, Inclusion & Ethos
Promote the safeguarding, wellbeing, and dignity of all pupils, particularly the most vulnerable.
Embed the Catholic ethos in all aspects of SEND provision, promoting inclusion, compassion, and respect.
Ensure SEND pupils are fully included in the spiritual and wider life of the school.
Trust-Wide Contribution
Work collaboratively with SENDCos across the Pope Francis Catholic Multi Academy Trust.
Contribute to Trust-wide SEND development, moderation, and shared practice.
Support wider school improvement where appropriate.
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 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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Sacred Heart Catholic Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 613 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
Sacred Heart Catholic Academy is an 11-18 mixed Catholic Comprehensive School six miles north of Liverpool, with around 1000 pupils on roll, including a Sixth Form of approximately 136 students. The school was confirmed in its 2018 Archdiocesan Report as an “Outstanding Catholic School”.
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