SENDCo
Stoberry Park School, Wells, Somerset, BA5 2TJ16 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2027
Closing date
16 October 2026 at 9am
Date listed
30 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- SENCO (special educational needs coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 0.8 FTE (4 days a week) (0.6 FTE may be considered). Working pattern to be agreed.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS - UPS Dependent on Experience
Additional allowances
SEN Allowance
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to appoint an exceptional candidate who:
- Can support SEND children and their families through identifying barriers to learning and adopting strategies that help overcome these
- Demonstrate a commitment to an inclusive education for all children through working with staff and families to formulate personal plans for improvement
- Use a knowledge of the SEN Code of Practice and understand the EHCP process and Early Help services to support pupils and families
- Work alongside teachers to provide advice and develop impactful class strategies
- Monitor and evaluate the quality and impact of SEND provision across the school
- Form positive relationships; inspire and motivate all children to enable them to be the best that they can be
- Keep up to date and accurate records of support and the impact regarding SEND provision
- Review and update all records to ensure that statutory requirements are met
- Work in partnership with the Headteacher, LAB and wider community to ensure that our mission and ethos is translated into action
- Participate in Trust-wide inclusion meetings
- Attend meetings with parents, teachers and other providers to ensure all pupils’ needs are met
- Ensure an inclusive school experience for al learners, not just those with SEND
- Work with the wider team to close the gap for vulnerable and disadvantaged learners
- Holds the National SENDCo Qualification or has a willingness to work towards the qualification.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer the candidate:
An exciting an innovative Trust that will inspire and allow you to reach your full potential
- Collaborative support within Trust Improvement Groups
- Inspirational leadership with support from a Lead Practitioner and an NLE
- A Trust which cultivates pupils through character development leading to a stimulating and innovative curriculum
- Polite, happy and engaged children with a great enthusiasm for learning
- Working with
like-minded professionals across the Trust enabling continuous professional
support
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 Stoberry Park School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 303 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Stoberry Park School website
- Email address
- recruitment@acexcellence.co.uk
About the Trust
The Academies for Character and Excellence is a dynamic and innovative Multi Academy Trust of twenty primary schools across Devon, Torbay and Somerset. Our shared outcomes are rooted in excellence and each school is committed to a strong ethos and culture.We live our mission of achieving excellence through cultivating character, sharing talents and pursuing innovation. We are truly collaborative and work together within and across our schools to ensure that all children and staff achieve their potential.
We are proud of our outcomes, but we aspire to achieve more than academic excellence. We want our children to become healthy thinkers, curious explorers, caring citizens, knowledgeable participants and confident individuals.
About Stoberry Park Primary School
Stoberry Park Primary School is nestled at the foot of the Mendip Hills. The school is driven by its values of Integrity, Compassion, Creativity, Courage and Curiosity, encouraging pupils to become active learners who are interested in enhancing their own learning and engaging positively with the wider community.The school is invested in developing its curriculum and has fantastic grounds in which the children have the space to flourish. The team at Stoberry are committed to ensuring that every child thrives, and pupils follow a varied and active curriculum designed to build character and the confidence to prepare them for the future.
The school’s vision is for children to become independent drivers of positive change for themselves, their school, the local community and beyond. As a school family, Stoberry Park shares a passionate commitment to learning and recognises the uniqueness of individual learners.
Arranging a visit to Stoberry Park School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@acexcellence.co.uk.
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