10 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    Easter 2026

  • Closing date

    13 February 2026 at 8am

  • Date listed

    27 January 2026

Job details

Job role

  • SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£55,747.00 - £64,691.00 Annually (Actual)

SENDCO job summary

We are recruiting at Westbourne Academy

SENDCO

Salary Scale: L4 - L10 £55,747 to £64,691

Full Time, Permanent

Required: Easter 2026

We are seeking to appoint an effective and professional SENDCO to promote a strong positive culture ensuring a safe, calm and purposeful environment for all.

You will be joining a dynamic and exciting team, creating a culture of outstanding success amongst our students.

The successful candidate will have knowledge and understanding of the commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people and up to date knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance. The SENDCO will ensure that the academy meets its statutory commitment in relation to SEND, secure and manage SEND funding and assess and plan the academy SEND provision to ensure it meets the needs of all students, this will include the training and development of all staff. As a valued leader, you will use your sphere of influence to lead by example and consistently embody our high expectations at Westbourne Academy.

We welcome applications from ambitious individuals, who have the drive, passion and vision to lead the Academy forward. The appointed candidate will work collaboratively with other senior leaders and the Deputy SENDCo to ensure all aspects of SEND provision is planned, delivered and reviewed securing a strong and effective provision.

If you have what it takes, you can join an experienced, innovative team with incredible potential - and look forward to a future that could take you anywhere within the Trust’s Twenty-Two schools.

About Academy Transformation Trust

At ATT we are driven by a simple but profound belief: every child can and should become capable, competent, and confident. Our purpose is to transform lives through education, and our strategy, ATT2030, sets out how we will achieve this for every pupil, every colleague, and every community we serve.

We know that people are at the heart of everything we do. Our trust thrives because of the talent, dedication, and values of our colleagues. If you choose to join us, you will become part of a high-trust, high-accountability organisation where principals are empowered to lead, colleagues are supported to grow, and everyone is united in the moral purpose of education.

What’s in it for you?

Access to continuous personal development programs. A bespoke platform supporting colleague welfare and benefits, including pension scheme, employee assistance program (EAP), recognition and reward scheme, cycle to work scheme and discounts on many major high street brands.

For Further information and to apply online, please see our application pack.

If you wish to discover more about this exciting opportunity, need any further information or would like to have an informal discussion, please contact Westbourne Academy on 01473 742315

Westbourne Academy is part of the Academy Transformation Trust family, whose ambition is that every person who passes through our schools and colleges becomes an educated person - able to take a rightful place in the community of educated people and to join what Robert Maynard Hutchins called “the Great Conversation.” An ATT education stresses history, the scientific mode of thinking, the disciplined use of language, a wide-ranging knowledge of the arts and religion, and the continuity of human enterprise. We aspire for everyone, regardless of their starting point, to leave us capable, competent, and confident.

Westbourne Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE update 2025. We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are open to Flexible Working.

Closing date: 09:00am, Friday 13 February 2026

Interview date: To be confirmed

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
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Commitment to safeguarding

Westbourne Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE update 2024. We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are open to Flexible Working.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

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About Westbourne Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
1038 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
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School website
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Westbourne Academy is a calm and happy school. We are an inclusive academy. We support all students, regardless of their starting point, to achieve their potential and develop the skills necessary for employment and life.

Westbourne Academy is not just a school it is a microcosm of the world with students and staff from all around the globe. Between them, they speak 32 languages and their differing perspectives on learning and life makes this a unique academy. We also have the pleasure of 30% of our students speaking English as an additional language and value the cultural diversity they bring.

We try not to take ourselves too seriously but know that preparing young people for the adult world is an important undertaking. Since opening as an academy on 1 February 2013, attitudes, aspirations and expectations have been transformed. We believe that our circumstances are quite unique and, therefore, that we can make a massive difference to the students we serve.

Currently we have around 1000+ students. Many of our students do not have the easiest backgrounds and we are determined to ensure that we remove as many barriers to learning as possible. Around 30% of our students come from a disadvantaged background. We are delighted that Ipswich has been deemed an opportunity area for the Department for Education and look forward to taking an active part in this initiative to tackle disadvantage.

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