Special Education Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO)

St Mary's Community Primary School, Beetley, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 4BW

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025 or January 2026

• Closing date

  11 July 2025 at 1am

• Date listed

  20 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS / UPS depending on experience
• Additional allowances:

  plus SEN allowance

Special Education Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) job summary

Tel: 01362 860114

Email: recruitment@st-marysbeetley.norfolk.sch.uk

Website: www.beetleyschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Tanya Treavett

NOR: 166  Age range:  4-11 years

• Salary – MPS – UPS (depending on experience) plus SEN allowance
• Permanent
• Part Time
• 0.4 FTE
• Required for September 2025 or January 2026

St Mary’s Community Primary is committed to creating a diverse workforce. We’ll consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, age, disability, marriage or civil partnership. 

Job details

Salary: MPS or UPS (depending on experience) plus SEN Allowance

Hours: 0.4FTE 

Contract type: Permanent 

Start Date: September 25 or January 26

Reporting to: The Headteacher

Responsible for: SEND provision of the school

Main purpose 

The SENCO, under the direction of the headteacher, will:

• Determine the strategic development of special educational needs (SEN) policy and provision in the school
• Be responsible for day-to-day operation of the SEN policy and co-ordination of specific provision to support individual pupils with SEN or a disability
• Provide professional guidance to colleagues, working closely with staff, parents and other agencies 

While the SENCO will have responsibility for the oversight of provision for pupils with SEN or a disability, class teachers will hold responsibility for the day-to-day education and support of pupils within their classroom.

Duties and responsibilities 

Strategic development of SEN policy and provision

• Have a strategic overview of provision for pupils with SEN or a disability across the school, monitoring and reviewing the quality of provision
• Contribute to school self-evaluation, particularly with respect to provision for pupils with SEN or a disability
• Make sure the SEN policy is put into practice and its objectives are reflected in the school improvement plan (SIDP)
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of national and local initiatives that may affect the school’s policy and practice
• Evaluate whether funding is being used effectively, and suggest changes to make use of funding more effective

Operation of the SEN policy and co-ordination of provision

• Maintain an accurate SEND register and provision map
• Provide guidance to colleagues on teaching pupils with SEN or a disability, and advise on the graduated approach to SEN support
• Advise on the use of the school’s budget and other resources to meet pupils’ needs effectively, including staff deployment
• Be aware of the provision in the local offer
• Work with early years providers, other schools, educational psychologists, health and social care professionals and other external agencies
• Be a key point of contact for external agencies, especially the local authority (LA)
• Analyse assessment data for pupils with SEN or a disability
• Implement and monitor intervention groups for pupils with SEN, and evaluate their effectiveness

Support for pupils with SEN or a disability

• Identify a pupil’s SEN
• Co-ordinate provision that meets the pupil’s needs, and monitor its effectiveness
• Secure relevant services for the pupil
• Ensure records are maintained and kept up to date
• Review the education, health and care plan (EHCP) with parents or carers and the pupil
• Communicate regularly with parents/carers
• Ensure when the pupil transfers to another school, all relevant information is conveyed to that school, and support a smooth transition for the pupil
• Promote the pupil’s inclusion in the school community and access to the curriculum, facilities and extra-curricular activities
• Work with the designated teacher for looked-after children (LAC), where a looked-after pupil has SEN or a disability

Communication

Communicate effectively with pupils, parents and carers

To communicate with and work collaboratively with your teacher job share.

Leadership and management

• Work with the headteacher and governors to ensure the school meets its responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010 in terms of reasonable adjustments and access arrangements
• Prepare and review information the governing board is required to publish
• Contribute to the SIDP and whole-school policy
• Identify training needs for staff and how to meet these needs
• Lead INSET for staff
• Share procedural information, such as the school’s SEN policy
• Promote an ethos and culture that supports the school’s SEN policy and promotes good outcomes for pupils with SEN or a disability
• Lead and line manage teaching assistants (TAs) working with pupils with SEN or a disability
• Lead staff appraisals for those you line manage and produce appraisal reports where appropriate

Safeguarding

• Liaise and collaborate with the other designated safeguarding lead (DSL) on matters of safeguarding and welfare for pupils with SEN
• Remain alert to the fact that pupils with SEN may be more vulnerable to safeguarding challenges

The SENCO will be required to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and follow school policies and the staff code of conduct.

Please note that this is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the role. It is not a comprehensive list of all tasks that the SENCO will carry out. The postholder may be required to do other duties appropriate to the level of the role, as directed by the headteacher.

Application Details:

Applicants are invited to visit the school should they wish. Days of visits have been set as: 

• 2pm on Tuesday 1 July 2025  
• 9.30am on Monday 7 July 2025
• 3.30pm on Tuesday 8 July 2025.

Please email - recruitment@st-marysbeetley.norfolk.sch.uk to arrange a visit.

 

How to apply

A person specification is available from ‘Attachments’.

To download an application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button.

Completed applications should be emailed to - recruitment@st-marysbeetley.norfolk.sch.uk

Closing date:  11 July 2025, 12 noon

Interview date:   18 July 2025

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To this end, you may be required to undergo pre-employment checks.

This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About St Mary's Community Primary School, Beetley

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 186 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Mary's Community Primary School, Beetley website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-mary-s-community-primary-school-beetley

St Mary's is a one form entry primary school set on the outskirts of Dereham, Norfolk.
We are a friendly, nurturing school particularly recognised locally for our Early Years learning and for the way in which we care for pupils’ welfare and personal development including those pupils with SEND.

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