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  • Start date details

    May 2025

  • Closing date

    22 April 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    7 April 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£31,650.00 - £43,607.00 Annually (FTE) MPR plus SEN Allowance

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator - SENDCo job summary

Post Title: SENCo (FTE 0.4)

As our SENDCo, you will play a vital role in shaping the educational experience for pupils with SEND. You'll be responsible for coordinating support, developing strategies, and ensuring every child receives the tailored care they deserve. Your expertise will be at the heart of our inclusive ethos, and you'll work closely with staff, parents, and external agencies to deliver exceptional outcomes.

What We’re Looking For:

  • A qualified SENDCo or a teacher willing to undertake SENDCo training.

  • Strong knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice and current legislation.

  • Excellent communication, leadership, and organisational skills.

  • A compassionate, child-centered approach to education.

  • A team player ready to collaborate with colleagues and families.

    Why Join Us?

    • Be part of a supportive and forward-thinking team.

    • Professional development opportunities tailored to your career goals.

    • A chance to create lasting impact in a welcoming, inclusive environment.

    • Competitive salary and benefits package.

    Start Date: May 2025

    FTE: 0.4

    Job Type: Initially Fixed Term for 1 Year

    Salary Grade: MPR plus SEN Allowance plus TPS benefits and family private healthcare

    Apply: Please apply via My New Term HERE CVs will not be accepted for any posts.

    We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

    HR Contact:Christy Broux, HR Administrator at hr@tennysonroad.school Telephone Number: 01582 723230.

    Further Information: Tennyson Learning Community Website

    Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and encouraged.

    About Tennyson Learning Community

    The Tennyson Learning Community is an established primary Academy Trust with the aim of supporting and leading the growth and improvement of primary academies across the county.

    We are driven by a moral purpose and a vision that ensures every child has the right to outstanding teaching and, every academy, exceptional leadership. It is our vision to work with our children, their parents/carers and our staff to create and to sustain excellent academies.

    You will share our core values and have a passionate desire to help children learn. Be committed to help all our children succeed through school whilst having a caring and nurturing nature.

    What we can offer you

    We can offer the successful candidate the support from staff, parents and trustees/governors who are enthusiastic, caring and committed to working as a team to achieve the best journey for our pupils across the Trust.

    You will have the opportunity to develop new skills and stay motivated through guidance and support of the Senior Leadership Team and Trust Executives, who have great plans for the Trust and who really value committed members of staff.

    Safeguarding Statement:

    TLC is committed to safeguarding children and young people. Our interviews will always include relevant questions relating to child protection and/or safeguarding. A satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) with a Children’s Barred List Check is required as a condition of employment. In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), an online search will be conducted on shortlisted candidates to identify anything that may need further exploration with candidates and references will be sought. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

    Equal Opportunities Statement:

    At the Tennyson Learning Community we believe that all individuals are of equal value and we are committed to equal opportunities for all. All people who work and study in the school have the right to be respected and valued within a safe and secure environment and not to be discriminated against on the grounds of age, class, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation and religion or belief. To help us meet our high standards and aspirations of a fully diverse and inclusive workplace, we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply for this vacancy.

    IMPORTANT NOTICE: We request that employment agencies do not contact the school.

    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.

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    About Lime Tree Primary Academy

    School type
    Academy, ages 2 to 11
    Education phase
    Primary
    School size
    311 pupils enrolled
    Age range
    2 to 11
    Ofsted report
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    Primary Education

    School location

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