Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator - SENDCo
Lime Tree Primary Academy, Bedfordshire, LU5 5QN13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
21 May 2025 at 11:59pm
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.
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
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Lime Tree Primary Academy website
Primary Education
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