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Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENDCo)

Lowtown Primary School, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 9BB

43 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  17 April 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  5 March 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: 3 Days Per Week (0.60 FTE)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPS/UPS
• Additional allowances:

  SEN Allowance

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for an inspirational champion of inclusion who understands how SEND pupils can thrive within a mainstream classroom.

Essential Criteria:

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
• The National Professional Qualification (NPQ) for SENDCos (or the NASENCo if completed/started before Sept 2024). We also welcome applications from those willing to complete the NPQ within three years of appointment.
• Evidence of experience in team leadership and the implementation of SEND policies.
• Proven inspirational and skilled classroom teacher and teacher of students with SEND
• A champion of inclusion and demonstratable passion for supporting children with identified SEND
• A clear understanding of how young people with identified SEND can be supported to achieve in the mainstream classroom
• A sound knowledge of Child Safeguarding and the SEND Code of Practice.

What the school offers its staff

At Pudsey Lowtown Primary School, we are committed to creating a safe, inclusive, and stimulating learning environment where every member of our community is valued and respected.

We are a school that is fully inclusive, ambitious, and aspirational. We believe in making a tangible difference in the lives of our learners, and we want a SENDCo who shares that "professional curiosity" to drive new initiatives forward.

Why Join Our Team?

Our school is a calm, well-ordered environment and we have high expectations for all our pupils and staff.

We can offer the successful candidate:

• A supportive environment: a Headteacher and welcoming staff team who have a genuine passion for SEND and are accustomed to implementing new approaches and initiatives to meet diverse needs.
• Motivated pupils and supportive families with strong community links.
• A positive and collaborative working environment.
• A commitment to professional development and career progression.
• A vibrant school with high aspirations for all.
• Collaborative Networks - benefit from strong links within the Pudsey Cluster, providing a built-in support network of fellow SENDCos.
• Established systems - a well-established, rigorous record-keeping system is already in place.
• Flexibility around worked days to accommodate essential external training and local authority meetings.
• Access to health and wellbeing services via the school employee assistance programme.

Flexible working opportunities

This role is part time (3 days per week / 0.60 FTE); we can offer flexibility in terms of the days worked although there will be some requirement for the successful candidate to occasionally attend meetings and training which may fall on their usual non-working day(s).

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

The Role

As a key member of our team, you will oversee targeted provision for children with additional needs, vulnerabilities, or barriers to learning.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Leading on SEND policy and practice in conjunction with all stakeholders.
• Preparing statutory paperwork and making appropriate external referrals.
• Working closely with professionals and supporting our highly engaged parent community.
• Supporting staff with Quality First Teaching, ensuring classroom adaptations are both effective and inclusive.

Note: This role includes a small teaching commitment in EYFS or KS1 to support the early identification of pupil needs.

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

Please complete the online application.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Job description SENDCO March 2026 .pdf - 262 KB (opens in new tab)

About Lowtown Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 208 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lowtown Primary School website
• Email address: recruitment@pudseylowtown.org.uk
• Phone number: 0113 2567303
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lowtown-primary-school

We are a friendly and inclusive one form entry, local authority maintained primary school judged to be ‘good’ at our last Ofsted inspection.

We have high expectations of our pupils and using a growth mindset
approach, we constantly strive for excellence in all that we
do. Our academic results are above Leeds and National
comparisons but we offer a broad curriculum for our pupils.

Please feel free to visit our school to find out more about our
motivating and positive environment, which celebrates the
success of every child. We will be proud to show you around.

Arranging a visit to Lowtown Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@pudseylowtown.org.uk.

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