Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENDCO) (Partnership Working)
Queensway Junior Academy, Thetford, IP24 3DP49 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2026
Closing date
14 September 2025 at 1am
Date listed
23 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Salary: Qualified Teachers Pay Scales: Main Pay Scale (MPS) to Upper Pay Scale (UPS) + TLR2 £3,391
Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENDCO) (Partnership Working) job summary
Salary: Qualified Teachers Pay Scales: Main Pay Scale (MPS) to Upper Pay Scale (UPS) + TLR2 £3,391
Start Date: January 2026
Queensway Academy is looking for an enthusiastic, inspiring, and ambitious qualified teacher to work as a special education needs coordinator, supporting pupils with special educational needs and helping them to achieve their full potential. The successful candidate must be passionate about changing lives and outcomes of young people, and keen to develop as a practitioner.
Before applying, please read the attached Recruitment Pack and Job Description, for more details about the role. We ask that you read this pack carefully, especially the “Planning your application” section from page 11. This will support your application ensuring you have the opportunity to tell us about your relevant skills, experience and qualifications that relate to the job description and person specification in addition to details of your references covering the last 5 years.
The main responsibility of this role will be:
- To support and/or lead the implementation of a broad, balanced and inclusive curriculum for pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
- To lead on and promote high teaching standards, pupil achievement and progress for pupils with Special Educational Needs.
- To offer active support for SEN pupils regarding the Academy’s Policies and Procedures, taking into account Teachers’ Standards Teaching as required.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Qualified Teacher Status
- Experience of working / teaching / caring for children of relevant age
- Ability to make decisions, identify and solve problems based on thorough analysis and sound judgement.
- Ability to self-evaluate learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities
- Knowledge of the monitoring, assessment and recording of pupils' progress.
- Knowledge of the statutory requirements of legislation concerning equal opportunities, health and safety, SEND and child protection
Queensway Infant and Junior Academies cater for children from Reception to Year 6 across the campus. The school is very clear in its mission to be one of the top-performing schools in the country.
The schools offer a safe and secure environment both indoors and outdoors in which children can freely explore and learn through a wide variety of stimulating play experiences. We have high aspirations for our children and offer a carefully sequenced academic curriculum to support high-quality learning and progress. This, alongside a package of pastoral support and SEND support, means that all children receive a high-quality of education, enjoy their time in school, and make excellent progress. The school also values the whole school experience, offering a variety of extracurricular activities, from sports to debating and musical experiences. Queensway is an exceptional school where pupils can acquire the foundation blocks for a successful future.
We are part of the Inspiration Trust, twice ranked as the country’s top family of comprehensive schools for pupil progress, and strongly believe in the importance of giving the widest educational opportunities to all young people, regardless of their background. We have strong networks across the Trust, with opportunities to work with a diverse range of schools and partners. We are committed to offering excellent professional and learning opportunities for our staff, with a busy programme of continuing professional development courses delivered by some of the country’s best educational thinkers and practitioners.
The Inspiration Trust is a Multi Academy Trust, committed to delivering the very best educational experience for the young people of Norfolk and Suffolk, across 17 schools. We are ambitious for our schools and communities and want to create Britain’s highest performing federation of 3-19 schools and transform education in the East. Inspiration Trust specialises in transforming schools in disadvantaged areas and taking academies from failing to outstanding.
For information on what it is like to live and work in Thetford, click here.
Queensway Academy joined the Inspiration Trust family in May 2023. The school has not had an Ofsted Inspection since joining the trust.
When you join Inspiration Trust's thriving network of talented teachers, leaders and support staff, you join an organisation that supports you to be the best you can be. The Trust offers a varied professional development programme for employees.
We are committed to offering excellent professional opportunities for our staff, through careful support and personalised CPD. We offer a structured and specific induction programme.
The Trust also offers:
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Teachers' Pension Schemes with generous employer contributions
- Health Plan and Employee Assistance Programme giving access to a range of services including claim back costs for Eye Care and prescriptions and access to 24/7 virtual GP Service and mental health support (Terms and conditions and restrictions apply).
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Retail Benefits offering discounts with many shops and suppliers
- Corporate membership of the Norwich Theatre Royal
- Salary sacrifice schemes, including home technology, smartphones and healthcare plans, including Dental insurance and Gym membership discounts (Terms and conditions and restrictions apply).
- Free Parking (on most sites)
*Some benefits are only available following successfully passing probation
If you would like to know more about this exciting opportunity, then please contact Kate Sparrow, PA to Principal (KateSparrow@inspirationtrust.org).
To apply for this role please click the Apply button to complete the online application form.
Closing date for applications: 12pm on Sunday 14th September 2025
Interview date: Thursday 25th September 2025
Inspiration Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks. We are an equal opportunities employer.
When you start your application, you will receive several emails from our application provider, Vacancy Filler. Please be aware that some email providers may mistakenly mark these messages as spam. To avoid missing important updates, we recommend checking your spam or junk folders regularly throughout the application process and marking these emails as safe.
Further information about the job
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 will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Queensway Junior Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 151 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Queensway Junior Academy website
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