SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS & DISABILITIES ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

The Chauncy School, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 0DP

30 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  9 January 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,989.00 - £27,254.00 Annually (FTE) + £729 Fringe Allowance

SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS & DISABILITIES ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT job summary

We are looking to employ a skilled and enthusiastic SEND Administrative Assistant to provide vital support to our busy SEND Department at Chauncy School. This role offers an excellent opportunity for someone who is highly organised, efficient, and committed to helping children and staff thrive in our inclusive educational environment.

The SEND Administrator will be responsible for providing day-to-day administrative support to the SEND team, managing correspondence, phone calls, and emails, and maintaining diaries and calendars for the SEND Assistant Headteacher, SENCo, and Deputy SENCo. The role also includes coordinating meetings, taking minutes, managing follow-up actions, and supporting the Year Six transition processes by liaising with parents, agencies and feeder schools. The successful candidate will maintain and update SEND databases, filing systems, and the school provision map, while also managing referrals for additional assessments and specialist support services. They will review CENSUS data with the SENCo, ensure accurate records, collate timesheets, record absences, and maintain departmental resources.

We are looking for someone with excellent organisational and communication skills, a proactive and flexible attitude, and a high level of attention to detail. Knowledge of SEND procedures and data confidentiality is desirable, along with strong ICT skills, particularly in communications software, word processing and spreadsheets (e.g. Word, Excel, and Gmail). The ability to work effectively under pressure in a busy school environment and contribute positively as part of a supportive team is essential.

This is a full time position with hours 8.30am - 4.00pm, Monday to Friday.

The pay scale for this position is H4 and we are looking the successful candidate to start as soon as possible.

To apply for this role we would like you to submit a letter of application stating why you would be the best candidate for this position. It should include reference to your relevant experience and what you can offer the SEND team at Chauncy School.

If you are interested in this position and require further information please speak to Lucy Saxon (SENDCo).

Applications should be emailed to Admin Manager Karen Baker via admin@chauncy.org.uk.

The deadline for applications is Friday 9th January 2026.

Interviews will take place during the week commencing19th January 2026.

Chauncy School is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Chauncy School is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Please read our Safer Recruitment Policy and Child Protection Policy on our school website here: https://chauncyschool.com/policies-2/

If you have any questions concerning our appointment process and /or our Safeguarding practices you should contact Karen Baker who is our Office Manager via admin@chauncy.org.uk. You may choose to contact Maria Ingrao who is our Designated Officer for Child Protection via safeguarding @chauncy.org.uk . Both may be contacted at the school by telephone on 01920 411200.

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.

About The Chauncy School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1515 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Chauncy School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-chauncy-school

Chauncy is a popular, oversubscribed, successful school at the heart of Ware.

Chauncy has received consecutive Ofsted Outstanding grades in both 2017 and 2023 in all five categories. We are purposeful, forward-looking and determined to continue to be great. Students tell us that they feel safe and valued, and Ofsted noted that student conduct is outstanding, encouraging exceptional opportunities for teaching and learning. Students at Chauncy are excited about their own learning.

There is a passionate commitment by staff to inspire through excellent teaching. The strength of relationships between staff, students and parents has been vital in providing support and challenge, promoting achievement.

We have a tradition of academic success founded on students’ ambition, belief in themselves and a school ethos that seeks to praise and reward all achievement. Promoting student achievement is at the heart of everything we do. We welcome students of all abilities and teach them in different groups from the start of Year Seven according to their academic needs. There is no limit to what our students can achieve with parental support, excellent facilities and superb teaching.

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