Specialist Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator (SENDCo)
Drake Primary School, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 1JW29 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
18 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
17 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
Additional allowances
Plus SEN Allowance
What skills and experience we're looking for
Drake Primary School has a unique opportunity for an excellent practitioner to work alongside our leadership as a full-time non-class based Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator (SENDCo). This role includes leadership of our Pastoral Team who strategically coordinate and monitor provision for Attendance, Parent Support, Safeguarding, SEND and any disadvantaged groups across school.
You will be joining an innovative, trail-blazing primary school and playing a role in its success and the ongoing development of SEND offer.
In addition to working with colleagues, you will work closely with families, building positive trusting relationships with them and their children. You will also collaborate with external professionals and agencies, to ensure the best outcomes for our pupils.
The main responsibilities are;
- Have a strategic overview of the daily provision for pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) across the school
- Strategically monitor and review the quality of provision for children with SEND
- Ensure the SEND Policy is effectively implemented and the objectives of the policy are reflected in the school improvement plan
- Lead our Pastoral Team, including weekly strategic meetings and line-management of our non-SLT Pastoral staff.
- Designated Lead for Looked After Children
- Maintain an up to date knowledge of national and local initiatives, which may affect school’s policy and practice
- Oversee applications for, and the management of SEND funding, including evaluating whether funding is being used effectively
- Maintain an accurate SEND register and Provision Map
- Provide guidance to colleagues when teaching pupils with SEND
- Collaborate effectively with all stakeholders, including colleagues, families, external professionals and The Local Authority
- Coordinate external professionals and referrals, in collaboration with the Pastoral Team
- Support the whole school mission, vision and aims, as directed by the Senior Leadership Team
- Identify pupils with SEND and determine appropriate next steps, utilising the assess, plan, do review (APDR) cycle
- Analyse key data for pupils with SEND, including assessment and holistic data
- Be a key contact for families, stakeholders and external professionals as appropriate
- Design, monitor and model appropriate interventions and provisions for children with SEND
- Secure relevant services and opportunities for pupils, ensuring children with SEND are meaningfully included within the whole school community
- Ensure that records are maintained to a high quality
- Coordinate the provision for pupils with Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), including leading EHCP Annual Reviews
- Ensure that pupils are effectively supported in and out of our school setting as appropriate
- Support staff teams to provide the appropriate access arrangements during summative assessment, in order to reduce barriers to learning
The SENDCo will be required to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people, follow school policies and the staff code of conduct.
What the school offers its staff
- A passionate, driven and successful school where you will feel well supported in your role by the leadership team and the wider warm & friendly staff teams.
- The opportunity to work with the most wonderful students and families.
- A caring ethos with enthusiastic and skilled staff who are highly aspirational and committed to pupil welfare, progress and life-chances.
- Excellent professional development and career enhancement opportunities. This includes Autism Education Trust training. Please see the CPD offer for further information.
- A laptop and iPad.
- Well-resourced facilities for ICT, the Arts and Music, with 4 musicians in residence
- On-site childcare (from 12 weeks old to 4 years)
- Parking, including electric parking bays.
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 download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to kroberts@drake.norfolk.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Drake Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 417 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Drake Primary School website
- Email address
- kroberts@drake.norfolk.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01842762055
Arranging a visit to Drake Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email kroberts@drake.norfolk.sch.uk.
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