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Deputy sendco

Leigh (Greater Manchester)
Bedford High School
Posted: 5h ago
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Bedford High School is looking to appoint an enthusiastic, committed and professional Deputy SENDCO to work alongside our SENDCO, the SEND team and a variety of students including those with special educational needs (SEND).

We try to ensure that all our special need students are given equal opportunities to access the school curriculum by our dedicated team.

Bedford High School has a dedicated SEND department named The Base. The department consists of our Sendco, Deputy Sendco, Lead Sen Teaching Assistant, and 9 Teaching Assistants.

We forge good working relationships with students and teaching staff and pride ourselves in offering a range of interventions including delivery of maths, literacy and well-being in the classroom and through group interventions. We support our students in the setting of and monitoring short term goals, as well as creating and developing learning plans to ensure effective strategies are used in the classroom setting.In addition, we offer a range of lunchtime and after school activities.

Our Deputy Sendco and Sendco work closely with parents and our external and internal partners to ensure that we have excellent working relationships.

We are proud of our role as we offer our support for teaching and learning to support our students to reach their potential.

The successful candidate will be joining the school at an exciting time. Bedford High School is a mixed comprehensive school, which was judged “good” by Ofsted in 2023.

Our school is based over 2 sites with excellent facilities which include our 3G pitch, beautiful green outside space, dedicated outside classroom and large Bistro food court area.Our students and staff also have access to a comprehensively-fitted onsite gym and second food court area.Our inclusive values drive our vision and ethos across all stakeholder groups.Positive student/staff relationships, which are based on mutual respect embedding our SPIRIT ethos of Strive, Perseverance, Independence, Respect, Integrity and Tolerance are a key strength of our school.Student and staff voice are used across our school to help inform decisions and shape our school development plans.

If you feel you have the necessary skills and qualities to undertake this role, we will be delighted to receive your application form.Please complete the application form, we do not accept CV’s and return to Mrs Claire Taylor, HR Manager, at the school address or by email torecruitment@bedford.wigan.sch.uk. Early applications are encouraged and we reserve the right to close the vacancy early and interview before the closing date if a suitable candidate is found.

All offers of employment are conditional subject to all satisfactory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced criminal record with barred list through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), appropriate overseas checks, medical clearance, references and verification of your qualifications satisfactory to the school.In line with recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education Guidance we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence for all shortlisted candidates.Shortlisted candidates are also required to complete a self-declaration of any criminal records or information that would make you unsuitable to work with children.This post involves working with children, young people or vulnerable adults and is therefore exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.When completing application forms all candidates must provide a full employment history and any gaps to be clearly identified.At Bedford High School safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and adhere to the school’s child protection policies and procedures.All candidates must be legally entitled to work in the UK and comply with the Immigrations, Asylum and Nationality Act regulations.Applications from all sections of the community are welcome.

Shortlisted candidates will be notified by email of the interview arrangements.Please ensure your correct email address is provided on your application form.

As we receive many applications for posts, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are shortlisted for interview.Therefore, if you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion.

Closing date: Monday 14th July 2025 at 9:00am

Interview date: Week commencing 14th July 2025, early applications are encouraged and we reserve the right to close the vacancy early and interview before the closing date if a suitable candidate is found.

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