We’re looking for an organised, proactive, strategic leader and fully qualified teacher ready to step into leadership as our SENDCo. You’ll lead inclusive practice across the school, coordinate SEND provision, and work with staff and families to ensure every learner receives the support they need to succeed.
Job Title: SENDCo Leader
Location: Ellis Guilford School
Salary: L8-L12 (£61, - £67,)
Start Date: As soon as possible
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Leadership
About Our School:
The Ellis Guilford School is a thriving, larger than average inner-city Secondary School with a clear mission ‘to ensure that the children attending our school have a better chance of success than if they attended any other school’. We deliver a broad curriculum, including emphasis on the creative subjects, to support our children to become confident, independent and balanced individuals, allowing them to excel.
Graded ‘Good’ by Ofsted in, Ellis Guilford School is at an extremely exciting point in its development journey. We’re striving for ‘EGScellence’ in all that we do!
About the Inclusion/SEND Team:
Inclusion at Ellis Guilford School underpins everything. Our core SEND team includes our SENDCo, Deputy SENDCo, Assistant SENDCo, Director of Inclusion, teaching assistants, pastoral support officers. We have a number of specialist provisions in school including our Re-Integrate Centre and our INTEX provision. We have recently introduced a newly created SEMH provision alongside a Forest School provision. Our whole inclusion team work to support and promote an inclusive culture throughout the school and to put appropriate measures in place to enable all children to overcome barriers to learning. We prioritise professional development for our staff and make an ongoing commitment to this. Our collaborative approach aims to enhance SEND provision, working closely with the pastoral and inclusion team to coordinate support across the school.
About You:
We are looking for a dedicated leader and SENDCo to help lead and coordinate effective SEND provision across the school. This role will be part of our leadership team and will work to ensure inclusion remains at the heart of everything we do. You will support staff in meeting the needs of learners with a range of additional needs, including SEMH, and work closely with families and external agencies to remove barriers to learning. Line managed by the Vice Principal for Behaviour and Culture, you will help promote inclusive practice and positive learning behaviours.
Our ideal candidate will:
1. Be an experienced leader
2. Bring a therapeutic, nurturing approach (trauma‑informed practice preferred).
3. Have experience of working with secondary-aged children.
4. Be resilient, proactive, and committed to achieving the best outcomes for all children.
5. Set high expectations and encourage a culture of respect.
6. Demonstrate ambition, integrity and respect in all aspects of their work.
About Creative Education Trust:
Creative Education Trust was established in to work in England’s post-industrial and coastal towns and cities. We are now a network of 17 schools educating 14, children and young people.
We have chosen to work with schools in challenging circumstances. We have successfully transformed schools previously deemed to be inadequate into good ones in order that all our students can have the best start in life. We are committed to providing educational opportunity for children of all abilities and to building cultural capital through a wide range of co-curricular activities. Curricular innovation through our Knowledge Connected programmes promotes creative, integrated and pro-active thinking so that our students are equipped for the challenges of the 21st century.
CET Benefits & Continual Professional Development
CET are committed to your learning and development, which is a continuous process that starts with your induction. The opportunities include a wide range of subjects from middle leadership and DSL training to autism awareness. We run annual conferences including Safeguarding and Learning and Teaching and have regular network meetings across the Trust.
We have a wide range of benefits that you are more than welcome to explore further in our Staff Benefits brochure attached.
Ready to Join Us?
Submit your application directly through our website.
Applications close at 5.00pm on Sunday 12th April
We warmly welcome visits to our school prior to interview, and if you'd like to arrange a visit or confidential conversation with the Principal, please reach out to us at, and we'll be delighted to assist you.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive suitable applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. We will hold interviews as soon as we have received enough applications from suitably qualified applicants. If a successful appointment is not made, then we will repeat the process. Please do not hesitate to contact us on if you would like an update on your application and details of a potential interview date.
We warmly welcome visits to our school, or if you would like to arrange a confidential conversation with the line manager of this position, please contact the Principal’s PA as above, who will be happy to assist in arranging this.
Discover More About Our Trust:
We encourage you to learn more about our trust's culture, the continuous professional development (CPD) opportunities we offer, and the benefits available to our colleagues. Visit our Trust website to explore these aspects in detail and see how we support our staff in their professional journey.
Essential Information:
Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility. All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.
The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA). CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.