Job Ref No. ECC3612-58S Position Type: SENCO Pay Range: Depending on Experience
Position Start Date: 01/01/2026 Contract Type: Part-time Contract Term: Permanent
Application Close: 15/10/2025 Midday Date of Interviews: 23rd October 2025
Contract: Part-Time (2 days) and Permanent
Visits are encouraged
Applications Close: Wednesday 15th October 2025 at 12pm
Interviews: Thursday 23rd October 2025
The Governors and Headteacher are seeking to appoint a dynamic and inspirational SENDCo to join a committed and enthusiastic team. Our priority is to find an outstanding practitioner, who is a determined and ambitious leader. You must have the vision and skills to work with the Senior Leadership Team to continue to improve standards of teaching and learning for all children.
We are seeking a candidate who will:
* Make a valuable contribution to the provision of high-quality teaching and learning
* Have some experience of working effectively with the SEND OPs team
* Raise the standards of SEN pupils throughout the school
* Have a passion for providing a curriculum for all children to succeed
* Be able to work effectively within a supportive, committed and successful staff team
* Have high aspirations for themselves and a commitment to further development.
We can offer:
* An exciting opportunity to join a leadership team in a good school with enthusiastic, positive and well-behaved children, and a strong Catholic ethos.
* Supportive governors who are committed to school improvement, who will work with you to achieve your goals.
* Dedicated and talented staff who are keen to build on high standards.
* An opportunity to help shape the future of teaching and learning.
* Supportive parents and parish community.
* A commitment to continuing professional development.
Please contact Mrs Lesley Willats in the school office for an application pack or to arrange a school visit, 01277 227282 or admin@st-josephworker.essex.sch.uk:
St Joseph the Worker Primary School is committed to safeguarding children and all appointments are subject to the necessary checks being completed.
Information about the School
We are a family, a community built on love, and our Catholic faith is the basis of all that we do. We seek to inspire and motivate our children to be the best that they can be, to prepare them for the next stage of their journeys and to help them become true disciples of Jesus in the way they live their lives. Most of all, we want them to feel and spread love: love of one another, love of learning, love of the world they live in and love of Jesus.
We are a school that celebrates success at every level. The life of the school is driven by enthusiasm and a desire to help everyone to be the best they can be. We aim to bring learning alive, making it exciting and stimulating. We want to give our children a thirst for learning that continues with them throughout their future school experiences and lives.
All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.
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