Job details
Job role
* SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
Full time
Contract type
Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
MPS / UPS
Additional allowances
SEN allowance
SENDCO job summary
Part of the Halcyon Federation
Tel: 01842 762055
Email: headspa@drake.norfolk.sch.uk
Website:
* Salary - MPS / UPS plus SEN allowance
* Permanent
* Full Time
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.
How to apply
A job description and person specification are available from 'Attachments'.
To download an application form, click on the 'Apply for Job' button.
Completed forms should be returned to - headspa@drake.norfolk.sch.uk
Closing date: 18 July 2025
Interview date: on a rolling basis
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To this end, you may be required to undergo pre-employment checks.
This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
Visas cannot be sponsored.