Worthing High School
West Sussex
£32,916 - £51,048 per year
Salary:
Main or Upper Pay Range + SEN1 allowance + TRL2a
Job type:
Full Time, Part Time, Maternity Cover
Apply by:
13 October 2025
Job overview
DEPUTY SENDCO (0.8/1.0 FTE) (Maternity Cover FIXED TERM) Flexibility may be considered for appropriate candidate
Main or Upper Pay Range + SEN1 allowance + TRL2a
Are you ambitious? Do you want to work in a dynamic 11-16 school?
We are seeking to appoint an excellent Deputy Head of Inclusion who can assist us in supporting the needs of our students with SEND. We need a teacher who is confident in their SEND knowledge and is able to motivate and enthuse students and staff. Applicants for the post must be strong practitioners with experience with students with SEND.
We can offer you:
* The chance to work in an oversubscribed, innovative and forward-thinking school
* A recent DfE Behaviour Hub Lead School with CPD opportunities to develop your pastoral expertise
* Involvement in the SSAT embedding formative assessment CPD Programme
* Teaching at KS3 and KS4
* Judged to be GOOD by OFSTED
* Effective support for Professional Development in preparation for your next step
* A friendly and supportive environment, leading a team of subject specialists.
* The opportunity to work with well-motivated students and supportive parents
* A location between the South Downs National Park and the coast very close to main line railway services and road networks linking to Brighton and London
* Free well-being and medical support cover
* The opportunity to be part of the South Downs Education Trust MAT
* Free use of our fitness suite
* The potential to experience SLT secondment.
Are you someone who:
* Is a consistently good/outstanding teacher?
* Has extensive knowledge of ASC?
* Is able to motivate and inspire students to raise attainment across all ability ranges?
* Is able to deliver outstanding teaching and learning and achieve excellent results?
* Has an excellent knowledge of SEND?
* Has excellent communication skills?
* Wants to make a real difference to the lives of our students?
For further enquiries or to arrange a visit please contact Elena Elsam on
Details of this role, including a job description, information on why you may wish to join us, how to apply and an application form can be downloaded from the school website at
Closing date for receipt of applications is Monday 13 October 2025 at 9am
Interviews will take place w/c 13 October 2025
Completed applications should be sent to Mr Cook, Headteacher, at the above address or emailed to
NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES: We prefer to hire people directly but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We will be in touch if we need you.
Please note, because of the nature of this job, if you are successful in your application, you will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service with barred list check. This will be done by means of applying for a DBS certificate through the Disclosure and Barring Service. Disclosures include details of cautions, reprimands or final warnings as well as convictions, spent or unspent. Clearance will be obtained before employment commences.
Worthing High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Worthing High School, part of the South Downs Education Trust, is an academy and a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales with company number The Registered Office is at: South Farm Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN14 7AR
We recognise continuous service from academy/non-academy schools
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About Worthing High School
Worthing High School
South Farm Road, Worthing
West Sussex
BN14 7AR
United Kingdom
About us
Choosing the right school for either the first step in your career or as you progress is a vitally important decision. Worthing High School offers a good education experience for our students ensuring they feel happy, valued and secure. At Worthing High School we believe that we can offer all of these things.
Everyone at Worthing High works hard to create a close community of learners in which there is a clear focus upon raising standards of student achievement.
The school is greatly valued by the community it serves and is a popular choice for prospective students and their parents. A marked feature of the school is the happy, friendly, caring ethos which enables our students to settle quickly. We believe that this is vital if students are to achieve their full potential. As a school we have high standards for our students– maximum effort and excellent levels of achievement are expected.
Worthing High thrives on being a community in the true sense of the term as it seeks to achieve a partnership between governors, teachers, parents and students as well as with our wider partners.
Students also gain from an outstanding programme of enrichment activities that are extensive, fulfilling and diverse. The broad, balanced and relevant curriculum provided by the school serves to ensure that opportunities are available to enable pupils to fully develop their interests and talents.
Our website aims to introduce you to our school but there can be no substitute for a personal visit. We would be delighted to show you around during a working day and answer any questions that you may have.
Worthing High School is part of the South Downs Education Trust (SDET).
The Trust's mission statement of 'Always Pursuing Excellence' is fundamental in achieving the high expectations of working together to ensure every child and young person is able to reach their true potential.
The Trust's shared vision is focused around five core values: to work together and support each other as a community; to continually try to improve and develop resilience; to show integrity with honesty and truthfulness at all times; to show respect in valuing and accepting differences with courtesy and consideration; and to always pursue excellence and strive to surpass our shared expectations.
The Trust aims to contribute positively to a self-improving school-led system that improves process, reduces unnecessary complexity and duplication and spreads high standards so that all the schools within the Trust are 'Good' or better both in terms of their Ofsted judgement and in the eyes of its pupils, parents/carers and wider community.
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