Stocksbridge High School
Sheffield
£41,134 - £59,266 per year
Salary:
Teachers' Main Pay Range MPR/UPR +TLR2C £8,218 Gross Per annum
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
13 October 2025
Apply by:
3 October 2025
Job overview
Post: SENDCO
Location: Stocksbridge High School
Pay scale: Teachers' Main Pay Range MPR/UPR +TLR2C £8,218 Gross Per annum
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Start date: As soon as possible
Minerva Learning Trust is a growing multi-academy trust committed to providing an outstanding education for students from a wide variety of backgrounds across Sheffield and Derbyshire. Founded in 2014, Minerva Learning Trust has expanded to a thriving family of schools, including primary, secondary, sixth form, and a unique post-16 provision. We have a strong track record of school improvement, successfully transforming schools from Ofsted ratings of RI and Inadequate to GOOD.
Stocksbridge High School is an ambitious and inclusive 11 to 16 comprehensive school firmly rooted in our local community. We are open, friendly and welcoming with great students and a dedicated staff. Stocksbridge High School is part of Minerva Learning Trust and together we have a vision of providing outstanding education for all the students within our schools.
We are looking to appoint a SENDCO to lead the continued development of provision, support and teaching of students with additional needs. The successful candidate will demonstrate a drive, resilience and enthusiasm to ensure that students progress and succeed. Ideally, you will have had experience of working directly with young people requiring additional support and, if you haven't already completed the National Award in Special Educational Needs Co-ordination (NASENCO) you must be willing to start the NASENCO on the earliest cohort intake and complete it within 3 years of appointment or enrol on the national professional qualification (NPQ)
You will lead the strategic direction for SEND support in the school and, along with an assistant SENDCO, Teaching Assistant team, and admin support you will ensure the school meets our statutory duties in SEND.
Working with senior colleagues you will be able to influence the curriculum teaching, and support young people across the school, whilst participating in wider Minerva Learning Trust networks.
A full job description and person specification is available below, but in short you must:
* Have experience of working with students with SEN
* Have experience of teaching phonics
* Be able to work as part of a team
* Have high expectations of young people regarding learning, independence and behaviour
* Be able to forge positive links and relationships with young people, parents and colleagues
* Be familiar with the legal requirements linked to the SENDCO role.
* The ability to converse at ease with families and external agencies and provide accurate and clear advice
Candidates are encouraged to visit the school or have an informal discussion about the role, arrangements for this can be made via e-mail to: Hannah Taylor, PA to the Headteacher - -
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment, further information can be found in our child protection and safeguarding policy on our statutory information page on our website Statutory Information - Minerva Learning Trust. The successful candidate will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. In line with KCSIE, the trust/school will be carrying out online searches on shortlisted candidates as part of their due diligence.
The closing date is Friday 3 October 2025 at 9am. Interviews will take place prior to the October half term.
The application form and information pack is available on the Minerva Learning Trust's and Stocksbridge High school's website - Stocksbridge High School
Please ensure that you do not fill in a local authority application form in respect of this vacancy, ONLY MINERVA LEARNING TRUST APPLICATION FORMS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Please provide telephone numbers and email addresses for yourself and referees.
About Stocksbridge High School
Stocksbridge High School
Shay House Lane, Stocksbridge, Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S36 1FD
United Kingdom
Head Teacher – Dave Williams
Every one of the young people we serve is entitled to thrive at school so that they may leave skilled, qualified and confident to make a success of their next steps in life. This is achieved through high quality leadership, teaching and support from our staff so that all students learn and progress well. Working at Stocksbridge High School means that you will always hold young people in high regard and have nothing but the highest of expectations for their learning, conduct and aspiration. This is reflected in our core vison of Believe, Achieve, Succeed' and felt by our values of:
* Be Positive
* Be Kind
* Be Confident
* Be Reflective
We are here to make a difference to the young people and families of Stocksbridge and we aim to be recognised as outstanding in this endeavour. It is an exciting time to join our school and if you share that ambition and determination, I look forward to receiving your application.
Values and vision
All Students will be challenged to build ambitious future plans. Working together we will develop their character, skills, and capacity to make their ambitions a reality. Our vision is based upon the principles of "Believe, Achieve, Succeed". Students will have belief in their own potential. They make positive choices, can acknowledge, and celebrate their successes and tackle obstacles to progress with hard work and determination. Students are challenged in every learning experience, every day to produce the highest quality work, through which they achieve their personal and academic goals.
Successful students have high expectations of themselves and strive to meet these expectations every day.
Ofsted report
May 2022 -
About Minerva Learning Trust
Chief Executive Officer – Bev Matthews
Minerva Learning Trust is a multi-academy trust of schools. We are committed to providing an outstanding education for pupils who are from a wide variety of backgrounds across the city of Sheffield. Inclusion is very important to us. We do not allow disadvantage to be a barrier to learning and we support all our pupils to be the very best. Our pupils show a high level of care for each other and respect each other's diversity.
Founded In 2014, Minerva Learning Trust grew from an outstanding single-academy, and has since grown to include primary, secondary, sixth form and one, unique post-16 provision. We have demonstrated a successful tenure of school improvement, growing schools from RI and inadequate Ofsted status to GOOD overall.
Websites
Stocksbridge High School -
Stocksbridge High School
Minerva Learning Trust -
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