SEND Administrator

The Methodist Church in Britain; England; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Apprenticeship opportunities

CPD opportunities

Pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Healthcare benefits

Free on-site parking

Discounts on essentials

Job summary

Meridian Trust’s Stamford Welland Academy seeks an administration professional to support its SEND team. The role focuses on confidential record keeping, coordinating SEND paperwork and meetings, and liaising with parents, carers and external professionals.

It is a term-time post of 37 hours per week over 39 weeks, with visa sponsorship not available. Key duties include providing SEND process support, ensuring accurate records, and facilitating communication with families and partners.

Qualifications

• Enhanced DBS check is required.
• Experience in a school or SEND environment is desirable.
• Ability to maintain confidential records and coordinate meetings.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support across SEND processes.
• Maintain accurate and confidential SEND records.
• Coordinate SEND documentation and meetings.
• Support communication with parents and carers.
• Liaise with colleagues and external professionals.

Skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Confident communication

Prioritisation

Handling confidential information

IT literacy

Job description

The post sits within the SEND team at Stamford Welland Academy, part of Meridian Trust, and supports the administration of the academy's special educational needs provision. The core work is keeping confidential records, coordinating SEND paperwork and meetings, and liaising with parents, carers and external professionals. It is a term-time post of 37 hours a week over 39 weeks, starting 1 January 2027, and visa sponsorship is not available.

What the job involves

• Provide administrative support across SEND processes
• Maintain accurate and confidential SEND records
• Coordinate SEND documentation and meetings
• Support communication with parents and carers
• Liaise with colleagues and external professionals

What’s required

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent organisational and administrative skills
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Confident, sensitive communication with staff, students, families and external professionals
• Managing competing priorities and working to deadlines
• Understanding of confidentiality when handling sensitive information
• Confident IT use and maintaining accurate records

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check
• Online searches as part of pre-employment checks

Other

• Positive, flexible and proactive approach
• Commitment to supporting children and young people with SEND

Nice to have

• Experience of working within a school or SEND environment

What’s offered

• Apprenticeship and CPD opportunities
• Route into teaching through the Initial Teacher Training Team
• Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing resources
• Cycle to work scheme
• Defined benefit local government or Teachers' pension scheme
• Healthcare benefits, including free eye test vouchers and flu vaccinations
• Free on-site parking
• Discounts on everyday essentials and holidays