SENDCO

Bolton St Catherine's Academy; Bolton; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

CPD opportunities

Career progression

Wellbeing resources

EDI training

Automatic pay progression

Healthcare cash plan

Employee assistance programme

UK Healthcare discounts

Excellent facilities

Lunch allowance for staff

Job summary

Bolton St Catherine's Academy in Breightmet (UK) is seeking a proactive SENDCO to drive strategic SEND policy and secure excellent progress for students with SEN across the secondary phase. The role involves leading a team, coordinating provision, and ensuring staff receive relevant information and training related to SEND.

The post offers weekly CPD time, internal leadership development, and progression pathways. It is a permanent, full-time post with a competitive L6-L10 leadership scale.

Qualifications

• Clear understanding of high-quality teaching across the full ability range.
• Ability to quickly build rapport with pupils and colleagues.
• Ability to motivate and inspire students through enthusiasm for learning.
• Willingness to share good practice and pursue improvement.
• Commitment to ensuring all pupils make at least expected progress.
• Recognise that effective behaviour management starts with teaching quality.
• Demonstrate personal resilience and professional role modelling.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic development of the SEND policy and provision.
• Provide strategic SEND leadership for the secondary phase to ensure progress.
• Manage day-to-day SEND policy operations and co-ordinate SEN support.
• Line manage the secondary SEND team of Teaching Assistants.
• Provide professional guidance to staff, parents and external agencies.
• Lead and deploy staff and resources including the HIVE Lead and TAs.
• Build relationships with parents and external organisations.
• Fulfil teaching responsibilities as outlined in the relevant pay and conditions document.

Skills

Strategic SEND leadership

Whole-class teaching

Relationship building

Motivation and engagement

Sharing good practice

Behaviour management focus on teaching

Personal resilience

Job description

SENDCO

LEADERSHIP L6-L10 £58,569 - £64,690

1.0 FTE

PERMANENT CONTRACT

REQUIRED ASAP

Thank you for your interest in joining Team BSCA! Located in Breightmet, we are a 3-16 fully inclusive Academy. Our school has been on a fantastic journey over the last 18 months, and we are incredibly proud of our amazing staff and pupils. Our recent Ofsted and SIAMS inspections highlighted the fantastic progress we have made as an academy, and we are looking for someone to join us as we take our English department to the next level!

At BSCA, we are fully committed to staff development, with weekly protected CPD time, as well as our own internal leadership development programmes for staff looking for their next stage of development.

Our students are fantastic; and deserve the very best, if you believe so too, come and look around!

WE ARE SEEKING A PASSIONATE CANDIDATE WHO:

1. Is a highly effective practitioner, having a clear understanding of the characteristics of high-quality teaching and able to teach across the whole ability range.
2. Will quickly build rapport and effective professional relationships with both pupils and colleagues.
3. Will motivate children to work hard and try their best through passing on to them their infectious enthusiasm and passion for learning!
4. Will actively share good practice and seek to explore ways to improve their own and others’ teaching.
5. Will work hard to ensure all pupils make at least expected progress irrespective of their starting point and individual needs.
6. Will understand that behaviour management starts with the quality of teaching in the classroom.
7. Will demonstrate personal resilience and role model those personal qualities we wish to instil in our young people.

YOUR MAIN DUTIES WOULD BE:

1. Determine the strategic development of the special educational needs (SEND) policy and provision in the school;
2. to provide strategic leadership for SEND across the secondary phase of the school in order to ensure that these students make excellent progress
3. Be responsible for day-to-day operation of the SEND policy and co-ordination of specific provision to support individual pupils with SEN or a disability, ensuring that staff are provided with relevant information and training relating to the support of these students;
4. To work strategically with and line manage the secondary SEND team of Teaching Assistants.
5. Provide professional guidance to colleagues, working closely with staff, parents and other agencies;
6. To lead, manage and effectively deploy staff and resources including the HIVE Lead and our team of Teaching Assistants;
7. To build and maintain positive relationships with parents of students with SEN and with relevant external organisations
8. The SENCO will also be expected to fulfil the professional responsibilities of a teacher, as set out in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document.

IN RETURN, WE OFFER:

1. Continuous Professional Development (CPD): Access to National College training, subject-specific CPD, leadership pathways, and mentoring programs.
2. Career Progression: Clear pathways for growth, from early careers to leadership roles. We use a ‘touchbase’ informal approach to focus on professional development as well as an annual career conversation with your manager
3. Wellbeing & Support: Leadership training focused on wellbeing, mental health resources, and staff networks.
4. Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI): Commitment to fostering an inclusive workplace, with ongoing EDI training and initiatives.
5. Automatic pay progression for teachers – we don’t have performance related appraisals and pay reviews
6. A paid premium to a Healthcare Cash Plan to claim back contributions towards dental, optical and other medical costs via UK Healthcare.
7. 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme.
8. Benefits and discounts via UK Healthcare.
9. Fantastic facilities.
10. A lunch allowance for those colleagues volunteering to assist in lunchtime duties or activities.

We reserve the right to close the recruitment early should sufficient suitable candidate applications be received.

The Bishop Fraser Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to child protection screening including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and past employment checks. We are an equal opportunities employer. References will be sought prior to interview.

CLOSING DATE: Monday 9th November 2026 @ 9.00am

INTERVIEWS: TBC