SENDCo Teacher

Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School in Sheffield is inviting an experienced SENDCo to lead and set up our brand-new SEND provision as an assessment centre, starting January 2027 (or earlier if feasible).

The role focuses on whole-family needs-led assessments for pupils with social and communication needs, supported by a multi-disciplinary team and collaboration with parents to produce coordinated provision across local schools.

Responsibilities

• Lead and set up the brand-new SEND provision as an assessment centre.
• Coordinate whole-family needs-led assessments for pupils with social and communication needs.
• Work with a multi-disciplinary team and parents to produce one coordinated plan.
• Develop and implement assessment processes and share best practices with local schools.

Job description

An excitingopportunity has arisen to appoint a SENDCo from January 2027 (or earlier iffeasible) in our successful, innovative and inclusive school. We are an OfSTED rated good school (June2025) and have an excellent reputation for being highly inclusive. We have hada stable leadership team since opening, with many of our senior leaders beingwith us from the first day of opening.

We are lookingfor an experienced SENDCo with a strong SEND background to help set up and runour brand-new SEND provision as an assessment centre, aiming to provide wholefamily needs led assessments for pupils with social and communicationneeds. It is intended that the provisionwill be supported by a multi-disciplinary team of professionals who will worktogether with education staff to undertake a range of assessments to produceone co-ordinated plan, which involves parents, identifies the priority outcomesfor the child and is supportive of their provision in local schools. Initially in the first year the provisionwill test and learn from pupils at Watercliffe Meadow school in order to builda strong, capable team clear about the range of assessments and support theycan provide.