Expert SENDCo
| Posting date: | 11 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 September 2025 |
| Location: | Bolton, Greater Manchester, BL3 5AG |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 57b13b07-dd56-4976-8d99-e2c40dc98b94 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
If you have what it takes to make a difference, then the children of UCS need YOU!
This isn’t just any teaching job. This is the opportunity to be part of something amazing, to improve the life chances of students and to accelerate your career at a phenomenal rate. This unique post isnon-class basedand designed to empower the successful candidate to do whatever it takes to make SEND provision world class forour school.
As a member of QUEST and the UCS you will be working with other amazing practitioners who share your vision of an outstanding education for all.
We are friendly and pride ourselves in our family ethos – come and see for yourselves.
So, if you are:
- Driven by a strong moral purpose to enable achievement for all…
- Passionate about making SEND provision world class for children (and adults!)…
- A Special Educational Needs whizz who can share your excellent practice with colleagues around SEN and Behaviour management, in a nurturing and non-threatening way…
- A natural leader, who will bring further expertise to our already phenomenal team…
- Adept at joint planning, team-teaching, interventions, coaching and mentoring or whatever it takes to bring about rapid improvements in SEND provision and outcomes…
- Warm in character, easy to work with and committed to teamwork, recognising that more can be achieved together than is possible as individuals…
- Unafraid of hard work…
- Calm and able to handle pressure and set backs…
- Keen to be challenged to become the best that you can be…
- Able to be pushed at an accelerated rate of development, and reflective and proactive enough to make it happen…
Then you would love to work with our academy trust and we would love to welcome you to the team.
This is a once in lifetime opportunity to be part of something great. This opportunity will open doors both professionally and personally to anyone who joins our quest.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:
• A Deputy CEO dedicated to helping youdevelop an outstanding career;
• The chance to be part of a Multi-Academy Trust that genuinelycares about YOU;
• Exciting,accelerated leadership developmentand early promotion opportunities for the right candidates across our Multi-Academy Trust;
• The chance to work with afantastic team;
• The chance to develop the SEND team and offer - the area you arepassionateabout;
• An excellent CPD training programme;
• Fun-loving, energetic and enthusiastic pupils;
• Proactive parents waiting to join us on our journey to excellence.
We would like to hear from great teachers and leaders, with teaching experience and a genuine commitment to improving the life chances of the children they teach.
Give us a call even if you're just a tiny bit interested - it really is as exciting as it sounds!
For an informal discussion, please contact Mrs. Laura James (Director of Inclusion and Vulnerabilities on 07887613073–leave a message and I promise I will get back to you!
Application forms to be returned to apply@quest-trust.org.uk
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
If you have what it takes to make a difference, then the children of UCS need YOU!
This isn’t just any teaching job. This is the opportunity to be part of something amazing, to improve the life chances of students and to accelerate your career at a phenomenal rate. This unique post isnon-class basedand designed to empower the successful candidate to do whatever it takes to make SEND provision world class forour school.
As a member of QUEST and the UCS you will be working with other amazing practitioners who share your vision of an outstanding education for all.
We are friendly and pride ourselves in our family ethos – come and see for yourselves.
So, if you are:
- Driven by a strong moral purpose to enable achievement for all…
- Passionate about making SEND provision world class for children (and adults!)…
- A Special Educational Needs whizz who can share your excellent practice with colleagues around SEN and Behaviour management, in a nurturing and non-threatening way…
- A natural leader, who will bring further expertise to our already phenomenal team…
- Adept at joint planning, team-teaching, interventions, coaching and mentoring or whatever it takes to bring about rapid improvements in SEND provision and outcomes…
- Warm in character, easy to work with and committed to teamwork, recognising that more can be achieved together than is possible as individuals…
- Unafraid of hard work…
- Calm and able to handle pressure and set backs…
- Keen to be challenged to become the best that you can be…
- Able to be pushed at an accelerated rate of development, and reflective and proactive enough to make it happen…
Then you would love to work with our academy trust and we would love to welcome you to the team.
This is a once in lifetime opportunity to be part of something great. This opportunity will open doors both professionally and personally to anyone who joins our quest.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:
• A Deputy CEO dedicated to helping youdevelop an outstanding career;
• The chance to be part of a Multi-Academy Trust that genuinelycares about YOU;
• Exciting,accelerated leadership developmentand early promotion opportunities for the right candidates across our Multi-Academy Trust;
• The chance to work with afantastic team;
• The chance to develop the SEND team and offer - the area you arepassionateabout;
• An excellent CPD training programme;
• Fun-loving, energetic and enthusiastic pupils;
• Proactive parents waiting to join us on our journey to excellence.
We would like to hear from great teachers and leaders, with teaching experience and a genuine commitment to improving the life chances of the children they teach.
Give us a call even if you're just a tiny bit interested - it really is as exciting as it sounds!
For an informal discussion, please contact Mrs. Laura James (Director of Inclusion and Vulnerabilities on 07887613073–leave a message and I promise I will get back to you!
Application forms to be returned to apply@quest-trust.org.uk
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.