Assistant SENDCo
| Posting date: | 28 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 March 2026 |
| Location: | Burntwood, Staffordshire, WS7 3QW |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | dd32a64e-606c-4061-ba30-a7f345e726a9 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Please see Job Description & Person Specification attached.
What the school offers its staff
Fostering a Successful Learning Environment
Whether you work in the classroom, Administration, Student Support, Site team or Leadership, you will be part of a team where you are supported. Our Academy fosters an inclusive atmosphere that blends respectful relationships, clear routines, and engaging, tailored instruction. Key strategies include building trust through rapport, adaptive teaching styles, empowering student voice, Senior Leadership ‘On Call’ system to support lesson disruptions. We believe and ensure that:
• Every teacher has the right to teach and every student has the right to learn
• Reading, writing and oracy sit at the heart of our curriculum
• Behaviour is taught, modelled and supported through a clear behaviour curriculum
• Personal development and extra‑curricular opportunities enrich every student’s experience
• Everybody in the Academy can always improve, both personally and professionally
Why Us?
We are committed to staff wellbeing, professional growth and a healthy work–life balance. Initiatives include flexible working for all Teaching professionals during PPA and non-contact time, and a friendly, fair approach to cover. Join a school that invests in You, we believe that our staff are our greatest strength. Our wellbeing strategy ensures every colleague feels valued, listened to and supported. Career progression is a genuine reality here, many of our teachers and leaders have grown and developed within the Academy through a range of avenues such as Apprenticeships, Teacher Training, NPQ Courses and much more.
We offer:
• High expectations paired with a genuine commitment to manageable workload
• Extensive professional development for all roles: pedagogy, leadership and beyond
• A warm, collaborative and supportive staff community
• Mental Health Champions, accessible in school for a coffee and a chat
• Polite, motivated and respectful students
• Staff wellbeing activities and events
• A work laptop for all teaching staff
• Increased non-contact time for planning and preparation
• Additional leadership time for leadership roles
• A visible, approachable and supportive Senior Leadership Team
• A united staff body working together to continually improve our Academy
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.
Please see Job Description & Person Specification attached.
What the school offers its staff
Fostering a Successful Learning Environment
Whether you work in the classroom, Administration, Student Support, Site team or Leadership, you will be part of a team where you are supported. Our Academy fosters an inclusive atmosphere that blends respectful relationships, clear routines, and engaging, tailored instruction. Key strategies include building trust through rapport, adaptive teaching styles, empowering student voice, Senior Leadership ‘On Call’ system to support lesson disruptions. We believe and ensure that:
• Every teacher has the right to teach and every student has the right to learn
• Reading, writing and oracy sit at the heart of our curriculum
• Behaviour is taught, modelled and supported through a clear behaviour curriculum
• Personal development and extra‑curricular opportunities enrich every student’s experience
• Everybody in the Academy can always improve, both personally and professionally
Why Us?
We are committed to staff wellbeing, professional growth and a healthy work–life balance. Initiatives include flexible working for all Teaching professionals during PPA and non-contact time, and a friendly, fair approach to cover. Join a school that invests in You, we believe that our staff are our greatest strength. Our wellbeing strategy ensures every colleague feels valued, listened to and supported. Career progression is a genuine reality here, many of our teachers and leaders have grown and developed within the Academy through a range of avenues such as Apprenticeships, Teacher Training, NPQ Courses and much more.
We offer:
• High expectations paired with a genuine commitment to manageable workload
• Extensive professional development for all roles: pedagogy, leadership and beyond
• A warm, collaborative and supportive staff community
• Mental Health Champions, accessible in school for a coffee and a chat
• Polite, motivated and respectful students
• Staff wellbeing activities and events
• A work laptop for all teaching staff
• Increased non-contact time for planning and preparation
• Additional leadership time for leadership roles
• A visible, approachable and supportive Senior Leadership Team
• A united staff body working together to continually improve our Academy
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.