SEND Lead Practitioner
| Posting date: | 03 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 15 April 2026 |
| Location: | Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 7AJ |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 8e89e7c6-c7fb-4f17-9aab-3fb72b4d0f88 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Do you…
• Believe deeply in creating the conditions where SEND pupils feel safe, understood and able to thrive, no matter their starting point?
• Want to play a pivotal role in removing barriers to learning, ensuring children with medical, physical or SEMH needs experience success every day?
• Use your specialist knowledge to shape personalised support that strengthens pupils’ confidence, independence and readiness to learn?
• Build positive partnerships with families, teachers and external agencies so that pupils benefit from a fully joined-up circle of support?
• Take pride in developing high‑quality care plans, personalised risk assessments and reintegration pathways that transform a child’s access to education?
• Bring compassion and clarity to safeguarding, wellbeing and medical needs, ensuring pupils receive the right support at the right time?
• Champion inclusive practice by coaching colleagues, raising awareness of pupil needs and helping staff feel confident in supporting SEND learners?
• Want to make a visible difference across the school by ensuring every child — especially the most vulnerable — can participate, progress and belong?
If so, we would really welcome your application.
What the school offers its staff
In return you will receive:
• A supportive working environment that puts people at the heart of the organisation
• The opportunity to work as part of a growing Trust and shape this role
• Continuous professional development
• A range of Trust initiatives that improve wellbeing. Current initiatives include an annual wellbeing day.
• National Terms and Conditions of Employment
• Teachers’ Pension Scheme/ Local Government Pension Scheme
Employee welfare and benefits package including:
• 24-hour GP access
• Nurse support service
• Mental health services, including stress management, mental health first aid training and bereavement support
• Free Flu vaccinations
• Counselling Services
• Physiotherapy
• Financial wellbeing coaching
• Maternity and Paternity support
• Menopause support
• Access to useful wellbeing resources
• Cycle to work scheme
• Lifestyle savings including discounts on shops, food and drink and days out
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.
Do you…
• Believe deeply in creating the conditions where SEND pupils feel safe, understood and able to thrive, no matter their starting point?
• Want to play a pivotal role in removing barriers to learning, ensuring children with medical, physical or SEMH needs experience success every day?
• Use your specialist knowledge to shape personalised support that strengthens pupils’ confidence, independence and readiness to learn?
• Build positive partnerships with families, teachers and external agencies so that pupils benefit from a fully joined-up circle of support?
• Take pride in developing high‑quality care plans, personalised risk assessments and reintegration pathways that transform a child’s access to education?
• Bring compassion and clarity to safeguarding, wellbeing and medical needs, ensuring pupils receive the right support at the right time?
• Champion inclusive practice by coaching colleagues, raising awareness of pupil needs and helping staff feel confident in supporting SEND learners?
• Want to make a visible difference across the school by ensuring every child — especially the most vulnerable — can participate, progress and belong?
If so, we would really welcome your application.
What the school offers its staff
In return you will receive:
• A supportive working environment that puts people at the heart of the organisation
• The opportunity to work as part of a growing Trust and shape this role
• Continuous professional development
• A range of Trust initiatives that improve wellbeing. Current initiatives include an annual wellbeing day.
• National Terms and Conditions of Employment
• Teachers’ Pension Scheme/ Local Government Pension Scheme
Employee welfare and benefits package including:
• 24-hour GP access
• Nurse support service
• Mental health services, including stress management, mental health first aid training and bereavement support
• Free Flu vaccinations
• Counselling Services
• Physiotherapy
• Financial wellbeing coaching
• Maternity and Paternity support
• Menopause support
• Access to useful wellbeing resources
• Cycle to work scheme
• Lifestyle savings including discounts on shops, food and drink and days out
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.