Assistant SENCO
| Posting date: | 24 April 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 May 2026 |
| Location: | Durham, County Durham, DH1 4SU |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 9d9e9cfe-a1f7-4692-aa13-c58639d23287 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to recruit an Assistant SENCO to support our experienced Inclusion Assistant Headteacher/SENCO. We need someone with initiative who is well-organised, resilient, adaptive, caring, good-humoured and enjoys working with young people and families. The successful candidate will work alongside our Inclusion Assistant Headteacher/SENCO and inclusion team to meet the needs of students with SEND and support them to ensure their attainment and achievement.
We are seeking a strong practitioner who can support students across the ability range from a wide range of backgrounds and work collaboratively with their families and external agencies. They should be a talented professional with a passion for supporting students with SEND. We encourage colleagues at any stage in their career to apply to work in our school. We will always appoint the best person for our school community regardless of age or experience and welcome applications from secondary colleagues of any specialism and colleagues from other contexts. The successful candidate will have a light teaching load to ensure they have the time to complete the role effectively.
What the school offers its staff
- On-site Parking
- Compassionate leave
- Family friendly and carer support policies
- Teacher Pension Scheme
- Learning and development
- Health and wellbeing
- Additional benefits
These include:
• travel loan scheme
• cycle to work scheme
• car salary sacrifice scheme
• car leasing scheme
• discounted membership to our gyms
• Trade Union membership
Rewards and benefits are subject to individual terms and conditions.
Further details about the role
Informal visits to the school are welcome. If you would like to visit the school, please email school@durhamjohnston.org.uk marked for the attention of Helen Davies (Assistant Headteacher Inclusion) to book a time.
In addition to completing the application form we would like you to outline, in no more than two sides of A4 paper, why your experience and personal qualities make you a strong candidate for this post, especially in relation to the job description and person specification.
Commitment to safeguarding
“Durham Johnston Comprehensive School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check As a disability confident employer, we are committed to employing disabled people and people with health conditions making reasonable adjustments to support disabled applicants when required.”
We are looking to recruit an Assistant SENCO to support our experienced Inclusion Assistant Headteacher/SENCO. We need someone with initiative who is well-organised, resilient, adaptive, caring, good-humoured and enjoys working with young people and families. The successful candidate will work alongside our Inclusion Assistant Headteacher/SENCO and inclusion team to meet the needs of students with SEND and support them to ensure their attainment and achievement.
We are seeking a strong practitioner who can support students across the ability range from a wide range of backgrounds and work collaboratively with their families and external agencies. They should be a talented professional with a passion for supporting students with SEND. We encourage colleagues at any stage in their career to apply to work in our school. We will always appoint the best person for our school community regardless of age or experience and welcome applications from secondary colleagues of any specialism and colleagues from other contexts. The successful candidate will have a light teaching load to ensure they have the time to complete the role effectively.
What the school offers its staff
- On-site Parking
- Compassionate leave
- Family friendly and carer support policies
- Teacher Pension Scheme
- Learning and development
- Health and wellbeing
- Additional benefits
These include:
• travel loan scheme
• cycle to work scheme
• car salary sacrifice scheme
• car leasing scheme
• discounted membership to our gyms
• Trade Union membership
Rewards and benefits are subject to individual terms and conditions.
Further details about the role
Informal visits to the school are welcome. If you would like to visit the school, please email school@durhamjohnston.org.uk marked for the attention of Helen Davies (Assistant Headteacher Inclusion) to book a time.
In addition to completing the application form we would like you to outline, in no more than two sides of A4 paper, why your experience and personal qualities make you a strong candidate for this post, especially in relation to the job description and person specification.
Commitment to safeguarding
“Durham Johnston Comprehensive School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check As a disability confident employer, we are committed to employing disabled people and people with health conditions making reasonable adjustments to support disabled applicants when required.”