Lead SENDCo

Posting date:	30 April 2026
Salary:	£61,534.0 to £67,898.0 per year
Additional salary information:	61534-67898
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	30 May 2026
Location:	Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 2DE
Company:	Hays Specialist Recruitment
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	4793034_1777549811

Summary

Lead SENDCo (Community Role)Outwood Academy Ripon (base) with Outwood Academy Easingwold and Outwood Academy NormanbyLeadership Scale: L8-L12Permanent | 5 Teaching Lessons (per week)
This vacancy is being managed by our Recruitment Partner, Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited. If you would like to express an interest in the role, or for a confidential conversation regarding the position please get in touch directly with our Recruitment Partner James Hall -Senior Manager -
A Community Role with Real Influence

This is not a traditional SENDCo post.

We are seeking an experienced and values driven Lead SENDCo to take on a community led role across three Outwood academies: Ripon, Easingwold and Normanby (Middlesbrough). With Ripon as your base, your time will be strategically split across all three schools, enabling you to shape SEND provision at both academy and community level.

This role is for someone who wants to make a wider impact, developing people, practice and provision.

The Purpose of the Role

At its heart, this role is about strengthening inclusive practice across a community of schools while maintaining operational SEND leadership in Outwood Academy Ripon.

Your work will focus on three core priorities:

A Community Led SEND Role

You will operate as the community SEND leader across Ripon, Easingwold and Normanby, ensuring strong collaboration, shared standards and a coherent SEND offer across very different contexts.

These schools are intentionally different - rural, market town and neighbourhood - and this role exists to connect them, not standardise them. You will help each academy deliver inclusive excellence that meets its unique community needs while benefiting from shared expertise and support.

Developing SSP's and SEND practice across the schools

A central focus of the role is the development and consistent implementation of SSP's (Student Support Plans) across the three academies.

You will:

• * Lead the strategic development of SSP practice
• * Ensure high quality, meaningful and impactful plans that support teachers to deliver Quality First Teaching
• * Evaluate impact and refine provision to ensure students with SEND thrive academically, socially and emotionally

Growing People Through Supportive Leadership

This role places people development at its core.

You will provide supportive line management, coaching and CPD for:* Assistant SENDCos
* SENDCos within the school community
* Inclusion and SEND teams


You will be a visible leader who builds confidence, capability and consist
ency, modelling best practice and creating space for others to grow into strong SEND leadership roles.Your Base: Outwood Academy Ripon

Based at Outwood Academy Ripon, you will also fulfil the role of the designated SENDCo for the academy and be a member of the Senior Leadership Team. You will be timetabled for five teaching lessons, ensuring your leadership remains rooted in classroom practice.
At Ripon, you will join a driven and collaborative leadership team united by our vision of Students First. Inclusion is not an add on here - it is fundamental to how we raise standards and transform lives.
Our Community: North Yorkshire & Redcar and Cleveland

Outwood Academy Ripon, Outwood Academy Easingwold and Outwood Academy Normanby form a connected community of secondary schools across North Yorkshire and Redcar & Cleveland.

This role offers a breadth of experience rarely found in one post:
* Ripon - A historic market town, competing alongside a selective grammar school
* Easingwold - A rural academy service a close-knit community
* Normanby - A neighbourhood school with deep local roots in Middlesbrough
Because these schools are at different points in their journey, the opportunity to make a meaningful impact is significant.

Why Join Outwood?

Outwood Grange Academies Trust is one of the largest and most established MATs in the country. Our scale allows us to invest heavily in:

* SEND leadership development
* Trust wide CPD and networking
* Specialist support for vulnerable learners


You will also work closely with:

* Community Executive leadership
* Trust Strategic Leads for Inclusion and SEND
* SEND School Improvement Partners
Above all, you will be part of a Trust that is unapologetically focused on Students First, Raising Standards and Transforming Lives.

Is This Role for You?

This role would suit an experienced SENDCo or Lead SENDCo who:

* Wants to work beyond a single school
* Is passionate about developing people as well as provision
* Values collaboration, coaching and influence over compliance alone
* Believes inclusion leadership should be visible, practical and human
To organise a walk around or confidential conversation please get in touch with our recruitment partner - James Hall on 0191 2613980 or email This role is subject to being closed early subject to suitable applications being received.

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