SENDCo | Academy | Hillingdon

CORE PURPOSE

We require an ambitious, strategically minded SENDCo to lead and elevate our special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision. The role involves managing the operational and strategic direction of learning support, ensuring that all pupils with diverse learning profiles overcome educational barriers and achieve absolute academic excellence within a highly supportive environment.

KEY TASKS & DAILY OPERATIONS

• Strategic Provision Mapping: Design, implement, and audit comprehensive individual education plans (IEPs) and learning support maps, ensuring targeted, evidence-based adjustments are seamlessly integrated into standard classroom teaching.

• Specialist Assessment & Diagnostics: Conduct internal screening and diagnostic assessments for learning differences (such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, and ADHD), translating clinical findings into actionable teaching strategies for academic staff.

• Access Arrangements Oversight: Collaborate with the examinations officer to coordinate and secure formal access arrangements for external assessments, ensuring strict compliance with Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) regulations.

• Faculty Collaboration & Coaching: Deliver internal professional development sessions to classroom teachers, upskilling academic staff on adaptive teaching methodologies, neurodiversity inclusion, and high-impact differentiation.

• Multi-Agency Stakeholder Relations: Act as the primary liaison between the school, parents, the Hillingdon local authority, and healthcare professionals, fostering transparent, highly collaborative partnerships to support pupil wellbeing and academic growth.

ENVIRONMENT & STRUCTURE

• Academy Framework: Operating within a forward-thinking multi-academy trust, our academy benefits from centralised operational support, collaborative network planning, and robust professional development pathways designed to accelerate teacher and leadership growth.

• Behaviour Systems: The campus implements highly consistent, school-wide behaviour routines that maintain a quiet, respectful, and orderly atmosphere, ensuring classrooms and learning support spaces remain entirely calm, predictable, and focused on scholarly achievement.

PROFILE REQUIREMENTS

• Qualifications: Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) paired with the National Award for Special Educational Needs Coordination (NASENCO) or the equivalent updated national SEND leadership qualification. A relevant post-graduate qualification in specialist assessment (e.g., APC or Level 7 certificate in educational testing) is highly desirable.

• Leadership Experience: A proven track record of managing learning support departments, coordinating access arrangements, and successfully steering statutory assessment processes within a secondary or all-through school setting.

• Expertise in Inclusivity: Deep knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice and an ability to translate legislative updates into practical, everyday institutional frameworks.

REGIONAL CONTEXT

• Aviation & Suburban Gateway: Based in the London Borough of Hillingdon, the school operates within a unique outer-London district that hosts Heathrow Airport and extensive logistical frameworks alongside leafy suburban green spaces and a thriving local economy.

• Connectivity: The location offers premier West London transit infrastructure, providing efficient commuting options via key trunk networks (M4, M25, and A40 corridors) alongside comprehensive transport networks including the Piccadilly and Metropolitan lines, local bus links, and rapid Elizabeth Line rail connections running smoothly out to Berkshire and central London.

APPLICATION INTAKE

Please submit your current CV to begin the application process.