SENCO

Call/email Alisdair at School Staffing to get a full job description with details of this Special Needs Schools' Group.

They are the sixth-largest provider of specialist educational services in the country, supporting over 900 children and young people, and employing over 1,000 staff. They have over 18 schools across the UK.

SENDCo

Location: Merstham, Surrey Contract: Full-time, Permanent

Salary:£33,075 - £48,719 (M1 - UPS2 Fringe) Hours: 40 hours per week

Closing Date:11pm 26/05/25 - Interviews will be in half term

As part of their growth strategy this SEN Schools' Group is really pleased to be opening a brand-new SEND Secondary School in Merstham for young neurodivergent people aged 11-16. The school will support 100 young people, with 80 attending the main site and 20 young people supported at a satellite site in Caterham.

All students have access to a broad and exciting curriculum, allied to the national curriculum, personalised to meet their needs, interests and passions. The model of small classes, high levels of classroom support and a supernumerary multi-disciplinary intervention team enables them to give students "every opportunity to achieve." By supporting students to develop the social communication, sensory processing and emotional regulation skills they need to overcome any barriers to curriculum and community access. They aim to prepare students to be independent young people who can develop safe, meaningful relationships in the community and feel empowered to follow their individual aspirations towards further education training or employment.

Essential Qualifications

• QTS or QTLS is essential.

Desirable Qualifications

• Accredited training in specific areas of special education, e.g. Autism, Dyslexia etc.

• Management/leadership qualification

• NPQSL/H/SENDCo or willingness to achieve within 2 years

Essential Experience

• Proven track record of excellent creative and structured teaching within relevant key stages and/or special needs environment.

• Experience of holding responsibility for and turning policy into effective and successful practice.

• Leadership of a significant area or phase or inclusion, including responsibility for raising standards across the whole school.

• Effective team management and working collaboratively and effectively with others.

• Communicating effectively to a wide range of different audiences though a range of different mediums.

• Successful management of complex scenarios and conflict resolution

• Effective relationships working successfully with a range of external agencies

Benefits:

• • Life assurance
  • Enhanced pension scheme
  • Perkbox - offering high street discounts
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Car lease scheme
  • Refer a friend for £1,000 - We’ll reward you for recommending friends and family to come and join the company (*terms apply)
  • Fully funded training and qualifications
  • Bike to work scheme
  • Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

School Staffing Solutions Recruitment Ltd is acting as an employment business for this position.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

As a result of the volume of applications, If we have not contacted you within two weeks of your application being received, then regretfully your application will not be taken forward on this occasion.