SENDCo - Acocks Green Primary School

3 weeks ago


Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham City Council Full time

Job Start Date: 1 September 2024

Hours Per Week: Full time with 2 days teaching commitment or part time with no specific teaching commitment

Contract Type: This is a 12 month contract initially with a view to making this a permanent post.

Acocks Green Primary School are looking for an enthusiastic and forward thinking person to work in our school, supporting our commitment to provide high quality provision and outcomes for those with special educational needs and disabilities.

The role will involve leading a team of adults, meeting parents, families and professionals and working with children and young people aged Our SENCO will form part of our senior leadership team. They will take the lead on developing and implementing Acocks Green Primary's strategic plan for inclusion, including for pupils with special educational needs. The role is non-class based but will require some teaching commitment if accepted based on working full time.

We would welcome candidates who are interested in part time work, as this would also suit our needs. We are looking for candidates who have a keen interest and experience in working with children with special educational needs. Ideally candidates would already hold a SENCO qualification. The successful candidate will have an excellent knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice and understand how scarce resources can be deployed effectively to best support our most vulnerable children. They will have high levels of emotional intelligence, be solution focused and committed to working with our leadership team, governors, specialist services, school leaders, teachers, support staff and parents to enable them to deliver the best possible outcomes for our most vulnerable pupils.

For more information, and to request an application pack including job description and person specification, please contact Mrs Anicka Bashir (Office Manager) on or via telephone on

Visits to Acocks Green School are welcomed. Contact Mrs Bashir (details as above) to arrange a visit or for an informal chat. Please email your completed application and monitoring forms to

Shortlisting will take place on Thursday 23 May 2024

Interviews will take place on Thursday 6 June 2024

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates. This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.



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