SENDCo

SENDCo

Salary: MPS/UPS. The post also carries a SEND Allowance / TLR. The specific TLR responsibility will be confirmed on appointment and the job description updated accordingly.

Contract: Fixed Term Contract for 1 year from either January 2027 or Easter 2027. Part time (20% - 1 day per week)

Start date: January 2027 or Easter 2027

Place of work: Comberton Village College, Comberton

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Join Comberton Village College as a Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENDCo) and play a pivotal role in shaping the provision, support and outcomes for students with special educational needs and disabilities. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and passionate education professional to provide strategic leadership, drive inclusive practice and ensure every student has the opportunity to achieve their full potential.

Working closely with senior leaders, teachers, parents, carers and external agencies, you will lead the development and delivery of SEND provision across the school, oversee the day-to-day operation of the SEND policy, and coordinate tailored support for individual students. You will be a key advocate for inclusion, ensuring effective interventions, high-quality teaching strategies and positive outcomes for young people with additional needs.

The successful candidate will be an inspirational leader with excellent communication and organisational skills, a strong understanding of SEND legislation and practice, and a genuine commitment to improving the educational experience of students with SEND. In return, you will join a supportive and ambitious school community that values innovation, collaboration and excellence in education.

This fixed-term, part-time opportunity offers the chance to make a lasting impact on the lives of young people while working within a dedicated and forward-thinking team committed to inclusion and student success.

What we offer:

- A school culture that prioritises staff wellbeing and professional growth.

- Engaged and respectful students who embody our ethos of Caring, Confident and Capable.

- Excellent facilities, generous non‑contact time and a commitment to work-life balance.

‘Pupils here are not taught just to pass exams. They acquire the skills and knowledge they need to be first-rate scientists, historians, and artists, among others.’ (Ofsted, November 2024).

We are a highly successful, community mixed comprehensive school with Teaching School status in a pleasant rural setting only 5 miles from the centre of Cambridge. We currently have around 2000 11-18 pupils on roll including in our sixth form centre that opened in September 2011. We are seeking to appoint an outstanding teacher of English who is totally committed to our aims to provide pupils with a fantastic experience in the subject across the full age and ability range. This role would offer the right candidate the chance to teach on one of our popular A Level courses, and would suit either an ECT or a more experienced practitioner.

Our pupils are well motivated, staff morale is excellent and examination results at KS4 and KS5 are very strong across our comprehensive intake. The school has consistently been rated by Ofsted as outstanding over very many years - our most recent Ofsted (November 2024) achieved ‘outstanding’ in all categories. Considerable work has been done on the curriculum to ensure it is highly effective in preparing pupils for their future, and is exciting to teach.

For further details on our school please visit our website www.combertonvc.org.