SENDCO

Salary: M1 (£32,916)- UPS3 (£51,048) + SEND TLR + well-being cash plan + pension scheme + additional Lift Schools
School: Lift Hazelwood, Stokesay Drive, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 8DR
Hours: Full time
Contract type: Permanent
Start date: September 2026

Please note we will interview candidates as soon as we have suitable applications.

Your new school
Lift Hazelwood is part of Lift Schools, a MAT of 59 schools which allows you access to the best training programmes available as well as more internal opportunities. Lift Hazelwood is a popular one-form entry primary school with an attached nursery, situated in West Swindon, located just off J16 of the M4. Pupils, and staff, benefit from a modern, purpose built school building with extensive grounds. This welcoming school is over subscribed and is characterised by an ambitious, caring and inclusive environment where pupils feel a genuine sense of belonging. We are excited to be recruiting for a SENDCo, a perfect mix of teaching and SEND focus, ideal for an existing SENDCo or somebody with a passion and commitment to SEND.

Your new role
This role will be half teaching and half SENDCo, the SENDCo responsibilities are;
- Establishing a strategic overview and work collaboratively with stakeholders to coordinate the provision for Children and Young People(CYP) with SEND across the school.
- Ensuring SEND provision is fully integrated with the whole school approach to both teaching and curriculum, and monitor the effectiveness of this.
- Providing professional guidance to colleagues and work with staff, parents, and other agencies to ensure pupils with SEND receive effective support and high quality teaching.
- Identifying, plan for and review the needs of CYP with SEND and work collaboratively with all stakeholders in order to achieve agreed outcomes.
- Ensuring the school keeps the records of all pupils with SEND fully maintained and up to date.
- Gathering, collating, critically analysing, interpreting and evaluating qualitative and quantitative data. Use this to inform SEND practice and processes to ensure best outcomes for CYP with SEND.
- Managing systems to implement and maintain the school's adherence to SEND statutory regulations e.g. production of SEND Information Report, co-production of Education Health Care Plan (EHCP) for CYPs with SEND and annual reviews.
- Ensuring that all SEND funding streams and resources are appropriately identified, maximised and utilised effectively in order to meet the needs of CYP with SEND.
- Maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of national and local legislation, guidance, and initiatives which may affect the schools practice relating to SEND.

Who is Lift Schools?
Lift Schools is made up of 59 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 33,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives - and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.

How we support you
At Lift Schools, we believe talent drives performance. We offer you:
Career development and training: Access a wide range of statutory and developmental training to boost your career.
Generous benefits: From your pension plan to healthcare and financial support, we've got you covered.
Lifestyle perks: Enjoy discounted gym memberships and travel deals.

Please don't wait until the closing date to apply as we will review applications as we receive them.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.