SENDCo
Willowfield Academy
Nottingham
- £32,916 - £51,048 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- M1 - M6 / UPS1 - UPS3 + TLR
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2026
- Apply by:
- 10 May 2026
Job overview
The role in a nutshell
The SENDCo at Willowfield Academy provides strategic leadership and expert oversight of special educational needs and disabilities provision within a specialist SEND setting. Working as a key member of the school’s wider leadership team and in close partnership with the Principal, the postholder will drive high‑quality inclusive practice, robust graduated support and effective implementation of Education, Health and Care Plans.
You will ensure that all pupils access an ambitious, coherent and responsive educational offer that enables strong academic, social and emotional progress and supports positive transitions beyond school. To achieve this, you will work collaboratively with staff, families and external agencies, supporting and challenging practice to secure consistently high standards. A central part of the role is ensuring rigorous monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance of SEND provision, safeguarding practice and statutory compliance, so that provision remains effective, inclusive and aligned to pupil needs.
The candidate
The ideal candidate will, in collaboration with the Senior Leadership Team, play a key role in determining the strategic development of the SEND policy and provision in the school in order to raise the achievement of pupils with SEND.
The SENDCO will also take day-to-day responsibility for the operation of the SEND policy and coordination of the provision made for individual pupils with SEND, working closely with the Senior Leadership Team, staff, parents and carers and other schools/academies in the Trust as well as external agencies.
We welcome applications from everyone who believes they meet the expectations of the role regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith, or disability. To ensure that our staff composition is representative of the communities we serve, applications from groups who are currently under-represented in education including people with disabilities and people from minority ethnic backgrounds are particularly encouraged.
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About Willowfield Academy
- Willowfield Academy
- Chingford Road, Bilborough, Nottingham
- Nottinghamshire
- NG8 3BT
- United Kingdom
Westbury School is a locally maintained special school providing education for pupils who experience social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. Pupils are admitted to the school following completion of a Statementing Process and with agreement that placement at the school is appropriate for their needs. Places at Westbury are at a premium within this and other authorities, and there is often a waiting list for pupils requiring full-time educational provision.
The school is designated as a mixed school but currently has only boys on roll. Pupils are aged between 7 and 16 with a total of 46 boys at present. In line with Local Authority expansion plans for the school, this number will continue to rise throughout the year as pupils are gradually admitted, to a full capacity of 55.
The school is subject to regular review of its performance and both previous inspections by OFSTED have resulted in judgements of good with outstanding features.
Pupils experience the full range of the National Curriculum at Key Stages 2, 3 and 4. The school has developed a strong ethos around the Achievement Agenda, and over the last three years, has demonstrated year on year improvements at the end of Key Stage 2 and 3 assessments, with 100% pass rate at GCSE.
The school is a National Support School and the Executive Headteacher is a National Leader of Education designated by the National College for School Leadership. The school is a partner in the Westbury Woodlands Federation and a partner in the Transform Teaching School Alliance.
There has been significant investment in the school financially over the last four years. Curriculum resources are of a high quality and support the extensive curriculum development that has taken place during this period. The buildings are of a high standard, well-maintained and provide an outstanding learning environment. The school has recently completed the development of a second E-learning suite within the school, which we believe will further enhance curriculum and learning opportunities for all of our young people.
There are well-equipped Food Technology, Science and Design Technology rooms and Vocational Education workshops supporting both vehicle technology and construction. Provision for vocational learning is judged to be outstanding. The school has a full-sized Sports Hall on site and a small, newly refurbished, well-equipped fitness suite. This level of investment clearly demonstrates the school’s commitment to its ongoing development.
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