Assistant SENDCo

Assistant SENDCo

Location: Rockshaw Road, Chaldon, Surrey

Contract Type: Permanent

Actual salary: £28,838.95 - £31,465.55 dependant on qualifications and experience Plus £2000 Welcome Bonus for candidates with SEN Experience* 
Hourly rate: £16.14 - £17.61 per hour

Hours: 40 hours per week - Term Time only - Start time 8.15am - Finish time Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday 4.45pm. Thursday 5pm and Friday 4pm 

Start date: As soon as possible

As part of our growth strategy, The Aurora Group are really pleased to be opening a brand new SEND Secondary School in September 2025 in Chaldon, Surrey for young people aged 11-16 who require support with social communication, emotional regulation and sensory processing, typically associated with Autism. All our students have access to a broad and exciting curriculum, allied to the national curriculum, personalised to meet their needs, interests and passions. With a model of small classes, high levels of classroom support and a supernumerary multi-disciplinary intervention team we are able to give students “every opportunity to achieve”

We are looking to recruit a Assistant SENDCo to join our team at Chaldon School. This is an exciting opportunity to join the school at the start of their journey. You will be based at Aurora Chaldon school with a requirement to work out of our satellite site Caterham when required.

The main purpose of the role:

The purpose of the Assistant SENDCo is to assist the SENDCo with the promotion of an inclusive approach to SEN across the school

Key duties:

Recording and Assessment

• Set up systems for identifying, reviewing and monitoring need. This includes the management (chairing) of Annual Reviews for EHCPs
  

• Keep parents informed about their child's progress through individual meetings and at parents’ evenings
  

Leadership

• Support SENDCo in delivering training opportunities for learning support assistants and teachers to learn about SEN, including whole-school inset
  

• Disseminate good practice in SEN across the school
  

• To support the SENDCo with the development of transition arrangements and integration into provision post-Eccles
  

• Liaise with the outside professionals and manage/disseminate to staff their reporting
  

• To keep abreast of developments in SEN (e.g. research, changes to the law) and inform SLT and Head where appropriate
  

• To attend appropriate training, CPD and conferences and provide feedback to colleagues
  

• Support teaching staff in modelling good practice in teaching pupils with SEN including those with more complex needs
  

Other Responsibilities

To willingly undertake any reasonable task requested by the Head teacher and take part in the duties and extra-curricular activities of this busy school.

Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.

Successful candidate qualities:

• SENCO/Access Arrangement Assessor qualifications preferred, or the desire to acquire these.
  

• GCSE Maths and English qualification minimum Grade 4 or equivalent is essential.
  

• Teaching qualification preferable but not essential, however teaching qualification is needed to achieve the National Award in SEND Coordination.
  

• Relevant and recent knowledge and experience of pupils with SEN
  

• Sound working knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice
  

• Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures
  

Benefits and Additional Information

Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:

• Life assurance
  

• Enhanced Pension
  

• * Welcome bonus is payable in 2 payments - 50% following successful completion of probation and 50% after one year service

• Perkbox - offering high street discounts
  

• Employee assistance programme
  

• Car lease scheme
  

• 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.
  

• Free parking
  

How to apply:

Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details.  If you need any assistance or would like any more information, please contact Liz in the Aurora Group Recruitment Team at liz.hudson@theauroragroup.co.uk

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

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

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.