Assistant SENDCO

Are you passionate about the transformative impact that an excellent Learning Support Department can have on learners with specific learning needs?

Are you able to bring the best out in colleagues, working collaboratively to deliver on challenging targets?

Are you looking to take your next step in school leadership within an ambitious and supportive school culture?

We are seeking to appoint a knowledgeable and ambitious SEND specialist to lead aspects of our learning support provision in school. Working to support the Deputy Headteacher, you will build and enhance established practise as well as lead innovations in order to ensure our curriculum can be accessed by all learners, This is a new role within our school community and you will report into and support the work of our Deputy Headteacher who has responsibility as the School's SENCO.

Aspects of the final job description will be shaped by the successful candidate based on their skills and experience.

The candidate:

You, like us, will share our belief in the highest standards of academic attainment in a comprehensive setting.

The successful applicant will have:

·        Strong personal values of integrity and compassion;

·        Excellent knowledge of issues affecting learners with specific needs and a commitment to continually developing this knowledge;

·        A strong and sustained track record of delivering strong outcomes for learners with SEND;

·        Experience of supporting colleagues within the classroom setting to enable all learners to access the curriculum;

·        A track record of delivering small group and one-to-one support;

·        A keen interest in developing leadership and management skills; and

·        Cognisance of current best practice and a desire to foster in others a research-based approach to designing and implementing support for learners with specific educational needs.

"Leaders have introduced a broad and ambitious curriculum for all…and have thought carefully about how to capture students’ wider interest in the subjects they learn." OFSTED 2022 

We believe in developing our staff and have a dynamic and supportive management team and an effective CPD programme which includes a regular teaching and learning forum, peer-coaching and access to external training opportunities. At WCS we will offer you:

·        A supportive and collegiate staff culture.

·        An evidence-informed approach to teaching and learning.

·        A bespoke CPD programme; and

·        Staff benefits including an interest-free season ticket loan and cycle-to-work scheme.

Westminster City School is a successful 11-18 boys’ Christian non-denominational comprehensive academy with a heavily oversubscribed, mixed sixth form. Ours is a vibrant learning community situated in the heart of central London with all the opportunities and advantages of an inner-city school. In March 2022, the school’s OFSTED inspection confirmed that the school remains a ‘Good’ school, but we are restless in our ambition to have the highest ratings by the inspectorate in time for the school’s 150th anniversary in 2027. 

“Leaders and Governors are proud of and ambitious for the school. They consider staff workload carefully, for example when introducing recent changes to the school’s feedback policy” OFSTED 2022 

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will need to undertake a criminal record check via the DBS.

If you would like to apply for this post please click apply now (below) to obtain and submit our application form. If for any reason this is not possible please print out the application and send your completed form by post to the school or e-mail recruitment@wcsch.com

If you would like the opportunity to visit our school or want to discuss the role informally with the Deputy Headteacher (Pastoral) via phone or video call or to talk informally with the Headteacher please e-mail l.ellens@wcsch.com (PA to Headteacher). You may also wish to visit our website www.wcsch.com to read more about the school. 

Closing date for completed applications: at noon, Thursday 26 June 2025.

Interviews will be held on the week commencing 30 June 2025.