Second in SEND Faculty

Part Time Permanent (FTE 0.8) 4 days per week

Second in SEND Faculty (Secondary)

Start Date: January 2027 (or sooner if possible)

Mainscale/ Upper Scale Outer London plus TLR2b £5,171 (@ 0.8FTE) (subject to pay award)

 “Pupils are proud to attend this school. They say it is friendly, warm and safe. Pupils have respectful relationships with teachers.” 

 “Teachers are enthusiastic subject experts. They check pupils’ understanding often. Pupils’ work and attitudes to learning reflect teachers’ high expectations.”

Pupils flourish here. They work hard in class and take their education seriously”

 “The provision for pupils’ wider development is exceptionally well thought through”

   “Leaders have high expectations of all pupils’ achievement”

 “The behaviour of pupils is exemplary. Pupils are motivated by rewards for showing their positive attitudes, such as trying hard in class or being helpful around the school. They are polite and respectful and readily celebrate their peers’ successes”

Ofsted

Would you like to move your career forward in a friendly environment with eager students and support from an experienced leadership team, in one of the best mixed comprehensive schools for 11-16 in our Local Authority.  We are oversubscribed, serve Harold Wood well and we are only twenty minutes from the heart of London.

Our school mantra is "Committed to Success for All."  That includes our staff and we want the very best for our students. OFSTED said we “have created an inclusive community where pupils and staff relate well to each other. The school is focused on working with families to raise aspirations for pupils.”

The Second in SEND Faculty will play a key role in the day to day running of this large and varied SEND Faculty.

If you have a positive approach, you are resilient and can enhance our team to support our young adults in overcoming barriers to their learning in order for them to achieve their full potential, we would like to talk to you. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a forward thinking school. This position would be suitable for someone with recent experience with working with young people or has a passion for supporting young people with Special Educational Needs. The ability to speak a second language, or to use sign language would be advantageous.

The successful candidate will be committed to our vision, our values and ethos, and have the interpersonal skills and ability to work with staff and students to achieve all they can.  If you would like to speak to the Head of Inclusion, Mrs J Tyldesley, please feel free to telephone the school.

Why Work With Us?

As an employer, we are committed to promoting career development and recognise hard work and effort.  As an equal opportunities employer we offer from day one of your employment parental leave, compassionate leave and carers leave at or above the statutory levels.  We are committed to wellbeing and flexible working requests which can be submitted from day one.

As an employee, you will be covered by our excellent well-being support and medical cover programmes provided through the 'Spark' and 'Medicash' organisations. This includes access 24 hours a day to a GP helpline, physiotherapy, optical support, dental treatment, and access to a counselling service.

Child places at Redden Court School are available for staff who are employed at the school (please ask for more details).

Redden Court School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (with children's barred list check)

Redden Court School is an equal opportunities employer including blind recruitment.

"We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. Applications are welcome from all sections of the community regardless of gender, gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, disability, religion or belief, age or sex and sexual orientation.”

Further details can be downloaded from our website https://www.sfaet.co.uk/

If you are looking to advance your career in a supportive and dynamic setting and are committed to providing the very best experience for our staff and students, we would love to meet you.

The Trust's January 2026 Staff Survey results confirm it is a great, safe, and supportive place to work. Staff are significantly more likely to recommend the Trust as a good employer compared to the national benchmark. This positive sentiment is consistent throughout, with general job satisfaction and communication outcomes also being substantially higher than the national benchmark.

  The Trust is a Disability Confident Committed employer and we welcome applications from the whole community.  All applications for flexible working will be accommodated if operationally feasible.

The deadline of Wednesday, 1st July 2026 at 12pm.  Interviews will take place on Wednesday, 8th July 2026.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient suitable applications for the role. If you are interested in the role, please submit your application as early as possible. 

The use of AI is strictly forbidden to assist in any way with the interview/application process.