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SENDCo

Coleridge Community College

Cambridgeshire

  • £28,000 - £43,200 per year
  • Expired
Salary:
PT/EPT plus TLR 1B
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
April or September 2022
Apply by:
24 January 2022

Job overview

The role

The School is looking to appoint an outstanding leader to the position of SENDCo at Coleridge Community College. The SENDCo post will allow the successful candidate to continue to develop the SEND department, lead the SEND team and continue to drive the high standards within vulnerable groups.

We are looking for an excellent leader who has a strong passion in the field of SEND, who can work both operationally and strategically with all staff within the School, to embed SEND knowledge and accountability across all levels of staff. Strong communication and organisational skills are essential.  

Our over-arching aim is for students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) to experience the very best of our educational offer. This is underpinned by the following principles:  

We seek to reduce any variation between the outcomes of SEND vs non-SEND students.  

Our school will be a fully inclusive, accepting community where the best in everyone is fostered and facilitated.  

We will provide access to, and delivery of a broad, challenging and appropriate curriculum that builds upon powerful knowledge, in order to prepare students for future education and employment.  

We will ensure that SEND students experience education with character by taking as full a part as possible in the broader aspects of school life.  

All of our staff will challenge any stereotypes or low expectations which limit the progress and success of United Learning students. 

The successful candidate will either have the accreditation for the national SENDCo qualification, be working towards the qualification, or be prepared to undertake this training as part of their new role if appointed. 

About Us

Coleridge Community College is a small, family and community orientated school in Cambridge.  It’s a school where every child and staff member is known, developed and supported.  We value our staff highly and treat workload seriously.  This is an exciting time to join us:  We have recently joined United Learning; we have a new Headteacher; and, having just achieved a ‘Good’ at Ofsted, we have really strong foundations on which to grow into an excellent school.  We are looking for someone that shares this belief and passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs.  You will be joining a school that is ambitious for its future as well as the future of all its students and so are looking for colleagues who share that ambition and are uncompromising in their commitment to doing what it takes to secure the potential of the young people here.

We are looking for the right person to join our team:  We believe that our most important purpose is to teach young people things they would not learn outside school which empower them.  We believe that ‘Knowledge Is Power’. We believe in teaching through explicit instruction (Rosenshine) and utilising TLAC 2.0 techniques.  We are unapologetically ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. Our mission, therefore, is to bring out ‘the best in everyone’.  We also believe in ‘Education with Character’ – we want young people to look back on a schooling that has inspired and challenged them, given them wide opportunity and prepared them for the ups and downs of life.

We are unapologetically ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. 

We also believe in ‘Education with Character’ – we want young people to look back on a schooling that has inspired and challenged them, given them wide opportunity and prepared them for the ups and downs of life. 

Why work here    

  • You will join a school with hugely supportive colleagues     
  • You will join a school committed to supporting the wellbeing of staff     
  • You will join a school, and MAT, who prioritise career development     
  • You will be supported by a school staff buddy scheme     
  • All staff are given free Chartered College Membership     
  • We provide free tea & coffee in our staffroom     
  • We provide free parking on our school site     
  • We provide heavily discounted Gym membership     
  • We provide an employer perks package through Perkbox      
  • We provide a cycle to work scheme, car lease scheme and season ticket loan scheme     
  • We offer a free counselling service through Zurich Insurance     
  • We support a free subscription to ‘Headspace’ mindfulness meditation app     
  • We offer a competitive pension scheme     
  • We provide eye test reimbursement     
  • We provide a 10% discount on ALT classes     
  • You can have post and parcels delivered to school     
  • We provide laptops for staff


We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date if we consider that we have received an appropriate number of suitable candidates for the post.

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About Coleridge Community College

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+44 1223 712 300

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“Coleridge Community College is a small, family and community orientated school in Cambridge. It’s a school where every child and staff member is known, developed and supported.  We value our staff highly and treat workload seriously.

We are looking for someone that shares these values and passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter their starting point, background or needs. We are looking for the right people to join our team. The post holder will be required to work in partnership with the Principal to bring about continuous improvement of the school in order to ensure high standards of academic achievement for pupils, high quality teaching and learning experiences for pupils and high standards of behaviour in lessons and around the school.

You will be joining a school that is ambitious for its future as well as the future of all its students and so are looking for colleagues who share that ambition and are uncompromising in their commitment to doing what it takes to secure the potential of the young people here.

Our most important purpose is to teach young people things they would not learn outside school which empower them. We believe that ‘Knowledge Is Power’. We have high expectations and standards, and we teach through explicit/direct instruction (using the Rosenshine Principles) and utilising TLAC 3.0 techniques. In this way, we achieve strong GCSE outcomes, excellent student conduct and a feeling of community throughout the College.

Our mission is to bring out ‘the best in everyone’. We are unashamedly ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We also believe in ‘Education with Character’ – we want young people to look back on a schooling that has inspired and challenged them, given them wide opportunity and prepared them for the ups and downs of life.”


United Learning Cambridge Cluster

We are part of a cluster of schools within the United Learning group: The Galfrid School, Coleridge Community College, Trumpington Community College, Parkside Community College, and Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology.

We embrace United Learning aim to offer a life changing education to children and young people, and we work as a team to achieve more than any single school could.

We share knowledge and resource within the cluster and the group to simplify work processes and manage workloads to achieve excellent results while improving work-life balance. As a cluster and as a group, we can look after our staff better.


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