SENDCo

SENDCo

Location: Tokers Green, Reading, Berkshire/Oxfordshire border

Contract Type: Part-time, Permanent

Hours: 24-32 hours per week

Salary: £31,650 - £47,338 p.a. (M1- UPS2) prorata

Start date: September 2025 (or as soon as possible after)

The Aurora Group

The Aurora Group is one of the largest providers of SEND educational and care services in the country, supporting over 1,200 children, young people and adults, and employing over 1,600 staff spread across 27 services around England. 

Aurora Rowan provides a specialist learning environment for students aged between 5 - 16 years old with Autism and Severe learning difficulties and the associated communication and behavioural difficulties. The school includes a full therapy team to ensure we can offer the best support to our students.

Located in a 6 ½ acre rural location surrounded by ancient woodland but close to transport links. we’re looking for a SENDCo to join our team on site as soon as possible.

The role:

Your role is to act as a member of the Senior Leadership Team and provide outstanding Special Education Needs (SEN) provision and oversight of the day-to-day operation of that policy with the aim of raising SEND student achievement.

Key accountabilities:

• Model a neuro-informed and neuro-affirmative approach and practice to all staff.
• Ensure that the school carries out its statutory responsibilities in accordance with each student EHCP and their defined SEND assessment.
• Overseeing the day-to day operation of a school’s special education policy.
• In relation to each students EHCP and defined SEND assessment, coordinate and deploy the school’s provision with regard to its policies, staffing and resources.
• Communicate with parents/carers, school employees, other agencies, and local authorities on the progress of students and the effectiveness of intervention and support strategies.
• Ensure that there is an integrated approach to the school’s SEND provision generally and for specific students.
• Exercise a key role in advising and assisting the Head teacher with the strategic development of SEND policy and provision, including reviewing, and formulating policies.
• Liaise with the Pastoral lead to identify appropriate therapeutic support.
• Prepare information and carry out annual statutory reviews or specific case conferences.
• Promote best practice and contribute to the aims and ethos of the school through inset and CPD for new teachers.
• To keep abreast of developments in SEND (e.g., research, changes to the law) and inform SLT and Head where appropriate.
• To undertake any reasonable task requested by the Headteacher. This will include covering lessons operationally required to do so.

Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required. Please see the link below for our full job description:

Job Description – SENDCo

Successful candidate qualities:

• PGCE, QTS, or equivalent teaching qualification and evidence of in-service training
• SENDCo or willingness to achieve within 2 years 
• Relevant knowledge and experience of students with SEND, especially experience of ASC and associated conditions.
• Have successfully implemented a range of interventions.
• Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures
• Experience of managing a range of approaches to behaviour.

Benefits and Additional Information

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

• Life assurance
• Competitive Pension
• 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.