SENCO (3 days a week)

About the role

Are you ambitious and driven to make a difference?

Opportunity for flexible working (including working from home and flexi-hours across the week). 

Supporting work of lead SENCO.

Supportive leadership team that understands balancing demands of role with family and personal life.

Swallow Dell Primary is looking for a qualified SENCO to join our inclusion team. This would be a non-teaching position for 3 days a week (part time applications of 2 or 4 days per week will be considered). Efficiency, effective communication and an understanding of the EHCP process is a non-negotiable. 

Following the most recent Ofsted inspection in March 2023, the school was graded Requires Improvement. This is an exciting time of change for the school with a new Headteacher in post from September 2023 and a new Deputy Head in post from January 2024. The leadership team and governing body have a clear vision for improvement and the successful candidate will play a key part in this. 

Swallow Dell is in Welwyn Garden City, close to the town centre and is well served with transport links. The school is a two-form entry with a Nursery provision, housed in two separate buildings. The school is fortunate to have some of the largest and most impressive school grounds of any primary school and there is a wealth of space and resources on site that children regularly access.  

For any enquiries, please feel free to contact the Headteacher (James Berry) on head@swallowdell.herts.sch.uk

Applicants are warmly invited to make an appointment to visit our school.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All post holders are subject safeguarding checks, including a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, satisfactory references, medical clearance and social media checks as part of our safer recruitment process.