Special Educational Needs Coordinator

Job Title: Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCo)
Location: Stamford College
Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Salary: £31,167 per annum

Stamford College is seeking an experienced and dedicated Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCo) to join our team. The successful candidate will manage a team of Learning Support Coordinators, ensuring that students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) receive outstanding support and guidance from pre-entry through to their chosen progression pathways.

• Team Management: Line manage and develop a team of Learning Support Coordinators, including recruitment, performance management, CPD, staff inductions, attendance meetings, and appraisals in line with college policies and processes.
• SEND Student Support: Collaborate with Curriculum Leads, Heads of Faculty, and teaching staff to monitor and track the performance and progress of key SEND student groups, ensuring maximised achievement and experience.
• Specialist Assessment Oversight: Oversee the ALS disclosure and specialist assessment processes, ensuring timely responses to referrals and EHCP consultations. Ensure high-quality assessments and accurate reporting to inform teaching and support delivery.
• Operational Coordination: Manage cover arrangements during specialist staff absences, ensuring assessments and EHCP consultations/reviews continue without delay.
• Data Management: Ensure consistent, timely, and accurate data capture relating to the allocation and recording of specialist support, enabling effective monitoring of SEND provision.
• Funding and Budgeting: Work closely with the Head of SEND and ALS to plan and monitor appropriate support for High Needs students, ensuring funding requests are managed effectively, and departmental income and non-pay budgets are controlled.
• Audit and Reporting: Audit and monitor the delivery of services against funding estimates, ensuring accuracy in ILR returns and addressing any delivery gaps to meet targets.
• Transition Management: Oversee liaison with feeder schools and referral agencies to ensure smooth transitions for SEND students into college and along their progression pathways.
• EHCP Management: Attend Local Authority EHCP panels, ensuring accurate and timely funding agreements for EHCPs. Monitor and review EHCPs to ensure statutory requirements are met, and support costs are appropriate.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a key point of contact for referral agencies, Local Authorities, SENCo Networks, and feeder schools, supporting the transition in and out of SEND students.

• Qualifications:
  • Level 3 Management qualification (or equivalent strong management experience).
  • Level 5 SEND-related qualification or equivalent.
• Experience:
  • Proven experience in carrying out EHCP annual reviews and working within SEND provisions.
  • Strong understanding of funding processes and High Needs allocations.
• Skills:
  • Excellent leadership and team management skills.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders to maximise student success.
  • Strong organisational skills with a keen eye for detail, particularly in data capture, monitoring, and reporting.

The Legal Bit

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