Job Introduction
St Michael's Church of England Controlled Infant School
SENDCO
Closing date: Friday 7 November 2025 at 12:00
Job Start Date: as soon as possible
Contract/Hours: Permanent, Part-time
Salary Details: Upper Pay Range
Hours of Work: 0.6 FTE, working days and hours to be agreed
Location of Role: St Michaels CE (Controlled) Infant School
Contact e-mail address: adminoffice@st-michaels-inf.hants.sch.uk
Job/Person Summary
‘Learning together with love at the centre’
We are excited to be able to appoint an experienced and enthusiastic SENDCO to join our friendly and supportive leadership team. St Michael’s Infant school is a three form entry Infant School in Aldershot. We are a Christian school where our values of love, forgiveness, friendship, truthfulness, perseverance and creativity guide everything that we do. We are proud of our nurturing ethos and our absolute dedication to providing the best support for each individual child within our diverse and vibrant school community. Our children are wonderful, well-mannered and caring individuals who are always enthusiastic about their learning. Our committed staff team work closely together to plan a creative, story-centred curriculum with a strong focus on the development of oracy skills.
This role would be non-class based but would include regular time within our Ready to Learn Provision. This would be an exciting opportunity to develop this provision for some of our children who have complex needs. As part of this role, there is an expectation to support and lead our team of LSA’s. This would involve weekly training meetings and dedicated time is given for this during school hours.
As a school we invest in Provision Map software in order to demonstrate the progress that our children with SEND make and as a way of evaluating the impact of interventions. We would support the successful candidate with training and regular meetings with other SENDCO’s.
If you would like to come and visit our school to see if this is the school for you then please contact the school office (see below) to arrange a visit.
We are looking for a SENDCO who:
-Believes in our school vision and values.
- values each individual child;
-is passionate about developing our provision for children with SEND
-holds the National award SENDCO qualification
-has experience of leadership
· enjoys working as part of a team;
· has strong communication skills;
-has a high level of empathy and has formed strong relationships with children/colleagues and parents/carers
· has high expectations of pupil’s with SEND and the behaviour of pupils with SEND;
· is committed to researching recent developments, theory and provision for children SEND
-demonstrates a high level of personal organisational skills and time management
-is able to analyse and interpret data and use this information to improve the provision for children with SEND
We will offer you:
· happy children who respond well to a positive nurturing relationship
-an opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of our learners.
· a friendly, committed and supportive staff team;
· supportive parents and governors;
· ongoing continuing professional development;
St. Michael’s Infant school was judged by OFSTED to be good in all areas (March 2025). The report states: ‘The school is a warm and welcoming community. Pupils feel safe and happy because of the positive relationships they enjoy with adults and each other. If they have any worries, they know staff will help them.’
Application Procedure
An Information Pack and application form are attached or alternatively please contact the school, either by telephoning the school office on 01252 324300, or by emailing the headteacher, Mrs Dot Patton adminoffice@st-michaels-inf.hants.sch.uk for further details.
Safer Recruitment
St Michael's Church of England Controlled Infant School and Hampshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks including an online search as part of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 guidance. We also draw your attention to our Child Protection and Safeguarding policies attached.
