SENDCo/ Associate Assistant Principal

We are looking for a highly motivated, professional and experienced teacher dedicated to working with vulnerable students to join our senior leadership team and take on the SENDCo role at Ark Putney Academy from 1 September 2025. You will be required to lead the strategic development of SEND provision across the academy and oversee the successful implementation of our SEND policies with the aim of ensuring SEND students make the required progress and maximise their potential in line with the academy’s expectations.

You will be required to hold (or gain within 2 years of appointment) the ‘National Professional Qualification Award for Special Educational Needs Coordinators’.

This is a key position within our community and presents an exciting opportunity for someone looking to move into a school-wide leadership role or someone looking for a new challenge and an opportunity to make a difference.

You will

• Have experience of prior successful leadership at a middle or senior level
• Possess strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
• Understand how to plan effective provision to enable all students with SEND to make good progress
• Have knowledge of specialist SEND interventions that can be used to support students with SEND
• Have a clear understanding of the strategies to establish consistently high standards of behaviour in an inner-city school and commitment to relentlessly instilling these strategies
• Be vision aligned with our approach to teaching and learning
• Have a genuine passion and belief in the potential of every student
• Be committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all students

Diversity and inclusion:

We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.

Safeguarding statement:

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. 

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link.

Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this role may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. We strongly encourage to submit your application at your earliest convenience.