Assistant SENCo - Holmer Green Senior School
Location: Little Missenden
Overview
Required: for September 2025
Term time only: No
Salary Type: Bucks pay
Salary details: Main Pay Scale + Fringe Allowance + TLR2a (£3,391)
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Mon - Fri 8am - 4pm
Closing date: 19/05/2025 09:00
Interviews to be held: 21/05/2025
About us
Holmer Green is a popular 11 to 18 school with 1000+ students (100+ in the Sixth Form) and is expanding. As a school we are in the top 10% of schools nationally for KS4 progress and in the top 5% of schools nationally for KS5 progress. As part of our expansion plan we now have a range of new modern facilities.
We can offer 8 staff training days (not the 5 you find in most schools), a two week October half term, professional development of a high standard. We take our staff well-being seriously and offer weekly activities, like team sports and a brand new fitness suite.
Website: https://www.hgss.co.uk/
About the role
Holmer Green Senior School is looking to appoint a permanent, full-time, outstanding Assistant SENCO to support in the leadership of our committed team of specialist staff in the Learning Support Department and our Additionally Resourced Provision for Speech and Language.
We are looking for a passionate person who is ambitious for our students and community and will support our inclusive ethos and who can improve the quality of outcomes for students with SEN or a disability.
For further information please see attached Job description.
About you
Candidates will either be working towards the NPQ for SENCOs, or wish to start it and have a good level of experience working in SEND. Applications are sought from high calibre professionals who have the skills and talent to support the development of SEND and work with our committed team.
For further information please see attached Person specification.
Other information
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.
Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Tel No: 01494 712219
Email: [email protected]
Holmer Green Senior School is committed to the welfare and safeguarding of all its students and therefore all appointments are made subject to satisfactory Enhanced DBS, qualification and pre-employment checks
As part of the shortlisting process, we will carry out an online search (including social media) as part of our due diligence on the shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the school might want to explore with the applicant at interview.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 174 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent cautions and convictions cautions
- All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) guidance or Ministry of Justice (MOJ) guidance (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
