SEND Administrator
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SEND Administrator SR1 (7—11) £21,458 — £22,871 (Actual) (£26,403—£28,142 FTE) (Based on 35 hours per week, 5 days a week, 39 weeks per year) The Duston School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Closing Date: midday, Monday 24th August 2026 |
The Duston School is looking to appoint a SEND Administrator to provide administrative support to the SEND Team. Main responsibilities will include: • Provide administrative support to the team, acting as first point of contact between the head of subject/faculty lead, external parties and families • To coordinate and administer the processing of all paperwork concerning EHCPs, Annual and mid-reviews, Transition, Fact Finders and CYPS referrals. • Liaise with outside agencies to arrange meetings and co-ordinate agency timetables to ensure students receive allocated hours on Education, Health and Care plan (EHCP) including room booking and informing reception. • To coordinate administration of pupil learning plans/passports for EHCP and SEND category students and distribute to all relevant parties. • Administrative lead of Edukey platform for whole school (SEND) information sharing to include pupil passports, individu al learning plans and EHCP documents. • To coordinate and undertake general administration including arrangements for the identification, assessment and pro vision for all SEND pupils • To develop and manage the SEND filing system (including emails, Edukey, record of telephone conversations), the ar chiving, retrieval and disposing of SEND information as appropriate • Attend and take notes at meetings, produce and circulate minutes as necessary, uploading to Edukey. • Liaising with primary/feeder schools and external service ensuring that all SEND information is received and shared with regards to school leavers / transition • To assist in organising factfinders transition day for year 6 vulnerable pupils • To lead the organisation and administration of dyslexia/dyscalculia online assessments and visual stress tests • To distribute/collate information from teaching staff and parents with regards to evidence requested by the SENDCO • To assist in the organisation of parental, external agency and pupil focus meetings • To co-ordinate the organisation and administration of Visual Stress Assessments. • To assist in the implementation of system and procedural changes resulting from new and revised policies and legisla tion.
Do you want to work in a hugely successful nationally hailed school? Do you want to work in a school that operates on common sense and places people at the centre of all that is does? In joining the Duston School you will be joining a school that is: • Built upon strong values and principles • Places people at the heart of all that it does and a strong positive approach to workload and wellbeing • Heavily over-subscribed • Nationally recognised, heralded and applauded • Served as a Behaviour Hub Lead School • The 27th most improved school nationally, with GCSE and A Level outcomes since 2019 have ensured the school is both locally, regionally and nationally high performing, placing the school in the top 20% of all schools nationally and A Level results in the top 5% of all schools • GCSE and A Level outcomes in 2024 were the best in the school’s history • A school of Character • An Investors in People Gold School and Wellbeing • An Inclusion Quality Mark (IQM) Flagship School and National Champion School • A Global Equality Collective School • The home of ResearchED Northampton • A PKC Curriculum Hub • An Ofsted ‘Good’ school • Has its own alternative provision; The Positive Impact Centre (PIC)
Applying:
Please complete an application form (we do not accept a CV alone) along with a letter of application to the Principal. Please email the application form and letter to: jobs@thedustonschool.org If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. The Duston School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safer recruitment practice and all appointments are subject to satisfactory DBS checks. In addition references will be requested for short listed applicants prior to interview and will form part of the interview process. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies. Online searches will be carried out for all shortlisted candidates.
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