SENCo and Assistant Headteacher

The Valley Community School

Hibbert Street, Off Blackburn Road,

Bolton BL1 8JG Telephone: 01204 332684

Email: office@thevalley.bolton.sch.uk

Non-teaching SENDCo and Assistant Headteacher

Required for: April 2027

Salary range: L6 - 9 (£60,619 - £65,278)

The Valley Community Primary School is seeking to appoint an inspirational and outstanding non-teaching SENDCo to join our Senior Leadership Team to ensure the continued success and further development of our SEND provision throughout the school.

This post has arisen as a result of our highly skilled and experienced SENDCo’s retirement in April 2027.

Why Choose The Valley?

We believe The Valley is a unique school where all children thrive. Our talented staff are highly motivated, passionate, and work collaboratively to bring learning to life.

As our new SENDCo, you will benefit from:

Zero teaching commitment, allowing you to fully focus on strategic leadership, staff mentoring, and compliance.

A dedicated seat on the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), ensuring SEND remains at the absolute heart of our school policy, practice and ethos.

A supportive, collaborative culture where ‘SEND is everyone's responsibility’.

We are looking for an experienced and ambitious SENDCo who will:

Provide innovative, strategic leadership for SEND, ensuring our curriculum remains deeply inclusive and accessible for every child.

Act as an expert coach and mentor, regularly dropping into classrooms and learning areas to support teachers and TAs with adaptive teaching strategies.

Be an empathetic, highly effective communicator who builds deep trust with children, staff, parents & carers and external agencies.

Ensure airtight management of statutory compliance, EHCP processes, and funding requests.

Demonstrate a fierce commitment to safeguarding and the effective deployment of SEND resources.

Find out more:

Visits to our school are strongly encouraged and you will be warmly welcomed.

Please contact Deborah Lauder (School Business Manager) to arrange a visit.

lauderd@thevalley.bolton.sch.uk 01204 332 684

Relevant information in respect to The Valley School is available on our website https://www.thevalley.bolton.sch.uk/

The Interview process:

Closing date: 16/11/2026 (10:00 a.m.)

Shortlisting date: 18/11/2026

Lesson Observations and Tours at applicants’ current schools: Week Commencing 23/11/2026

Interview date: 30/11/2026

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure Barring Service and our Safeguarding policies.