SENCO / ARP LEAD

Astley Community High School

Elsdon Avenue

Seaton Delaval

Tyne and Wear

NE25 0BP 

0191 237 1505

SENCO / ARP LEAD
Main / Upper Pay Ranges £31,650 to £49,084 plus TLR 1.1 (£9,782)

Permanent, Full Time

Required From 1 September 2025 or earlier

Small enough to care, big enough to make a positive impact   

Are you passionate about inclusive education for all children, supporting students with SEN to reach their full potential? We are looking for the right person to join our small but very dedicated team, to be ASD ARP Lead teacher and SENCo at Astley Community High School.

You will lead on Special Educational Needs throughout our school, overseeing the educational provision for our children through working closely with staff, attending meetings to keep up to date with the latest practice and generally fulfilling all of the duties of your National Award in Special Educational Needs Coordination. You will also gain experience as a team leader, overseeing and coordinating our team of Learning Support Assistants, as well as working with numerous outside agencies. An Assistant SENCo will aid you with filing and administrative duties.

Across Astley Community High School and Whytrig Middle School we have a very experienced and dedicated team of Learning Support Assistants who work closely with all staff to ensure the best outcomes for our more vulnerable and SEN children.  The team is coordinated on a day-to-day basis by an experienced Assistant SENCo The SENCo line manages the Learning Support Assistants within Astley Community High School and will report to the Assistant Headteacher – SEN & Disadvantaged.

We have ​excellent facilities in terms of SEN teaching and intervention rooms and an extensive range of intervention programmes to cater for the individual needs of our SEN students.  The team has a regular time slot one evening per week where professional development takes place in the form of training sessions, team meetings or individual planning/work time in order to constantly improve the service we provide for the young people in our care.

We are one of Northumberland’s first ARP (Additional Resource Provision). The ARP is for pupils who have an ECHP for ASD or similar related diagnosis.  The pupils who attend the ARP are expected to attend mainstream lessons for the majority of their timetable and use the ARP for specific interventions and as a support base.

We are looking for a lead teacher who will develop lessons within the ARP provision, and ensure pupils can be in as many mainstream lessons as possible, you will also ensure the smooth safe running of the ARP on a day to day basis. . 

Based in south east Northumberland with good standards of teaching and behaviour and a strong commitment to improvement, we believe passionately that every student should be enabled to succeed in all aspects of school life. Building on our ‘Good’ ratings by Ofsted, we continue to strive for further improvements.

As a relatively small school at Astley Community High School  there is a real sense of community. Staff are able to fully get to know the students in both an academic and pastoral sense. Behaviour across the schools is good with the vast majority of students putting into practice our behaviour expectations of being ready, respectful and safe on a daily basis. Our students across the Year groups into the Sixth Form have a focus on wanting to learn – this helps to foster an attitude of wanting to achieve the best they can.

Visits to the school are also warmly welcomed and encouraged. Please contact Richard Goodman, Head of School ACHS on 0191 2371505 or email vacancies@svf.org.uk to make an appointment.