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The Mawney Foundation School

Mawney Road, Romford, Essex RM7 7HR

Tel: 01708 741612

Head Teacher: Mrs Mandy Lawrence

Executive Head Teacher: Mr Craige Brown

https://www.learningandachievingfederation.co.uk/mawney-foundation-school 

SENCo

Grade: Main or Upper Scale (not suitable for ECTs) 

Hours: Full Time - non-class based but some teaching required (as part of coaching/ mentoring or providing quality cover) 

Contract: Permanent 

Start Date: 1st January 2027 (or later in Spring Term if necessary / subject to notice requirements)

The Mawney Foundation School are looking to recruit a suitably qualified, enthusiastic and inspirational Special Educational Needs Coordinator.

The successful candidate will be someone who believes, as we do, that our students will thrive when given the right support to access our broad and aspirational curriculum. This is a senior leadership role with responsibility for ensuring that our Inclusion team continues to develop and grow. We ideally would like to recruit someone with accreditation as a SENCo, but would also consider an aspiring SENCo with relevant skills and experience who is willing to undertake the training for accreditation.

The Mawney Foundation School is a proactive, supportive, well-resourced primary school, with high expectations of all members of staff and pupils. The school has also been graded as ‘Good’ in our last 4 Ofsted inspections (most recently in June 2025). 

The Head teacher and Governors are currently looking for a highly motivated and creative practitioner to join our enthusiastic and supportive team.

We can offer:

• A working environment which is fun and supportive;
• High provision of IT resources within all classrooms;
• Motivated and well-behaved pupils from a wide range of backgrounds;
• The opportunity to join a highly professional and motivated team who are continually looking at new ways to improve learning and outcomes;
• The opportunity to develop and progress further both professionally and personally in the coming years;
• Opportunities to view colleagues effective teaching to improve your own teaching and learning, as well as opportunities to share your effective strategies with others in a non-threatening environment;
• Friendly, supportive staff who are committed to collaborative team work;
• Non-contact protected time for staff leading subject responsibilities as well as additional release time for targeted and relevant CPD training;

The ideal successful candidate will need to be an experienced qualified teacher with evidence in leading Special Educational Needs within a school setting, have knowledge of SEN developments, policies and procedures. They need to be an outstanding classroom practitioner with a good knowledge of teaching and learning strategies and able to support quality first teaching to enable children with additional needs to succeed and fulfil their potential. They will have excellent interpersonal skills to enable them to work in partnership with parents, external partners and to manage the SEN Team.

It is essential for our SENCo to champion our children, be optimistic, have a sense of humour and a passion for learning, as well as a willingness to become involved in school and community activities.

If you think that you have the experience, energy, enthusiasm and skills to fit into our continually improving school, applications can be submitted online.

Visits to the school are welcomed, please call/email the School Office on 01708741612 or office@mawney.havering.sch.uk to arrange.

Closing date and shortlisting: 9am 3^rd November 2026

Interviews: 10^th November 2026