Deputy SENCo

* Deputy SENCoNEWFast Apply# Deputy SENCo Employer Location :
Liverpool, Merseyside Contract Type:
Permanent

Hours:

Full Time Salary:
Main Teacher's Pay Scale: MPS / UPS depending on tPosted: 16th October 2026

Start Date:

22nd February 2027

Expires: 9th November 2026 11:59 PM Contract Type:
Permanent

Start Date:

22nd February 2027

Job  Date: 22nd February 2027
* Contract Type:

Permanent
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The Belvedere Academy, LiverpoolNOR - 1256 girls (including 311 in Sixth Form)
** Deputy SENCO
**** Full time.
**** Salary:
Main Teacher's Pay Scale: MPS / UPS depending on the successful candidate
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* Start date:

After February half term (2027) or earlier.
** We are seeking an aspiring leader with a proven track record of delivering high-quality, inclusive, and aspirational classroom practice / teaching in a secondary setting. Working closely alongside the SENCO, you will help lead, develop, and manage our SEND provision to ensure every student is supported to reach their full potential.

As a highly reflective practitioner, you will combine a sound knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice with practical, classroom-based strategies to support teachers' practice. You will build and maintain positive relationships with parents and carers, with all aspects of your practice underpinned by our commitment to a relational approach to behavior.

There will be an expectation that you will teach some lessons. At Belvedere, we operate a two week, 50 hour timetable cycle. Over the course of this cycle, you will be expected to teach between 15-20 periods per cycle, depending on the need in the curriculum area in which you  2007, Belvedere was the first independent school to become an academy and is continuing the traditions and standards of its predecessor school.

We have high expectations of all our students and we support them with excellent pastoral care. Our extensive Enrichment programme allows pupils to develop into well rounded individuals. In March 2025, Ofsted judged us Outstanding in Behaviour and Attitudes and in Personal Development. We were delighted that they recognised how our  ambitious  curriculum inspired our pupils to be,  ambitious for their futures  within an  inclusive  community in which pupils  can be themselves .Children

of our staff have a higher priority in our Y7 admissions process - please see the Admissions Policy on our website or call the academy office for further details.

Our commitment

The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change. We want every colleague to feel valued, respected and supported, and we actively welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities.

We are equally committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must therefore be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including online searches, checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.### Attachments### Safeguarding Statement:

The Girls' Day School Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection checks appropriate to the post, including online searches and checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.### The Belvedere Academy - GDSTPart of### Girls' Day School Trust (GDST)