Salary: £25,100 to £26,384 per annum, plus excellent benefits.
Contract Type: Full time, Permanent. 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year.
Location: Paignton, Devon
Are you passionate about empowering learners with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) to achieve their full potential? We are seeking an enthusiastic SEND Lead to join our dedicated Learning Support team.
In this rewarding role, you will work closely with a designated curriculum area, supporting learners with SEND from application through to achievement and progression. You will collaborate with tutors, curriculum managers, parents/carers and external agencies, while providing supervision and guidance to a team of Learning Support Assistants to ensure learners receive high-quality, effective support.
As SEND Lead, you will coordinate learner support plans, oversee EHCP and High Needs provision, chair annual reviews, monitor learner progress, and help develop inclusive practices across the College. You will also play a key role in staff training, transition activities, and ensuring support strategies are effectively implemented within the classroom.
About You
You will have:
- GCSE Maths and English (Grade C/4 or above, or equivalent) and relevant SEND training and/or qualifications.
- Experience of supporting individuals within a SEND provision in an educational setting.
- Excellent communication and customer service skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with learners, families, staff and external professionals.
- Strong organisational skills, attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities in a busy environment.
- A proactive, empathetic and collaborative approach, with a genuine commitment to improving outcomes for learners with SEND.
Our staff are integral to maintaining our passion and high-performance levels, and we reward our staff for this. Our benefits are designed to encourage a healthy work-life balance, and include:
- 25 days annual leave (pro-rata of fractional) including the option to purchase additional holiday days;
- 1 additional day’s holiday for your birthday (does not have to be used on your birthday);
- 1 additional day’s holiday for every 5 years served;
- Christmas Closure of up to 2 weeks in addition to annual leave entitlement;
- Access to a wealth of training, apprenticeships and funded higher education opportunities as well as dedicated training days;
- Local Government Pension Scheme Employer pension contributions of 18%;
- Subsidised fitness suite facility, onsite hair and beauty salon, access to a wide range of catering facilities, outdoor gym and free eyesight tests;
- Major supermarket and high street employee discount schemes;
- Life Assurance (if member of pension scheme);
- On Site Nursery (Mama Bears);
- Employee Assistance Programmes;
- Access to Blue Light Card membership;
- Discounted travel schemes.
Closing Date: Midnight, Monday 31st August 2026
Interview Date: TBC
Please do NOT send CVs, we only accept applications via the relevant form on our dedicated recruitment website.
Please note that you will be required to be in possession of an Enhanced DBS Certificate or be willing to undertake an Enhanced DBS check as a condition of employment at the College.
This College is committed to Safeguarding/Prevent and promoting the welfare of students, including children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The College is committed to applying its Single Equality Scheme at all stages of recruitment and selection. Shortlisting, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to gender, transgender status, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, colour, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion/belief, age, pregnancy or maternity leave, or union membership.
Reasonable attempts will be made to accommodate the particular needs of any candidate who has notified us of a disability. This may include changing the timing or location of any interview to enable the candidate to attend, providing information in different formats or larger type, etc.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands and final warnings that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020).
Working at South Devon College, you can expect access to an exciting range of training, apprenticeship and opportunities for degree level study alongside your work to keep you at the top of your game, as well as generous holiday allowance of 25 days pro rata and a strong emphasis on work-life balance.
The staff at South Devon College are truly inspirational and this is a reflection on the whole College culture of continuous improvement and support for all of our students and communities.
We aim to provide our learners with excellent teaching and learning. Our staff are highly adept at working with and developing skills and knowledge in learners from different backgrounds. Our staff have consistently high expectations of all students and generate high levels of enthusiasm for participation in, and commitment to learning.
