Centre: NMT Central Team (based in Stratford-upon-Avon)
Employer: New Meaning Training
Type: Full Time, Permanent, All-year-round
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Schedule: Monday to Friday 08:30-16:30
Job Reference: CENSA04201
Are you a highly organised professional with a heart for SEND? Do you have the diplomacy and detail-oriented mindset to ensure every young person’s support plan is accurate, meaningful, and delivered on time?
At New Meaning Training, we help young people rediscover their potential and take steps toward a future they can be proud of — through learning that leads to real opportunity. It’s education with a difference — and it works! Many of our learners have previously struggled in mainstream settings where “one-size-fits-all” learning plans didn’t suit their needs.
As a SENCo Administrator, you are the engine room of this mission. By managing the EHCP Annual Review process, you ensure that the support our learners receive is not just a document, but a roadmap to their success. You aren’t just filing forms; you are chairing reviews, collaborating with Tutors, and liaising with external agencies to ensure that every young person has the provision they need to thrive.
If you have experience in SEND and a passion for turning complex administration into life-changing opportunities, you’ll fit right in. This is a vital central role within our Learning and Development Team, offering the chance to use your expertise to make a lasting difference in a growing, purpose-led organisation.
Key Responsibilities
· Manage the direct-funded EHCP Annual Review process: Schedule reviews within 12-month cycles and ensure all statutory deadlines are met.
· Lead the Review Cycle: Liaise with Tutors to gather input, propose amendments to EHCPs that reflect current needs, and invite all relevant parties and external agencies.
· Chair Meetings: Facilitate annual reviews, ensuring the voices of the young person and their support network are heard.
· Data and Paperwork Mastery: Complete and submit all local authority paperwork promptly and accurately, maintaining 100% compliance.
· Support the SENCo Manager: Assist in tracking learner progress, monitoring SMART targets, and ensuring delivery of agreed provisions.
· Stakeholder Liaison: Maintain clear, professional communication with referral partners and external agency services.
· System Management: Implement and maintain effective data collection and monitoring systems relating to SEND provision.
About Us
New Meaning Training offers education with a difference.We work with young people aged 15–25 who haven’t always had a straightforward experience of education. Some have been misunderstood, some have disengaged, and some are still working out where they fit. What they find here is something steadier — a place where there’s time to settle in, where expectations are clear, and where they’re not judged on what’s gone before.
We now operate across six centres in High Wycombe (our HQ), Milton Keynes, Aylesbury, Reading, Stratford-upon-Avon and Nuneaton, supporting around 320 learners in the 2026–2027 academic year. Across all centres, we offer a growing range of “Introduction to” programmes, with several new courses launching this September. These courses — spanning areas such as Motor Mechanics, Construction, Hair & Beauty, Creative Arts, Computing, Sport, Retail and Hospitality — are designed to give young people the chance to try things out properly, build practical skills, and start to see what they might be good at. Everything is grounded in learning through doing, with a focus on making education feel possible from the start.
Each of our centres has its own rhythm, but there’s a shared way of working across the organisation. Teams are close-knit, supportive, and practical — people step in for each other, share ideas, and keep things moving on days that don’t go to plan (which happens). There’s a steady sense that everyone’s working towards the same thing.There are also moments that don’t feel like a typical education setting at all. From wellbeing activities to calm, flexible approaches to the day, we create an environment where young people can feel settled enough to take part. It’s not a headline feature — it just reflects the kind of place this is.
Alongside our centre-based provision, we run a Transition Support programme for young people with an EHCP who are not yet ready for that environment. This sits separately from our main delivery and is designed to help them move towards their next step at a pace that works for them.Most of the young people we work with are referred through schools, PRUs and SEND services. That means we’re always balancing two things — creating an experience where young people feel understood, while also delivering something clear, structured and trusted by the professionals around them.We don’t expect things to change overnight. We focus on helping things feel possible again — and building from there.
Why work for New Meaning Training?
Generous annual leave
- 20 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
- Up to 10 additional “gifted” days off each year (taken during learner holiday periods)
- Annual leave increases with length of service, up to a maximum of 24 days
Pension
- Auto enrolment into The People’s Pension
- 5% employee contribution with 3% employer contribution
Blue Light Card
- Access to hundreds of national discounts (retail, food, travel, days out)
- Admin fee fully reimbursed by NMT
Service recognition
- Additional annual leave as a thank you for long service
- Gift rewards at key milestones (e.g. 5 and 10 years)
Wellbeing benefits
- Annual flu vaccination voucher (paid for by NMT)
- Birthday gift voucher to celebrate your day
Sustainable travel schemes
- Cycle to Work scheme (salary sacrifice)
- Electric Vehicle scheme via Octopus Energy (salary sacrifice)
- Green Travel to Work initiatives with rewards for taking part
A supportive, values-led workplace
- Strong focus on staff wellbeing, development, and collaboration
- Training and CPD supported as part of your role
- The opportunity to make a meaningful difference in young people’s lives
Safeguarding
New Meaning Training is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and adhere to our safeguarding and professional conduct policies.
- Checks: This post involves regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS check (including a Children’s Barred List check) and satisfactory professional references.
- Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA): This role is exempt from the ROA 1974. Applicants must disclose all convictions and cautions that are not ‘protected’ under the Exceptions Order 1975 (as amended 2013 and 2020). For guidance on which offences are ‘filtered’ and do not need to be disclosed, please refer to the DBS filtering guide.
Pay: £30,000.00-£35,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Sick pay
Application question(s):
- Are you familiar with EHCPs, annual reviews, multi-agency work?
Experience:
- being part of meetings to support SEND young people: 1 year (preferred)
- administration or process management: 1 year (preferred)
Willingness to travel:
Work Location: In person
