Special Educational Needs (SEN) Administrator at St Peter's School

About the role

The School seeks to appoint outstanding Special Educational Needs (SEN) Administrator wanting to join a supportive and committed team.

Fixed Term 1.9.2026 to 31.8.2027, Term Time (39 weeks)

30 hours per week, Mon to Fri 8.30am to 3.00pm, less a 30 minute unpaid break each working day

Grade E, Scale Point 9 - £18,901 annual salary, pay award pending.

KEY ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The SEN Administrator will work closely with the Senior Leader for Inclusion, Special Needs Co-ordinator (SENCo) and Teaching Assistants. The Administrator will be the first point of contact for staff, parents and students and will liaise with outside agencies including the local authority. In addition, the post holder will manage all administrative duties for the SEN department, including provision of secretarial support to the Senior Leader for Inclusion and SENCo.

MAIN DUTIES

Reporting direct to the Senior Leader for Inclusion and through him/her to the School Business Manager, the SEN Administrator is responsible for the following tasks:-

• To ensure that all statutory processes are adhered to (scheduling of Person Centred Reviews for students with an Education Health Care Plan)

• To communicate with local education authorities and other outside agencies

• To communicate with parents and carers

• To maintain and file all SEN communication

• To organise, attend and document all Person Centred Reviews (PCR)

• To act as PCR chaser to ensure all aspects of the action plan are fulfilled

• To schedule meetings and visits with parents of students with SEN

• To liaise with feeder schools regarding the special educational needs of year 6 students transferring each September

• Ensuring all EHCP paperwork goes out within the expected timeframe - this requires strategic planning in order that all stakeholders contribute to the meeting; student, parents, teachers, and all outside agencies - and that they receive the paperwork in advance of the meeting

• Commuting between the Primary and Secondary sites to take minutes at the EHCP Annual Reviews

• Arranging all meetings with SENCo

• Arranging with LA's (BCP and Dorset) all EHCP Annual Reviews - currently 47 with 2 further pending. (This number has significantly increased since she started in September 2014)

• Contacting parents/carers to inform them when services such as HSS and VSS are in school to see students as these services no longer do this

• Printing/Sending out reports from HSS and VSS to parents/carers as they no longer do this

• Answering the SEN phone as we only have one. • Administration for Specialist Literacy Teacher

• Administration for Specialist Literacy TA and EAL/Key Skills TA

• Printing off and circulating TA Briefing Minutes for TAs

• To undertake the induction process for new TA starters

In absence of SENCO, responsible for

• Redeploying TAs due to staff/student illness

• Speaking with parents or outside agencies

• Dealing with student crisis as they occur

• Checking if Nurture has availability and sourcing work for these students

• Arranging venues for HSS, VSS, E.P.'s and SAL Therapists in which to see students

SUPPORT FOR THE SCHOOL

• To be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health and safety, security and confidentiality, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person

• To contribute to overall ethos, work and mission statement of the school

• To undertake broadly similar duties commensurate with the level of the post as required by the Head teacher

Further details and application forms are available on the school website:

https://www.st-peters.bournemouth.sch.uk/blog/?pid=6&nid=4

Please be advised CV's are not accepted as a form of application.

Closing date - 8.00am Monday 6 th July 2026

Interview date to be confirmed.

Further Information

St Peter's School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.

The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ's guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

St Peter's School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility at St Peter's School regardless of role or position.

About Us

St Peter's is an 'all through school' that was designated GOOD by Ofsted in September 2023. It is delightfully situated on the Dorset Coast with ready access to the New Forest, both areas rich with opportunities for outdoor pursuits.