Role: EHCP Coordinator

Location: Shuttleworth College - Old Warden

Salary/Benefits: Salary is between £30,915 and £41,085 per annum DOE and Qualifications, 27 days annual leave plus Bank holidays, People's pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.

Hours/Weeks: 37 hours per week - 52 weeks per year

Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time

This is a UK based contract, and you are required to have the Right to Work in the UK. Unfortunately, we're unable to offer sponsorship and any offer of employment will be subject to evidence of your Right to Work in the UK.

About the role:

We are currently seeking an EHCP Coordinator to join our Foundation Learning and Additional Learning Support department at The Bedford College Group.

As an EHCP Coordinator, you play an important role in the success of our students through:

• Lead EHCP Reviews - Organise and conduct annual and termly reviews, prepare reports, and ensure compliance with statutory requirements using a person-centred approach.
• Support Student Transition & Progression - Facilitate pre-entry visits, mentor students, and promote progression opportunities aligned with aspirations.
• Collaborate with Curriculum Teams - Share EHCP outcomes, raise staff awareness through training, and monitor achievement towards programme and EHCP goals.
• Ensure Effective Support & Monitoring - Observe classroom practice, review support utilisation, and feed into performance monitoring and self-assessment processes.
• Promote College Standards & Development - Uphold safeguarding, EDI, and health & safety policies, participate in marketing events, and engage in ongoing training and CPD.

About you:

• Qualifications - A Levels or equivalent, GCSEs in English and Maths (A-C), graduate or vocational training in Education, Health, or Social Sciences.
• Knowledge - SEND Code of Practice 2014, safeguarding, equality and diversity, confidentiality, post-16 education, current FE developments, health and safety.
• Experience - Working with young people with SEND/EHCP, leading meetings with stakeholders, EHCP annual reviews, further education settings, teamwork, and IT systems.
• Skills - Strong communication (written, verbal), report writing, organisation, prioritisation, IT proficiency (Microsoft Office), ability to work under pressure and adapt to change.
• Values & Attributes - Student-focused, high performance, respect, openness, honesty; flexible approach, willingness to travel, maintain professional boundaries, and continuously update skills.

For a more detailed breakdown of the job role and the requirements, please see the Job Description attached to this vacancy.

Interviews to be held: TBC

Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisational VISION values:

• Valuing Teamwork - We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.
• Improving Continuously - We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.
• Student Centred - At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision making to create positive outcomes and memorable experiences for every student.
• Inclusive - We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.
• Open and Caring - We care about the wellbeing of our staff, our students, our community and wider society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage with and support each other.
• Nurturing Education Excellence - We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge our students to achieve their ambitions.

About The Bedford College Group
The Bedford College Group was formed in 2017 following the merger of Bedford College and Tresham College and is now the largest provider of education in the South East Midlands, with over 15,000 students passing through our doors each year.

Today, the Group is made up of a family of colleges across Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire:"Bedford College, Central Bedfordshire College and"Tresham"College"in the towns of Bedford, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough;"Shuttleworth"College,"a specialist land-based college; The Bedford Sixth Form, (the only dedicated sixth form in Bedford); The Corby Sixth Form, (opened in September 2023); and the National College for Motorsport"alongside"Silverstone"race circuit."To widen accessibility to education and training, the Group also has community-based Learning Centres in Bedford, Corby and Kettering which offer IT training.

Safeguarding our Students
The Bedford College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to thorough vetting process which includes, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. 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. The Bedford College Group's policy on Employment of Ex-Offenders is attached to this vacancy.

Candidates who are barred from working with children are reminded it is a criminal offence to apply for this post.