Assistant Head Teacher with SENCO Responsibility
Westborough Academy, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 9BS6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
6th January 2025
Closing date
2 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
17 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £47,190.00 - £52,077.00 Annually (Actual) Leadership Scale 1-5 (Annual salary pending pay awards for teachers)
Assistant Head Teacher with SENCO Responsibility job summary
We are seeking to appoint an experienced, dedicated, and enthusiastic Assistant Head Teacher with SENCO responsibility to join our strong, professional, and friendly team in January 2025.
You might be an experienced KS1 or KS2 teacher with experience of supporting or leading SEN in your school or you might be an experienced SENCO looking for a new challenge. The quality of your experience, and what you have learnt from it, is what's important.
You will work closely as part of the senior leadership team to support colleagues across the school in developing and implementing effective provision for vulnerable pupils in line with the SEN Code of Practice and will be skillful in working with pupils with a range of different abilities and needs - SEND, LAC – alongside excellent communication skills enabling liaison with a variety of external agencies.
We have a strong partnership with other local schools through our membership of the South East Essex Academy Trust (SEEAT). We are wholly committed to training and developing staff, as well as other excellent opportunities for professional development.
Alongside the responsibilities in the attached job description, you will play a full part in the life of the school community, to support its distinctive aim and ethos and to encourage staff and pupils to follow this example.
Please look here for more information: Application Pack
Visits to our school would be warmly welcomed. Please contact the school office to make an appointment on 01702 349249. Please contact the school with any queries relating to the application process -tbrook@westborough.southend.sch.uk
We look forward to hearing from you.
The school reserves the right to close the listing at any time and shortlist earlier if strong candidates apply earlier in the process.
Westborough School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects its entire staff to share this commitment. All post-holders working in our school will be considered to work in Regulated Activity and will be required to have an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS). In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance all shortlisted candidates may be subject to online searches that may include social media. For further information please contact hr@seeat.org.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Westborough Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 461 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Westborough Academy website (opens in new tab)
School location
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