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  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    17 January 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    20 December 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Assistant headteacher
  • SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time: 27.5 Hours a Week, Monday - Friday

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

L4-L8

What skills and experience we're looking for

Due to the retirement of our current SENCo, we are looking for an experienced leader to work across our Infant and Junior schools as a non-class based Assistant Head Teacher with responsibility for SEN.

Qualifications and training

  • Qualified teacher status
  • National Award for SEN Co-ordination, or a willingness to complete it within 3 years of appointment
  • Degree

Experience

  • Minimum of 4 years teaching experience
  • Leadership experience at a whole-school level
  • Involvement in self-evaluation and development planning
  • Experience of conducting training/leading INSET

Skills and knowledge

  • Sound knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice
  • Understanding of what makes ‘quality first’ teaching, and of effective intervention strategies
  • Ability to plan and evaluate interventions
  • Data analysis skills, and the ability to use data to inform provision planning
  • Effective communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to build effective working relationships
  • Ability to influence and negotiate
  • Good record-keeping skills

Personal qualities

  • Commitment to getting the best outcomes for pupils and promoting the ethos and values of the school
  • Commitment to equal opportunities and securing good outcomes for pupils with SEN or a disability
  • Ability to work under pressure and prioritise effectively
  • Commitment to maintaining confidentiality at all times
  • Commitment to safeguarding and equality


What the school offers its staff

A supportive culture and focuson staff wellbeing.

Commitment to safeguarding

Harefield Infant and Harefield Junior Schools are 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 an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

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About Harefield Junior School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 7 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
217 pupils enrolled
Age range
7 to 11
Phone number
01895 824447

We are a junior school for children between the ages of seven and eleven within the village of Harefield in the London Borough of Hillingdon.

At Harefield Junior School our core values guide our thinking and behaviour. They are: Happiness; Compassion; Respect; Teamwork.

Arranging a visit to Harefield Junior School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@harefieldjunior.com.

School location

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