Assistant Headteacher, SENCo

Harefield Junior School, Harefield, UB9 6BJ

27 days remaining to apply

• 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.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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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
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Harefield Junior School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: office@harefieldjunior.com
• Phone number: 01895 824447
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/harefield-junior-school (opens in new tab)

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.

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