Assistant SENCO

Glossopdale School and Sixth Form, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 2DA

5 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  May or September 2025

• Closing date

  22 April 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  11 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Special Education Needs (SEN)
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,613.00 - £28,005.00 Annually (Actual)

Assistant SENCO job summary

We are seeking to appoint someone who is passionate about making a real difference to the lives of the pupils and the community surrounding the school.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for our school to recruit an enthusiastic and conscientious Assistant SENCO to join our SEND Team, building on the excellent work that is already in place and championing our SEND pupils. We are looking to appoint an ambitious, experienced and dynamic leader who is hardworking and energetic to join our growing team. You will need to have expertise in the key fields of inclusion and working with pupils with additional needs.

Our core purpose is to support pupils of all abilities and backgrounds to develop high aspirations and achieve their potential. We do this by nurturing and building ambition for our pupils, we open opportunities, broaden horizons and introduce challenges ensuring everyone can thrive, both academically and personally, to be the best that they can be.

While with us, we encourage every member of staff to stretch themselves and we give everyone access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities. We are a research-based school with the aim to develop highly effective evidence-based practices including teaching, learning and assessment, where we collaborate as a whole staff to persistently improve our pedagogy and where we evaluate our practice habitually.

We have some of the best facilities in the area having fully rebuilt our school in 2018. This not only provides both staff and students with everything they can expect for modern teaching and learning, but also gives us exceptional environmental credentials.

We are exceptionally proud of our staff and the dedication they display every day to support our students to reach their potential. Whether a member of our Leadership Team, Teaching Staff or Support Team – all have a vital role to play in providing an environment where we can provide world class education where all can achieve.

Full details can be found on our website https://www.glossopdale.derbyshire.sch.uk/

Commitment to safeguarding

The TRUE Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Our schools are a safe place for children, where our responsibilities for safeguarding children are taken seriously. As a Trust, we are responsible for ensuring that all our schools have thorough and robust child protection and safeguarding policies and procedures.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Glossopdale School and Sixth Form

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1240 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Glossopdale School and Sixth Form website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/glossopdale-school-and-sixth-form

Our School is a warm and caring community for all of our 1,200 students, from when they join us in Year 7 to when they leave us in Year 13. We are a school that has the highest expectations of students and ourselves, where every student is expected to work hard, behave well and contribute positively to the school community.

Our core purpose is to support students of all abilities and backgrounds to develop high aspirations and achieve their potential. We do this by nurturing and building ambition for our students, we open opportunities, broaden horizons and introduce challenges ensuring everyone can thrive, both academically and personally, to be the best that they can be.

While with us, we encourage every member of staff to stretch themselves and we give everyone access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities. We have just started our journey to become a research based school with the aim to develop highly effective, evidence-based teaching, learning and assessment, where we collaborate as a whole staff to persistently improve our pedagogy and where we evaluate our practice habitually.

Everyone also has the ability to get involved with school life beyond their core role – whether that’s supporting one of the many extra-curricular activities and clubs, or becoming part of the student support structure we have in place for each year group. There’s always some way you can push yourself towards your own goals while inspiring and supporting our students.

We have some of the best facilities in the area having fully re-built our school in 2018. This not only provides both staff and students with everything they can expect for modern teaching and learning, but also gives us exceptional environmental credentials.

Just like our students, we welcome people to join our school from a diverse range of backgrounds. We welcome interest from enthusiastic, dedicated and hardworking individuals who wish to share in our and, more importantly, our students’ success.

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