Class teacher & SENDCo

The Richmond Hill Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 8PN

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2025

• Closing date

  22 November 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  5 November 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPR/UPR
• Additional allowances:

  TLR2c

What skills and experience we're looking for

Richmond Hill Academy is seeking to recruit a well-qualified, enthusiastic, dynamic and inspirational SENDCo. This role is of great importance to our work as an academy, playing a pivotal role in improving educational outcomes, while striving to develop and deliver an exceptional holistic primary educational journey for each and every one of our pupils.

The successful candidate will be a highly professional, collaborative and motivational leader who will lead staff to having high aspirations for themselves and others. They will have also established a strong reputation in the leadership of a number of key areas within their own work so far.

Our new SENCo will:

• Have high expectations of themselves, the people they work with and the children they teach.
• Be committed to driving forward pupil progress and achievement, particularly in relation to disadvantaged pupils and pupils with a special educational need and/or disability (SEND).
• Be an effective and reflective leader and classroom practitioner who is willing to learn and develop whilst sharing expertise to develop others.
• Be available to deliver high-quality lessons at discretion of Principal.
• Demonstrate highly effective behaviour for learning techniques.
• Have a strong focus on standards in order to raise achievements.
• Be well organised and able to work well both as part of a team and independently.
• Be cheerful with a positive, 'can-do' attitude.

What the school offers its staff

As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

• Membership to a local government pension scheme.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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About The Richmond Hill Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 636 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@richmondhill.leeds.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-richmond-hill-academy (opens in new tab)

Richmond Hill Academy is a three-form entry school (630 places) with a 52-place nursery and Rainbow Base, a Resource Provision for children with complex communication needs.

Our school is very proud to be part of the GORSE Academies Trust. We have a dedicated staff, each one of whom is committed to securing the very best for the children in our care. We feel very fortunate to work with the children at RHA and we are excited by the journey the school is on. Our vision for our pupils is clear: we believe that every child who attends our school deserves an outstanding education, which will enable them to succeed at primary school and beyond. This is our unwavering aim and one that we will work relentlessly to achieve.

We know that children flourish and learn best when there is a successful partnership between home and school. We place a great deal of importance on the relationship with parents and carers; we are committed to building relationships which are built on trust, mutual respect, effective communication and support.

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