Deputy SENCo

Oxford Spires Academy, Oxford, OX4 2AU

3 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Easter 2024 or earlier by negotiation

• Closing date

  7 December 2023 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  16 November 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: No, visa sponsorship not available
• Subject: Special Education Needs (SEN)
• Working pattern:
  • Part time, Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: TMS/UPS

Deputy SENCo job summary

We are seeking an experienced SEN practitioner to join our established team as Deputy SENCo.

The Successful candidate will support the SENCO to lead, manage, develop and maintain high quality special educational needs provision which enables quality teaching, excellent learning outcomes and success for all pupils.

We are a highly sought after and well-established comprehensive in East Oxford with over 1300 students including 6th Form. A strength of Oxford Spires is the warm, welcoming culture for students and staff alike and a huge sense of community as ‘our children are happy and there is a strong culture of respect across the school’ (Ofsted 2017)

We appoint on potential as well as experience, and we are committed to nurturing staff development. In return, we offer you a friendly and supportive environment and the chance to make a genuine difference to the amazing young people that make up our academy.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and require all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification and will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks which will, where applicable, include a health check, an enhanced DBS check, the Children’s Barred List check and satisfactory references.

It is an offence for an individual who has been disqualified from working with children to knowingly apply for, offer to do, accept, or do any work in a ‘regulated activity’. The position advertised is a ‘regulated activity’. Anthem will undertake a basic online check for all shortlisted candidates.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible

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About Oxford Spires Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1345 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Oxford Spires Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oxford-spires-academy (opens in new tab)

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