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Job details
Job role
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 0.6 FTE, permanent contract
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS + TLR 2.1 Full time equivalent £7,017 actual £4,210 (for 0.6 FTE)
Actual salary
- Actual £15,428 - £24,962 + £4,210 TLR 2.1
Additional allowances
• A comprehensive Induction Programme
• Outstanding professional support at every stage of your career
• A strong Continuing Professional Development programme to develop you as an outstanding teacher
• A supportive Senior Leadership Team
• Opportunities to work in a dynamic and supportive faculty with excellent facilities
• Access to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme
• A positive student body who love learning
Deputy SENCo job summary
This is an excellent opportunity for a talented and enthusiastic colleague to join Saint Gregory’s and to be instrumental in developing and enhancing inclusive practice that ensure the best possible outcomes for all children and young people.
Saint Gregory’s is a high performing, oversubscribed 11-18 co-educational school which has maintained its Outstanding judgement in its most recent Ofsted and Diocesan inspections. Saint Gregory’s is founded on Catholic Christian values with a strong family and community ethos. These values are the foundation of learning for our students, providing them with an academic start to life that is supportive, nurturing and inspiring.
The Deputy SENCo will assist the Assistant Headteacher for Inclusion/SENCo in developing and managing the provision for students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities including promoting high quality teaching, effective use of resources, and high standards of learning, achievement and personal development for all students.
The Inclusion Department has undergone radical reorganisation under the leadership and management of the Assistant Headteacher for Inclusion/SENCo who joined St Gregory’s in September 2020. This has included:
- Re-location to a new larger area of the school with refurbished accommodation including a dedicated Study Room and Wellbeing Room (including ELSA area) and Inclusion Office.
- LSA (Learning Support Assistant) Upper and Lower School Co-ordinator posts alongside a number of LSA ‘Champion’ roles for:
- SEMH
- ELSA
- Literacy and Numeracy
- Upper and lower School SALT
- Down Syndrome/Occupational Therapy
- Enhanced professional development for staff including face to face CPD from MITA (Maximising the Impact of Teaching Assistants)
- Providing every LSA with a ‘Toolkit’ comprising of Chrome Book and a variety of resources to support student learning in lessons
- Every faculty in the school now has a SEND linked teacher Champion
- Introduction of Edukey Provision Map software
The Deputy SENCo role is the next step in the Inclusion Department’s strategic organisational journey. We are particularly interested to hear from candidates who are primary teachers (Upper KS2) who would like to develop or diversify their professional career in a secondary setting.
The successful candidate will not have a whole class teaching timetable, but will be expected to lead on and further develop 1:1 and small group literacy and numeracy interventions for students significantly behind Age Related Expectations.
The successful candidate will have primary oversight of students with SEND in Year 7 and Year 8 including those with an Educational Health Care Plan (EHCP). This will include chairing Annual Review meetings and liaising with parents, carers, colleagues and external agencies as necessary.
If the successful candidate does not currently possess the National Award for SEND Co-ordination, they must be willing to complete it within three years from the date of commencement.
Further Information & Visits
For an open conversation about the role prior to application or to arrange a visit prior to submitting your application, please contact Mrs Amy Morriss, Assistant Head of Inclusion morrissa@st-gregorys.org.uk to arrange a suitable time.
Safer Recruitment
We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
We follow safer recruitment practices and appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory professional references, qualification verification, overseas certificates of good conduct and the right to work in the UK.
All staff are expected to undertake comprehensive child protection training and must share in the school’s commitment to the safeguarding and wellbeing of our students and staff.
A copy of the Safer Recruitment Policy and our CP Policy can be found on our website at www.st-gregorys.org.uk/useful-information/key-documents.
Further information about the job
The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
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Commitment to safeguarding
We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
We follow safer recruitment practices and appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory professional references, qualification verification, overseas certificates of good conduct and the right to work in the UK.
All staff are expected to undertake comprehensive child protection training and must share in the school’s commitment to the safeguarding and wellbeing of our students and staff.
A copy of the Safer Recruitment Policy and our CP Policy can be found on our website at www.st-gregorys.org.uk/useful-information/key-documents.
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About Saint Gregory's Catholic College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1005 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
Our school is an 11-18 voluntary aided Catholic school in Bath with approximately 1050 students.
In 2019 we were recognised once again as an ‘Outstanding’ secondary school in our Section 48 Diocesan Inspection, highlighting our school as a flourishing educational community where every child is valued and encouraged to grow as individuals.
In November 2022, our first Ofsted inspection since July 2013 recognised St Gregory’s as Good overall with outstanding judgements for Behaviour and Attitudes and Personal Development.
Arranging a visit to Saint Gregory's Catholic College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@st-gregorys.org.uk.
