Deputy SENDCO

Fairfield High School, Bristol, BS7 9NL

7 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  22 April 2025

• Closing date

  9 February 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  30 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Special Needs
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (Actual) Teachers Main Pay Scale / Upper Pay Range + SEN Allowance

Deputy SENDCO job summary

Fairfield High School is looking to appointment a full time, permanent Deputy SENDCO to support the SENDCO in delivering outstanding outcomes for SEND pupils.

Key Responsibilities:

To support in ensuring that the learners at Fairfield High School are receiving the appropriate SEND support.

To assist in the completion of statutory documentation and returns.

To assist in the completing of referrals relevant to different professional bodies in relation to SEND.

To support the SENDCo in their role and provide additional leadership capacity within the SEND Department.

To lead and manage Year 7 transition

Candidates must have full QTS. They should also either have knowledge/experience of Access training arrangements or a willingness to learn. Candidates who have KS2 SEND experience would also be considered for this post. The successful candidate will teach for 27 hours per fortnight.

Please refer to job description and person specification.

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 12/02/2025.

Fairfield High School is part of the Excalibur Academies Trust, founded in 2012, we are one of 21 schools.

Fairfield is a school rated ‘Good’ – Ofsted.

Appointment to this post is dependent upon two satisfactory references, a satisfactory enhanced DBS check, and a clear pre-employment Health Assessment. Fairfield High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

In return we can offer:

Access to Local Government Pension Scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Free parking

Clear on-boarding and professional development pathways, including coaching. There are opportunities to share good practice within the Trust

CV’s will not be accepted.

We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Safeguarding Statement:

Excalibur Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer. The Trust is proud to serve a diverse student and parent community. The aims of the Trust’s recruitment policy are to ensure that the best possible staff are recruited on the basis of their merits, abilities and suitability for the position; to ensure that all job applicants are considered equally and consistently; to ensure that no job applicant is treated unfairly on any grounds including race, colour, nationality, ethic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, disability or age; and to ensure that the School meets its commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people by carrying out all necessary pre-employment checks.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Fairfield High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1077 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Fairfield High School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/fairfield-high-school-bristol (opens in new tab)

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