Deputy SENDCo
Ratton School, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 2XRThis job expired on 25 September 2023
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
25 September 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
5 September 2023
Job details
Visa sponsorship
- No, visa sponsorship not available
Working pattern
- View all Full timejobs - Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
Additional allowances
TLR 2 (£4,686)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking an ambitious, inspirational, and passionate qualified teacher who is looking for an exciting new challenge as a Deputy SENDCo to work with our existing SENDCO to provide outstanding provision within SEND and oversee a coordinated approach to SEND across the academy.
With the SENDCo you will:
- have allocated leadership responsibilities within SEND as your primary focus.
- be accountable for student progress and development in line with allocated responsibilities, for example, interventions and/or a subject focus.
- ensure high standards of teaching and learning through continuously, developing and enhancing the quality of SEND support, both inside and outside the classroom.
- support subject leaders in ensuring that curriculum for the subject is well planned, logically sequenced and ensures students who have SEND to build up a deliberate body of knowledge and skills over time
- liaise with the pastoral teams to support the additional needs of students within each cohort
- ensure that all SEND policies and procedures are implemented and applied consistently by the colleagues that the postholder will line manage
- effectively and efficiently manage and deploy support staff, financial and physical resources that fit the SEND remit
- ensure that all students who have SEND develop in confidence, independence and readiness for their next steps
- oversee the referral process to the Mental Health Support Team (MHST) and allocation of student places
What the school offers its staff
If you share our vision and are a reflective, hard-working, and forward-thinking professional, we would very much like to hear from you. You will be joining an ambitious and highly supportive organisation which offers:
- An excellent induction programme for teachers joining the school.
- A strong commitment to professional development and putting staff first, which will improve your leadership skills, develop your understanding of whole school issues, and prepare you for the next stage in your career.
- Motivated, enthusiastic and well-behaved learners who respond very well to active and engaging teaching and work well independently.
- A strong team ethos across the department and whole school.
We offer an incentive package which includes:
- A comprehensive induction programme for new staff to the academy.
- On-going investment into your career development through appropriate CPD.
- Support and mentoring by a strong Senior Leadership Team and other experienced leaders.
- Access to the Bike 2 Work scheme allowing up to 42% discount on the cost of bikes and equipment.
- Full use of an employee assistance programme supporting wellbeing.
- Free breakfast of bagel/cereal/porridge/tea/orange juice.
- Staffroom with complimentary tea and coffee.
- Subsidised membership of Benenden Healthcare (affordable alternative to private health insurance).
- On-site parking.
- Free Breakfast Club/After School Club place for staff children at Ocklynge Junior School.
Enviable setting and extensive grounds.
Commitment to safeguarding
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About Ratton School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1194 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Ratton School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- lbarrow@ratton.co.uk
Ratton School became a converter academy on 1st of August 2012 and joined with Ocklynge Junior School on the 1st of December 2017 to form the South Downs Learning Trust. The aim of our trust is to provide an outstanding educational experience for all students in our schools. We want both schools to retain their own identity whilst working together to support the learning of everyone in the Trust community. Our aim is to develop a sustainable and exciting educational experience that places our students at the centre of all that we do.
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