Director of SEND and inclusion

More than one location, Quality First Education Trust

4 days remaining to apply

Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
7 May 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
22 April 2024

Job details

Job role: Head of department or curriculum
SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern: Part time, flexible: Between two and five days a week, depending on the circumstances of the right candidate. (Two or three days per week in a central leadership role, with the option to work for us full time by taking on an additional school-based SEND leadership responsibility).
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £58,500 to £65,007
Pay scale: Leadership scale L3 to L8 (Inner London) dependent on experience

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for a qualified SEND/inclusion leader (NaSENCO qualification or equivalent) to work across our trust in a non-class-based role.

You will be an experienced primary school practitioner, who has successfully led and developed provision in one or more schools.

You will be passionate about supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to achieve and succeed.

You will have some experience of curriculum and policy development in relation to SEND, as well as training, developing and supporting other staff.

You'll have a good understanding of different aspects of SEND, and good knowledge of the SEN code of practice. You'll have an interest in current educational issues, recent developments and significant legislative changes in this area.

You will be a positive, proactive, collaborative person with great interpersonal skills, who works and communicates well with children and adults.

You will be flexible and happy to undertake some travel. Our trust central team is based in Battersea/Clapham, but you will work across our four south London primary schools, which means visiting and supporting our school-based teams when required.

What the school offers its staff

This role is an exciting opportunity to develop and support provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and play a significant role in influencing outcomes for hundreds of children.

Quality First Education (Q1E) is a successful Multi-Academy Trust with four primary schools on five sites across south London. You will be part of our excellent, dynamic, friendly central team who provide support to school-based colleagues.

Our schools are:

Belleville Primary School, a large, popular, outstanding school in Battersea, with over 900 pupils on two sites and a focus on positive learning behaviour and high expectations for all children;

Belleville Wix Academy in Battersea, which uniquely shares its site with a French school and offers an English/French bilingual stream in addition to its mainstream English provision;

Churchfields Primary School, a popular school in Beckenham with fantastic grounds, a Forest School and a small resource base for children for children with severe and complex needs;

The Alton Primary School in Roehampton, a one-form entry school right next to beautiful Richmond Park, with an on-site resource base (The Woodland Centre) for children with autism and associated learning difficulties.

Our schools are linked together by a relentless drive for improvement, excellence and equality. Together we provide a high-quality education for the children we serve. One of our core principles is the belief that “the quality of an education system (or school) cannot exceed the quality of its teachers” (McKinsey 2007). This lies at the centre of what we do and how we operate.

Our four schools have many differences, but they are united in having fantastic and welcoming staff teams, a shared curriculum, and consistent Q1E structures to support them. We have a well developed, outstanding curriculum and strong systems in place to help children achieve. Staff benefit from a supportive, developmental environment with plenty of opportunities for career growth.

This is an exciting time for us and we want the best people to join us as we grow further. We would love to hear from you.

Further details about the role

Please download the job specification for more about this role.

You can also read our Q1E Teacher Pack for more details of our school and our trust, or visit https://www.q1e.co.uk/join-us/.

Please email your completed application and equal opportunities forms to recruitment@q1e.org.uk by noon on Tuesday 7th May 2024. We do not accept CVs. All roles are subject to an enhanced DBS with barred list check.

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.