Inclusion Lead
Shaftesbury School, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8ERThis job expired on 13 October 2021 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 January 2022
Closing date
13 October 2021 at 9am
Date listed
24 September 2021
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Leadership Scale Point 9 (£51,402 per annum)
Inclusion Lead job summary
Job title: Inclusion Lead
Start Date: Immediate Start or 1 January 2022
Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 October 2021 at 9am
Interviews: Wednesday, 20 October 2021
Salary: Leadership scale point 9 (approx £51,402 per annum)
Contract: Permanent
Contract Type: Full-time – 37 hours
Contact Details:
School Office - 01747 854498
Website - https://shaftesburyschool.co.uk/
E-mail - HR@shaftesburyschool.co.uk
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and resourceful Inclusion Lead to join our leadership team at Shaftesbury School. This post represents an outstanding opportunity for an enthusiastic, well-qualified and inspirational SEN specialist teacher interested in developing their career in a school that is fully supportive of the importance of inclusion and ensuring that students achieve to the best of their ability.
As a member of the Leadership Team, the successful candidate would be expected to help shape the future of the school, making a contribution to its strategic development. This would include such activities as:
• Contribution to Quality Assurance processes such as lesson observations, learning walks etc
• Responsibility for the SEND section of the school improvement plan and SEF
• Drawing up and implementing action plans to further improve the quality of SEND/ medical provision within the school
• Attendance at Leadership meetings
• Supporting colleagues with the school with ‘on calls’, behaviour management and providing quality CPD with a SEND/ medical specific focus
The successful candidate would lead a team of experienced Learning Support Mentors and be responsible for their effective deployment and line management, to best ensure value for money and meaningful support for students with SEND and medical needs.
We are looking for someone who is committed to raising standards for all students; has strong leadership and organization skills; can take responsibility for specialist teaching staff and designated Learning Support Mentors and who can effectively liaise with relevant staff, external agencies and parents.
The successful candidate will:
• Be able to work positively and effectively with students who present challenging behaviour.
• Be proactive and have the ability to build positive relationships with pupils, staff and parents/ carers.
• Be responsible for the day to day operation of the Learning Hub, ensuring effective and efficient systems are in place that creates an inclusive ethos, along with consistent data tracking and monitoring.
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding responsibilities associated with this role will include engagement in regulatory activity, such as administering first aid or supporting an upset child. It will have contact with young people on a day-to day basis. SAST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will meet the person specification and is subject to an enhanced DBS and Children’s Barred List check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
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About Shaftesbury School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 905 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Shaftesbury School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@shaftesburyschool.co.uk
Shaftesbury School is 11-18 school which also has an international boarding house facilities serving students from around the globe. Shaftesbury School is successful in gaining good results for its students at both GCSE and A-level. The Sixth Form students have an excellent record of success in gaining university entrance. We are a very proud school which attracts students from around the local Dorset area.
Shaftesbury School has been a place of learning for over 200 years. The school and town have seen many changes over the years but what has not changed is our commitment to education and our core values ‘aspiration, action and achievement’ for all pupils.
The school is also one of 38 state boarding schools in the country and this provides a unique atmosphere to our community and one that we are extremely proud of. We value the diversity and internationalism that our boarders bring and recognise how valuable their contributions can be. We are a local school, with an international outlook.
Shaftesbury School is a wonderful place to work and has a special atmosphere and feel. It became an academy in June 2014 to sustain the quality of our outstanding provision. We joined Sherborne Area Schools’ Trust (SAST) in July 2020 and are now part of a family of 17 schools in the local area.
Shaftesbury is a beautiful rural country town that has easy road and close rail links to London, Bath, Bristol, Exeter and the glorious Dorset coast. North Dorset and the south west of England combines the space and beauty of the Dorset countryside with a variety of famous sites, events and activities for all.
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