Personalised Learning Coordinator
Ridgewood School, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN5 7UB7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible after appointment
Closing date
22 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
8 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £23,814.00 - £27,145.00 Annually (Actual)
Personalised Learning Coordinator job summary
Act as the gatekeeper for all Personalised Learning Provision (PLP) referrals, under the direction of the Senior Leader – Behaviour and Attendance, ensuring timely communication of outcomes to staff.
Collaborate with the Inclusion Team to provide tailored support and guidance for students accessing personalised learning.
Design, implement, and oversee personalised learning programmes for individual students or groups, ensuring progress is tracked and monitored.
Work closely with Heads of Department to resource and enhance the Star Centre’s curriculum offer, ensuring that it meets the diverse needs of students.
Liaise with families to support strong academic outcomes through clear and consistent communication, helping them provide effective support at home.
Coordinate access arrangements for students, including EAL support and exam provisions, ensuring their needs are identified and addressed appropriately.
Mentor students within the Star Centre, acting as key point of contact and providing regular updates on progress.
Develop and manage timetables for the Star Centre and LINK provision, ensuring staff are informed about students’ schedules and provisions.
Communicate effectively with staff regarding both short-term and long-term plans for students accessing personalised learning or alternative curricula.
Collaborate with the attendance team to support smooth transitions and positive starts for new admissions to Ridgewood, ensuring all necessary arrangements are in place.
Organise and run Star Centre detentions for identified students, providing a structured and restorative approach to behaviour management.
Administrative and Community Liaison Responsibilities:
Ensure the smooth operation of the Star Centre and LINK provision by maintaining an efficient administrative system and updating records regularly.
Engage actively with the Performance Management Review process.
Support the Inclusion Team in delivering targeted intervention groups that align with the specific needs of students.
Maintain a collaborative working environment by attending meetings, INSET, and other staff development opportunities.
Health, Safety, and Welfare:
Take responsibility for personal health, safety, and welfare, as well as that of others who may be affected by your actions or inactions.
Comply with all health, safety, and welfare policies set by the school.
Miscellaneous:
Uphold and promote the school’s distinctive mission, ethos, and policies.
Dress professionally in accordance with the school dress code.
Perform other reasonable duties as requested by the Headteacher to meet the evolving needs of the school.
Undertake appropriate training to enhance the effectiveness of your role.
37 hours per week term time only + 1 day. Daily hours to cover the school working day.
Commitment to safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Ridgewood School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1457 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Ridgewood School website (opens in new tab)
Staff and students at Ridgewood work hard every day to embody the school’s core values: Respect, Responsibility and Resilience. We are enjoying a trajectory of continued success and look forward to welcoming a successful applicant who can join us on our journey. We are incredibly proud of the progress we have made as a school, having laid strong foundations for further improvement going forward.
Our school motto, ‘Prepare for the road ahead’, represents our belief in preparing our staff and students for their future. We exemplify our motto not only in terms of academic achievement, but also in terms of the training, enrichment and experiences which make us all model citizens. Our school values underpin what we do and contribute to our ethos in everything we undertake as a school community. We set our standards high and do not compromise, because we believe in the best for everyone.
Never has there been a better time to join us. We are in the early stages of planning a multi-million-pound new build that will ensure that the staff and students benefit from 21st Century resources. We are regularly oversubscribed in Year 7 and our Post-16 provision is thriving.
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