EXPIRED

This job expired on 2 January 2024 – see similar jobs

  • Start date details

    Easter 2024 or September 2024

  • Closing date

    2 January 2024 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    27 November 2023

Job details

Job role

  • SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: Permanent – Term-time only plus 5 days

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Leadership Scale Points 6-10 (subject to job evaluation)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Do you want the chance to actively contribute to the process of shaping England’s largest primary academy trust?

Do you want to be part of a leadership team which is passionate about making a difference to the lives of children?

Do you have the passion and motivation to inspire others, and the ability to lead change and deliver excellence?

Do you have specific skills in SEND?

If you answered ‘Yes’ to all of the above, then REAch2 might just have the perfect post for you!

We are seeking to appoint two exceptional individuals asRegional SENDCo, to help raise the quality of education, provisions, attainment and opportunities for children across REAch2 and to support the implementation and embedding of our REAch2 SEND Strategy. With a national reach and over 60 primary schools divided into two regions, the Regional SENDCo will report directly into REAch2’s Head of SEND and work with individual schools, clusters, school leaders and the wider education team.

This is an exciting new role for someone who is passionate about developing Special Educational Needs provision and supporting the Trust. To be successful in this role you will have:

  • Experience in the analysis of performance data for the purposes of target setting and evaluation.
  • Experience of having led, or made a significant contribution to, the success of a school, through its leadership, pupil outcomes and ethos.
  • Experience of supporting staff to optimise attainment and progress of pupils, especially those with SEND.
  • Extensive experience of successfully and effectively working with children with a wide range of significant barriers to learning.

What the school offers its staff

We offer a flexible work location for this role, paid travel, very competitive salary plus membership of the generous Teachers Pension Scheme, A wide range of professional development opportunities and the opportunity to work with some of the best educational professionals in the country,

As part of REAch2 employee benefits we also offer an eye care scheme, access to an Employee Assistance Programme for you and your immediate family and membership of ‘perks at work’ – which includes discounts on holidays, shopping, family days out and much more.

REAch2 is working towards improving the diversity of the governance and leadership of the Trust, and the experience for our staff from diverse backgrounds. We are keen to hear from all candidates with the appropriate experience who feel they can make a real contribution to leading our Trust. If you can bring a fresh perspective to the challenges we face whether through your background as someone from an ethnic minority or you live with a disability (visible or not), are open about your faith, religion or belief or about being LGBTQ+, your application will receive a warm welcome. As will applications from all suitable candidates.

Further details about the role

One of the main areas of focus initially will be the targeting of those schools with the highest number of outstanding EHCP assessments and supporting with collating paperwork and chasing outstanding evidence. Therefore, it would be desirable that the successful individuals have extensive experience of the graduated response and needs assessment processes.

This is a home-based position that will involve travel to schools in your assigned clusters on a regular basis. The cluster grouping is as follows:

Regional SENDCo One

Cluster 1 – Cannock, Staffordshire, Telford and Wolverhampton

Cluster 2 – Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire and Lichfield

Cluster 3 – Rugby, Atherstone, Birmingham and Nuneaton

Cluster 4 – Letchworth Garden City, Hitchin, Harlow and Aylesbury

Cluster 9 – Reading (Dark Blue)

Regional SENDCo Two

Cluster 5 – Lowestoft and Beccles

Cluster 6 – Essex, Clacton on Sea, Colchester and Ipswich

Cluster 7 – Croydon and West Sussex

Cluster 8 – Kent, Gravesend, Bexley Heath, Purfleet and Deptford

Cluster 10 – London – Waltham Forest, Chigwell, Dagenham, Leyton and Romford

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.

This job post has expired.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Civitas Academy

School type
Academy, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
View all Primaryjobs
School size
405 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11

School location

Similar jobs nearby

SENDco/SRP Vice Principal

Lake Farm Park Academy

Botwell Common Road, Hayes, Middlesex, UB3 1JA

SENCo Class Teacher

Western House Academy

Richards Way, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 5TJ

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Reading and Berkshire