Regional SENDCo
Civitas Academy, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 7HLThis 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.
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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
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Civitas Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- Rachael.stevenson@reach2.org
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