Secondary SENCo
Lipa Primary and High School, Liverpool, Merseyside, L1 7BTDeadline is tomorrow
Job start date
2 September 2024
Closing date
3 May 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
15 April 2024
Job details
Job role
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1-UPR3
Additional allowances
£3000 SEN Allowance
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications and training
- Qualified teacher status
- Award for SEN Co-ordination
- Degree
Experience
- Teaching experience
- Experience of working at a whole-school level
- Involvement in self-evaluation and development planning
- Experience of conducting training/leading INSET
Skills and knowledge
- Sound knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice
- Understanding of what makes ‘quality first’ teaching, and of effective intervention strategies
- Ability to plan and evaluate interventions
- Data analysis skills and the ability to use data to inform provision planning
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to build effective working relationships
- Ability to influence and negotiate
- Good record-keeping skills
Personal qualities
- Commitment to getting the best outcomes for pupils and promoting the ethos and values of the school
- Commitment to equal opportunities and securing good outcomes for pupils with SEN or a disability
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritise effectively
- Commitment to maintaining confidentiality at all times
- Commitment to safeguarding and equality
What the school offers its staff
LIPA Primary and High School is a growing all-through school in Liverpool City Centre with 560 pupils on roll, ranging from Reception to Year 9. We are also part of LIPA Multi Academy Trust.
We immerse children in the creative and performing arts to enrich teaching and learning in the early development of language, reading, writing and mathematics skills. We provide outstanding education, focusing strongly on English, Mathematics, Science and the creative and performing arts using an engaging curriculum, inspiring teachers and excellent learning resources to help pupils to enjoy and succeed in learning.Our school is a vibrant and exciting place to learn, where children are happy, engaged, motivated and well behaved.
You will be part of a well-supported and valued team.
All employees are enrolled into an Employee Assistance Programme, which offers support in and outside of school
Further details about the role
Commitment to safeguarding
LIPA Primary and High School is committed to the highest standards in protecting and safeguarding the children entrusted to our care.
Our school will support all children by:
Promoting a caring, safe and positive environment within the school
Encouraging self-esteem and self-assertiveness
Effectively tackling bullying and harassment
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to hr-enquiries@lipaprimary.org
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Lipa Primary and High School
- School type
- Free School, ages 4 to 16
- Education phase
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- School size
- 484 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Lipa Primary and High School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr-enquiries@lipaprimary.org
- Phone number
- 01519580020
Based in the centre of Liverpool, our school, sponsored by The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, opened in September 2014.
We are an all-through school that provides children with a broad and balanced curriculum and have a particular focus on the creative and performing arts. We currently have 560 children from Reception to Year 9, growing to Year 10 from September 2024.
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