SENCo Assistant
The Meads Primary School, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 2UE6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
11 July 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
4 July 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £12,083.00 - £13,166.00 Annually (Actual) Pay Award Pending
SENCo Assistant job summary
The Headteacher and the Governors of The Meads Primary School are seeking to appoint a patient, calm and committed SENCo Assistant to work in close liaison with the SENCo/Assistant Headteacher to support pupils with varying special educational needs. This post is available for a September start.
The successful candidate will support, advise, and guide classroom teachers and support staff in providing high quality SEN education and provision within the schools. Alongside supporting the pupils, you will also be responsible for providing specific SEN administration support which will include writing and taking minutes for meetings as well as preparing important documents to be completed by the SENCo or other teaching staff.
You will join our friendly and dedicated team and will be supported by experienced colleagues.
The ideal candidate will need to:
Be enthusiastic about learning
Be committed to getting the best from children
Be a warm and confident person who can work well with all children
Be able to work well with children who exhibit challenging behaviour
Be patient and creative in your approach to teaching and learning
Be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Have the ability to communicate with children and members of staff clearly and accurately
Have the ability to work as part of a team or alone as necessary
Play a full part in the life of the school community, supporting the ethos of the school, and encouraging staff, parents and pupils to do likewise.
Have experience of working in an educational setting
If this is you …… then we may be the school for you!
The post is for 18.75 hours per week, which can be worked flexibly over 5 days, term-time plus 5 days for INSET
The Meads is a happy, fun and exciting place to work – we are looking for the best people possible, so you will need to be highly motivated, committed, energetic, with good qualifications; this could be an ideal position for someone at the start of their teaching journey, or someone looking for a change.
Visits to the school are very welcome and highly encouraged; Please call our School Business Manager, Miss Ansell, on 01582 490905 or email finance@themeads.primaryluton.co.uk to arrange a visit.
In the meantime, check out our Facebook page and visit our website – www.meads.luton.sch.uk – to see our work and find out more about us.
You will be notified, via My New Term, as soon as possible after, if you have been shortlisted for the post.
We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date. Therefore, an early application is strongly advised.
Please note that if you are shortlisted for this role, or an alternative role, an online name search will be undertaken, as per Keeping Children Safe in Education. The purpose of the search is to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the school might want to explore with you at interview. Further information on how online searches will be undertaken can be found in our schools Recruitment and Selection Policy
Applicants from ethnic minorities are very welcome.
CVs will not be accepted for any posts based in schools. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Commitment to safeguarding
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Applying for the job
Using the application form
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
About The Meads Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 536 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Meads Primary School website (opens in new tab)
We are a large primary school with approximately 520 pupils on roll at the moment and with a capacity for 630 pupils in the future.
The Meads Primary School is a friendly, Values-based School, situated in the Limbury Mead area of the vibrant and diverse town of Luton, with a strong, nurturing ethos. Rated ‘good’ in all areas by OFSTED in 2018, we have been awarded several accolades over the years, including Quality Lead Status for our work in raising the achievement and aspiration of all pupils by Achievement for All, and the prestigious Values Education Mark, recognising the excellent work of the school in promoting and engendering positive values in our children and across our curriculum. Most recently we achieved a Gold rating from Modeshift stars for our work in promoting sustainable travel to and from school and have been accredited with the Primary Science Quality Mark for our work in developing science across the school. We encourage children and staff to develop a ‘growth mindset’ when it comes to their potential to ‘build their brains’ and be the best they can be.
Our school ethos is positive, friendly and welcoming with the aim of providing a fun, safe and nurturing environment in which pupils are valued and want to participate, and children enjoy their time with us. Our core values of kindness, resilience, respect, responsibility and joy reflect our school and the children who come here.
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