SENCO Leadership Roles
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Job start date
1 September 2020
Closing date
20 April 2020 at 9am
Date listed
18 March 2020
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Full-time equivalent salary
- Lead Practitioners range 4 to Lead Practitioners range 7, £44,218 to £47,707
Additional allowances
A wider package of staff benefits available
SENCO Leadership Roles job summary
Assistant Headteacher with responsibility for whole school special educational needs SENCO); line manager of support assistants; oversee provision of interventions and reporting on outcomes.
Strategic lead on Attendance, supported by the Learning Mentor.
Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead
Statutory
The appointment is subject to the current conditions of employment of Assistant Headteacher contained in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document, the 1998 School Standards and Framework Act, the required standards for Qualified Teacher Status and other current legislation.
Purpose of the Job:
The SENCO, under the direction of the headteacher, will:
• Determine the strategic development of special educational needs (SEND) policy and provision in the school
• Be responsible for day-to-day operation of the SEND policy, implementation of the local offer and co-ordination of specific provision to support individual pupils with SEND
• Provide professional guidance to colleagues, working closely with staff, parents and other agencies
• The SENCO will also be expected to fulfil the professional responsibilities of a teacher, and teach classes, or groups when required (up to 2 days per week if required).
For more detailed Job Description and Person Specification please see attached Recruitment Pack.
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.
About Whitkirk Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 407 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@rklt.co.uk
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