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Maidstone Grammar School for Girls, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0SFThis job expired on 28 January 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
April or September 2025
Closing date
28 January 2025 at 8am
Date listed
10 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS TLR 2B £5,639 pa
Additional allowances
TLR 2B £5,639 pa
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking a qualified teacher to be our SENCO and lead our SEND Department. The successful candidate will have an understanding of statutory processes around SEND, for example, those related to requesting and maintaining Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs). The successful candidate will manage the students’ support room as well as line managing our SEN team, which currently includes two SEND and Medical Needs Coordinators and a TA. This post carries a 50% teaching load. Applications are welcome from any subject area, but there is a preference for English, Drama or Mathematics.
We would be happy to receive applications from teachers without the NASENCo qualification, but there is a requirement that this qualification will be completed and achieved within the first year in the role.
The successful candidate would be joining a friendly and driven team of staff, all dedicated to positive outcomes for our pupils.
We welcome applications from candidates who can demonstrate:
Current SENCO experience or willing to train to gain the NASENCo qualification
An outstanding and enthusiastic classroom practitioner with a proven track record of raising standards for all, but especially children with additional needs
Ability to promote the needs of SEND students and ensuring all are making their best endeavours to support SEND students
A strong commitment to well-being and mental health of others
Experience of developing effective partnerships with staff, parents and the wider community agencies
Willingness to lead training on one to one basis, or with groups.
What the school offers its staff
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is a very successful selective girls’ school of 1270 students with a mixed sixth form of approximately 360. MGGS has been appointed by the Department for Education as a Regional Computer Hub in recognition of the expertise the school has evidenced in Computing Education and will take a lead in training teachers across the south east in the delivery of Computing. The post offers the opportunity to work with intellectually able young people in a supportive and friendly environment. Staff benefits include strong support for professional development and healthcare scheme.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our School and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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About Maidstone Grammar School for Girls
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1274 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Maidstone Grammar School for Girls website
- Email address
- mstarns@mggs.org
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is a very successful selective girls’ school of 1,270 students with a mixed sixth form of approximately 360. Ofsted judged us to be outstanding and our examination results reflect this. We are a happy, thriving community, with a long standing tradition of excellence in all that we do. We have been an Advanced Thinking School since 2015. The post offers the opportunity to work with intellectually able young people in a supportive and friendly environment. Staff benefits include strong support for professional development.
“Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is an outstanding school” (Ofsted March 2023)
If you wish to find out more about MGGS please visit our website at https://www.mggs.org/ and to take a virtual tour please visit https://youtu.be/kuqmn-D4AJY
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