SENCO
School 21, Stratford, E15 4RZThis job expired on 23 September 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 January 2025
Closing date
23 September 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
9 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 25 hours a week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- As per the experience
What skills and experience we're looking for
Experience - Essential :
At least four years teaching experience
Evidence of continuing professional development (specifically in the area of SEN)
Evidence of working collaboratively with colleagues
Experience of leading a team of teachers on a curriculum initiative
Experience of setting targets and monitoring, evaluating and recording progress
Desirable :
Experience teaching across the age range of the school, dealing with a range of SEN.
Experience and understanding of Access Arrangements with a working knowledge of JCQ regulations.
Experience of training other teachers or staff groups
Previous experience as a SENCO or an Assistant SENCO
Skills: The SENCO will be able to:
Empathise with the difficulties of pupils with SEN in accessing the curriculum
Organise and sustain systematic support from a variety of providers for a range of needs and disabilities
Manage the co-ordination and deployment of teaching assistants to support pupils with SEN
Advise and motivate teaching staff to meet the needs of pupils with SEN in lessons
Present clearly a wide range of specialised information to both educationalists and non-educationalists.
Make consistent judgements based on careful analysis of available evidence
Model excellent practice
Demonstrate good written and oral communication skills.
Demonstrate good presentation skills with the ability to enthuse and motivate others
Confident in the use of information and communication technology
Good influencing and negotiation skills.
What the school offers its staff
They will be part of a highly talented and committed department. They will play a vital role in the development of the school's SEND provision and oversight of the day-to-day operation of that policy with the aim of raising SEN pupil achievement ensuring that every pupil meets their full potential
Further details about the role
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 School 21
- School type
- Free School, ages 4 to 18
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 1118 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- School 21 website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- ssaxena@school21.org.uk
School location
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