SENCO
Stockham Primary School, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9HL7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
6 January 2025 at 3pm
Date listed
16 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time (Can be done as a job share): 3 Days (19.5 hours) Temporary until Summer 25. Possibility that role may become permanent
Contract type
- Fixed term - August 2025
Pay scale
- M1-M6
Additional allowances
SEN Allowance
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to appoint a SENDCo to lead the continued development of provision, support and teaching of students with additional needs. The successful candidate will demonstrate a drive, resilience and enthusiasm to ensure that students’ progress and succeed.
We are looking for a dedicated individual that will join our leadership team and help drive forward our SEND provision.
The successful candidate will be responsible for day to day operation of the SEN policy and coordination of specific provisions to support individual pupils with SEN at our school. You will provide professional guidance to colleagues, working closely with staff, parents and other agencies.
We are looking for someone who:
- Has the SENDCo qualification or is working towards achieving this.
- Is an outstanding communicator and team player who is able to work under pressure
- Has a ‘can do’ attitude and a desire to deliver excellence as the school continues to grow.
- Has effective behaviour management skills
You will lead the strategic direction for SEND support in the school and, along with a Teaching Assistant team you will ensure the school meets our statutory duties in SEND.
Working with senior colleagues you will be able to influence the curriculum teaching, and support young people across the school, whilst participating in wider Minerva Learning Trust networks.
A full job description and person specification is available below, but in short you must:
- Have experience of working with students with SEN
- Be able to work as part of a team
- Have high expectations of young people regarding learning, independence and behaviour
- Be able to forge positive links and relationships with young people, parents and colleagues
- Be familiar with the legal requirements linked to the SENDCo role.
- The ability to converse at ease with families and external agencies and provide accurate and clear advice
What the school offers its staff
Continued Professional Development
Pension Scheme
Flexible working opportunities
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.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Stockham Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 213 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Stockham Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- mdoyle@stockham.oxon.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01235 764407
About Stockham Primary School
This is a wonderful opportunity to join an aspirational and inclusive
school, with strong roots embedded in its local community. Stockham
is a school set in the rapidly expanding town of Wantage in South
Oxfordshire, and is committed to providing its life-long learners with
confidence, ambition and independence. At the heart of its ethos, the
school proactively maintains a warmth for the individual child and their
family.
Our aim, and school motto, reflects the spirit of the nearby nesting red
kites, often seen gliding above the playing field. Every child is given
the tools and opportunities to ‘Soar High’, inclusive of all starting points
and the school strives to ensure all children have the skills to be the
best they can be. The school culture reflects exceptionally positive
attitudes for learning, for community and for life.
School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
Education phase : Primary
School size: 211 pupils enrolled
Age range: 4 to 11
School website: http://www.stockham.oxon.sch.uk/web/
Arranging a visit to Stockham Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email mdoyle@stockham.oxon.sch.uk.
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