SENCO
Thorntree Primary School, London, SE7 8AEThis job expired on 5 February 2020 – see similar jobs
Job start date
20 April 2020
Closing date
5 February 2020 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
21 January 2020
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Full-time equivalent salary
- Main pay range 1 to Main pay range 6, £29,664 to £40,372 per year (full-time equivalent)
Additional allowances
TLR dependent on experience
SENCO job summary
Job Purpose
To assist the Headteacher in ensuring inclusive practice is developed to promote the highest standards of achievement for all.
Strategic Direction and Development of the School
• Assist the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team in formulating the school’s aims and objectives and policies for their implementation relating to Inclusive Practice.
• Support all staff in achieving the priorities and targets the school sets and monitor the progress towards meeting them.
• Give leadership to staff in organising and implementing an appropriate curriculum for the school particularly for pupils who are at risk of underachieving or with barriers to learning, such as special educational needs, specific linguistic and cultural needs, behavioural difficulties and those who are gifted and talented.
• Assist the Headteacher and SLT in giving strategic direction to develop a positive and constructive partnership with parents of children entitled to Pupil Premium and the local community.
• Assist the Headteacher in safeguarding procedures.
Teaching and Learning
• Undertake the duties of a teacher in line with the most recent Teacher Pay and Conditions Document where appropriate.
• Assist the Senior Leadership Team in ensuring that the progress of all pupils is monitored and that there are common and uniform methods of assessment, recording and reporting throughout the school.
• Organise, monitor and evaluate the range of intervention strategies employed throughout the school ensuring that resources, both human and material, are targeted correctly towards those pupils requiring additional support and to ensure equal opportunities for all.
• Support class teachers to assess and identify the needs of any pupils with barriers to learning or who are at risk of underachieving including those with SEN/D, EAL, Gifted and Talented pupils and children entitled to Pupil Premium funding.
• Support teachers in their planning to meet the needs of children with SEN/D.
• Work with teams across the school to deliver effective teaching in the classroom.
• Be instrumental in devising manageable curriculum planning systems to incorporate individual and group needs in line with the School Development Plan.
• Prepare Action Plans for this area of learning.
Leading and Managing People
• Coordinate the deployment of LSAs and assist the Senior Leadership Team in the line management of LSAs.
• Assist in identifying staff training needs and implement, coordinate and lead INSET in relation to Inclusive Practice.
• Ensure members of staff are well informed of SEN/D aspects of daily school life in order to promote good communication and high morale. Encourage the practice of working as a team.
Other Duties and Responsibilities
• Ensure the implementation of a policy of pastoral care for all pupils in liaison with the Learning Mentor.
• Organise and lead meetings involving parents and/or relevant professions such as TAC meetings, Annual Review and PSP meetings.
• Coordinate the involvement of outside agency professionals involved in the support of children with additional needs.
• Provide for liaison and co-operation between the school and the Local Authority – making such reports as will enable the authority to discharge its function.
• Provide for liaison and co-operation with other schools, particularly in relation to transition and transfer of pupils.
• Identify, organise and deliver effective training sessions for parents to raise standards.
• Work closely with the Senior Leadership Team to identify children and families who require support or intervention, and lead on devising action plans and reviews to maximise the impact of this work.
Commitment to safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
About Thorntree Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 202 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Thorntree Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- sao@thorntree.greenwich.sch.uk
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