SEND and Inclusion Manager

Matthew Arnold School, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9JE

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Jan 2025 or earliest available start date

• Closing date

  6 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  9 December 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £27,708.00 - £29,998.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 9, dependent on experience

SEND and Inclusion Manager job summary

Responsible to: Assistant Headteacher (Inclusion) and SENDCo

Salary Scale: Grade 9

Working Time: 35 hours per week; 39 weeks (term time plus Inset days)

Application Deadline - 9 December, at Noon, however we reserve the right to interview candidates as they apply and close the advert early.

Job Purpose:

• To support the whole school work of the AHT Inclusion and SENDCo in relation to priority pupils

• To manage the SEND review cycle, and contribute to the SEND Annual Review process

• To manage and deploy support staff, line managing core LSAs under the supervision of the SENDCo

• To liaise with internal staff and external agencies to ensure the needs of students on the SEND register are met

• To work with the SENDCo and Transition Co-ordinator to provide enhanced transition for learners with SEND

• To support all colleagues to identify and meet the needs of our students with SEND

Principal Responsibilities

• The day to day management, control and operation of provision within the Faculty, including effective deployment of Learning Support Assistant (LSA) and other support staff and physical resources, and keeping appropriate records
• Under the direction of the SENDCo, to collate and update provision mapping of interventions in school for students with SEND or those who are cared for
• To manage the SEN Review process so that accurate and up to date student profiles are available and all teachers are supported to act as a reviewer
• To support the Annual Review process for students with an EHCP - taking the lead on a proportion of reviews, funding requests and applications for an EHCNA
• To maintain the SEND and cared for children registers, updating systems and disseminating relevant information as required
• To implement school policies and procedures, including Health and Safety
• To actively monitor, keep up to date with, and respond to national SEND Code of Practice updates
• To liaise with the Exam Access Arrangements Co-ordinator and the Examinations Officer, and ensure that student profiles are updated in respect of agreed concessions

R Requirements

• Educated to A level standards or equivalent, including 5 GCSE at Grade C/Level 4 or Above (which includes Mathematics and English)
• Successful and recent school experience, developing trusting relationships with children with SEND or other barriers to learning
• Experience of liaising with external agencies and families
• Good knowledge of SEND Code of Practice

How to Apply

Please complete the application for on My New Term. If you have any further questions please contact Jeremiah at hrwest@acertrust.org.uk .

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

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About Matthew Arnold School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1285 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Matthew Arnold School website (opens in new tab)
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Matthew Arnold is a popular and successful school on the edge of Oxford with an excellent local reputation. We are focussed on improving outcomes for every student and are committed to staff development to support this.

The school is part of the Acer Trust family of schools so there is opportunity to share expertise and experiences and enjoy professional development with more than one school. Our induction programmes give strong support to NQTs.

We offer defined-benefit public sector pension schemes (Teachers Pension, Local Government Pension Scheme), a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme, good bus links, car and cycle parking.

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