SENDCo (3days)
Millbrook Park Primary School, London, NW7 1JFThis job expired on 20 June 2019 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2019
Closing date
20 June 2019 at 1am
Date listed
4 June 2019
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Full-time equivalent salary
- Main pay range 4 to Upper pay range 2, £33,047 to £41,801 per year (full-time equivalent)
SENDCo (3days) job summary
Millbrook has been growing since it opened in 2014 and has become a vibrant Church of England school, with nursery to Year 5. Our final year group will open in September 2020. We are very pleased to be offering the key post of Inclusion Lead to help us to continue to support all our pupils. Millbrook is a well-resourced, purpose built school with a diverse community.
You would be working with an enthusiastic staff team who joined the school with an interest in helping it grow into a very special place for children.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and strongly encouraged.
Please download the LDBS application form and return your completed application form by email to Mrs Gill Finney, Administrator, Millbrook Park School, School House Lane, London, NW7 1JF. Telephone: 020 3137 5924 or admin@millbrookparkschool.ldbsact.org CV applications can’t be accepted.
Closing date: Thursday 20th June 2019
Shortlisting: Friday 21st June 2019
Interview date: Monday 24th June 2019
Job Description
Post: Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Co-ordinator
Job Purpose: To co-ordinate and monitor the delivery of SEND provision across the school. To support SEND children and the staff working with them to ensure best outcomes.
Duties:
The duties outlined in this job description are in addition to those covered by the latest School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document. It may be modified by the Head Teacher, with your agreement, to reflect or anticipate changes in the job, commensurate with the salary and job title.
Teaching and Learning
• Support teachers and learning support staff in the identification of the most effective teaching approaches for pupils with SEND and influence the whole Teaching and Learning policy to promote aspects of inclusive teaching.
• Monitor teaching and learning activities to meet the needs of pupils with SEND
• To monitor the achievements and welfare of children, and to follow up the progress reviews, liaising with the pastoral team and parents when appropriate. Lead the annual review meetings.
• Support the SLT in meeting statutory responsibilities for the Education, Health and Care Plans (EHC plans) and their Annual Review.
• Liaise with other schools to ensure continuity of support and learning when transferring pupils with SEND.
• Support developments and initiatives to improve standards in literacy and numeracy as well as access to the wider curriculum.
• To ensure effective learning in a safe environment
Recording and Assessment
• Set targets for raising achievement among pupils with SEND
• Collect and interpret specialist assessment data and use this to inform practice
• Set up systems for identifying, assessing and reviewing SEND
• Establish and monitor interventions to support children with their progress and learning
• Update the SLT and governing body on the effectiveness of provision for pupils with SEND; maintain the information on SEND on the school website.
• Develop understanding of learning needs and the importance of raising achievement among pupils, particularly those who receive the pupil premium grant.
• Oversee and monitor the quality of IEPs and other support plans such as pastoral or behaviour support plans and maintaining detailed information for subsequent meetings with parents.
• Keep parents and carers informed about their child's progress.
• Prepare, collate and write reports for high needs children who require additional support.
Leadership of SEND provision
• Monitoring the quality of SEND support by establishing effective systems to identify and meet the needs of pupils, whilst ensuring that the systems are coordinated, evaluated and regularly reviewed.
• Ensure an appropriate cost-effective provision map is in place and regularly monitored for impact.
• Up-to-date knowledge of National and local initiatives which may impact upon policy and practice, including the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2014, Children and Families Act 2014 and the Equality Act 2010 and SEND Code of Practice 2014.
• Encourage all members of staff to recognise and fulfil their statutory responsibilities to pupils with SEND.
• To support the school with its Christian Distinctiveness.
• Provide training opportunities for learning support staff and teachers to learn about SEND
• Disseminate good practice in SEND across the school.
• Identify resources needed to meet the needs of pupils with SEND; advise the leadership team of priorities for expenditure and manage the SEND budget.
• To contribute to the school’s development plan.
• Develop links with other professionals, agencies, governors and neighbouring schools.
• Management of LSA team on a day to basis inclusive of performance management and strategic deployment throughout the school.
• Strategic lead for the support of very able learners inclusive of tracking and deployment of appropriate intervention strategies.
• To construct and monitor the timetables of the SEND support team.
• Comply and have input to the school's Improvement Plan.
• Participate in staff training when relevant to the post
Undertake such duties that may be required from time to time at the request of the Headteacher
Millbrook Park Church of England Primary School are committed to safeguarding, inclusive practice and equal opportunities for all. All job offers will be subject to successful DBS and reference checks.
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.
About Millbrook Park Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 440 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Millbrook Park Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- admin@millbrookparkschool.ldbsact.org
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