SENDCo
Bluecoat Wollaton Academy, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 1EA4 days remaining to apply
Job start date
29 August 2024
Closing date
6 May 2024 at 9am
Date listed
18 April 2024
Job details
Job role
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership 01 - 08
What skills and experience we're looking for
Essential Experience
- Experience as a middle leader.
- Led EHCP, HLN and admissions process.
- A proven track record for promoting high standards, particularly in promoting effective SEND provision within the primary phase.
- Led and managed others to deliver best practice.
- Direct experience of supporting staff and pupils in a mainstream setting.
- Effectively led meetings involving a range of stakeholders.
- Working with professionals from different agencies.
- Relevant teaching experience or teaching practice.
- Record of successful educational leadership, for at least two years within a secondary setting.
- Monitoring, evaluating and reviewing classroom and assessment practice and promoting improvement strategies.
- Experience of working with secondary aged children with a wide variety of learning needs.
- Experience of working in partnership with a wide range of stake holders including parents, governors, and a range of professionals from other agencies.
Essential Skills and Abilities
- Ability to work effectively with students with a range of needs, including complex and challenging needs
- Ability to use innovative, active teaching methods;
- Effective communications and an ability to work in collaborative partnership with the full range of people associated with the Trust – children, staff, parents and other professionals;
- Ability to use data effectively to drive school improvement;
- Good interpersonal skills and an ability to work effectively in and support and manage teams;
- Good organisational skills;
- Ability to work with students with a range of needs;
- Ability to lead by example and provide a clear direction;
- Ability to work as part of a team and motivate others;
- Ability to monitor and evaluate teaching and learning and implement strategies for improvement;
- Ability to solve everyday problems by using initiative, flexibility and creativity;
- Good organisation and time management skills;
- Ability to work under pressure and remain calm and positive;
- Good/outstanding classroom practitioner;
- Ability to use innovative, active teaching methods;
- Well developed and effective communication skills, written and verbal;
- Ability to use data effectively to drive school improvement;
- Good interpersonal skills and an ability to work effectively in and support and manage teams;
- Ability to use ICT as a learning/admin tool in education leadership;
What the school offers its staff
- Archway benefits to include shopping discounts and competitions
- A free and confidential employee assistance programme offering counselling and advice
- Access to Teachers’ Pensions
- Access to discounted travel schemes
- Cycle to work scheme
- Comprehensive training and support
- Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
- Eye care voucher scheme
- Free flu vaccine
- Access to e-learning and development
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to the satisfactory completion of an enhanced DBS check, Barred List check, the receipt of satisfactory references, online searches and any other statutory checks that are required for the post. We are an equal opportunities employer.
Applying for the job
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About Bluecoat Wollaton Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 781 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Bluecoat Wollaton Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- HR@archwaytrust.co.uk
- Phone number
- 0115 900 7210
Arranging a visit to Bluecoat Wollaton Academy
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