SENDCo
Mile Cross Primary School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 2QUThis job expired on 22 April 2024 – see similar jobs
Earliest start date
9 May 2024
Latest start date
4 September 2024
Closing date
22 April 2024 at 3pm
Date listed
26 March 2024
Job details
Job role
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
- Other teaching support
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hrs
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- : MPR / UPR + TLR
What skills and experience we're looking for
Job description: Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENDCo)
Mile Cross Primary School is committed to creating a diverse workforce. We’ll consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, age, disability, marriage or civil partnership.
Job details
Job title: Special educational needs co-ordinator (SENDCo)
Salary: MPR/UPR + TLR (dependent on experience)
Contract type: Full time / Permanent
Main purpose
The SENDCo, under the direction of the headteacher, will:
- Determine the strategic development of special educational needs (SEN) policy and provision in the school
- Be responsible for day-to-day operation of the SEN policy and co-ordination of specific provision to support individual pupils with SEN or a disability
- Provide professional guidance to colleagues, working closely with staff, parents and other agencies
- The SENCO will be expected to fulfil the responsibilities of a teacher, as set out in the STPCD
Duties and responsibilities
Strategic development of SEN policy and provision
- Have a strategic overview of provision for pupils with SEN or a disability across the school, monitoring and reviewing the quality of provision
- Contribute to school self-evaluation, particularly with respect to provision for pupils with SEN or a disability
- Make sure the SEN policy is put into practice and its objectives are reflected in the school improvement plan (SIP)
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of national and local initiatives that may affect the school’s policy and practice
- Evaluate whether funding is being used effectively, and suggest changes to make use of funding more effective
Operation of the SEN policy and co-ordination of provision
- Maintain an accurate SEND register and provision map
- Provide guidance to colleagues on teaching pupils with SEN or a disability, and advise on the graduated approach to SEN support
- Advise on the use of the school’s budget and other resources to meet pupils’ needs effectively, including staff deployment
- Be aware of the provision in the local offer
- Work with early years providers, other schools, educational psychologists, health and social care professionals, and other external agencies
- Be a key point of contact for external agencies, especially the local authority (LA)
- Analyse assessment data for pupils with SEN or a disability
- Implement and lead intervention groups for pupils with SEN, and evaluate their effectiveness
Support for pupils with SEN or a disability
- Identify a pupil’s SEN
- Co-ordinate provision that meets the pupil’s needs, and monitor its effectiveness
- Secure relevant services for the pupil
- Ensure records are maintained and kept up to date
- Review the education, health and care plan (EHCP) with parents or carers and the pupil
- Communicate regularly with parents or carers
- Ensure if the pupil transfers to another school, all relevant information is conveyed to it, and support a smooth transition for the pupil
- Promote the pupil’s inclusion in the school community and access to the curriculum, facilities and extra-curricular activities
- Work with the designated teacher for looked-after children, where a looked-after pupil has SEN or a disability
Leadership and management
- Work with the headteacher and governors to ensure the school meets its responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010 in terms of reasonable adjustments and access arrangements
- Prepare and review information the governing board is required to publish
- Contribute to the school improvement plan and whole-school policy
- Identify training needs for staff and how to meet these needs
- Lead INSET for staff
- Share procedural information, such as the school’s SEN policy
- Promote an ethos and culture that supports the school’s SEN policy and promotes good outcomes for pupils with SEN or a disability
- Lead and manage teaching assistants (TAs) working with pupils with SEN or a disability
- Lead staff appraisals and produce appraisal reports
- Review staff performance on an ongoing basis
The SENDCo will be required to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people, and follow school policies and the staff code of conduct.
Please note that this is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the role. It is not a comprehensive list of all tasks that the SENDCo will carry out. The postholder may be required to do other duties appropriate to the level of the role, as directed by the headteacher.
Person specification
CRITERIA QUALITIES
Qualifications
and training · Qualified teacher status · National Award for SEN Co-ordination, or a willingness to complete the relevant training. · Degree
Experience · Teaching experience · Experience of working at a whole-school level · Involvement in self-evaluation and development planning · Experience of conducting training/leading INSET
Skills and
knowledge · Sound knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice · Understanding of what makes ‘quality first’ teaching, and of effective intervention strategies · Ability to plan and evaluate interventions · Data analysis skills and the ability to use data to inform provision planning · Effective communication and interpersonal skills · Ability to build effective working relationships · Ability to influence and negotiate · Good record-keeping skills
Personal
qualities · Commitment to getting the best outcomes for pupils and promoting the ethos and values of the school · Commitment to equal opportunities and securing good outcomes for pupils with SEN or a disability · Ability to work under pressure and prioritise effectively · Commitment to maintaining confidentiality at all times · Commitment to safeguarding and equality
Notes:
This job description may be amended at any time in consultation with the postholder.
What the school offers its staff
- A non-class based role with responsibility for leading inclusion across the school
- A happy working environment with a supportive and hardworking team of staff
- A commitment to your professional development
- A school which puts the interests of the children first in all that we do
Commitment to safeguarding
Mile Cross Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment and an enhanced DBS disclosure will be sought, as well as proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
We are committed to ensuring the very highest possible standards of care to our young people and as such require all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Procedures and checks will be followed as part of our safeguarding procedures. The school is an equal opportunities employer.
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About Mile Cross Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
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- School size
- 460 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Mile Cross Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- office@milecrossprimary.norfolk.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01603 425186
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