SENDCo
Northfield St Nicholas Primary Academy, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4HN8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
9 May 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
15 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
- MPS / UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you want to join a school that is passionate about providing every child with the opportunity to succeed? This is a chance to join a school with a really positive atmosphere. It is a great place to work, with a fun, vibrant group of staff who genuinely care about each other and the children they work with.
Northfield St Nicholas Primary Academy is looking for an enthusiastic, inspirational SENDCo to join our happy and thriving team on a full-time basis. The successful candidate will be a highly motivated, dedicated and creative teacher who has a passion for teaching and learning within special needs. Applicants will have to demonstrate that they have excellent classroom practice, the energy and commitment to make a difference and a desire to ensure that all children reach their full potential. This is a non-class-based role with opportunities to support and mentor colleagues with best practice to support learners vulnerable to underachievement and/or with specific SEND challenges. The ideal candidate will be a qualified SENDco, however, we are able to support an exemplary candidate who is looking to obtain this qualification and we have specific opportunities to support and mentor a colleague to develop their career in this field.
We are looking for an individual who is:
- Able to make learning engaging, inclusive and fun;
- Willing to contribute to the wider life of the school;
- Confident in using a range of resources to make the classroom more engaging;
- Dedicated to on-going professional development.
We can offer:
- The chance to work in an innovative and forward thinking school
- Opportunities for professional development
- Happy and enthusiastic children who enjoy school and want to learn
- A supportive leadership team, that believes in distributive leadership
- Our friendly, spacious and well-resourced site is located close to
the centre of Lowestoft.
Please do take the chance to come and visit us and find out more about the role and see why our team think NSN is a great place to work and help make the difference for children who absolutely deserve our commitment to excellence for all!
What the school offers its staff
- A wide range of professional development opportunities and the opportunity to work with some of the best educational professionals in the country,
- Membership of the Teacher’s Pension Scheme TPS,
- Access to professional coaching and mentoring,
- Annual leadership events, workshops and conferences,
As part of REAch2 employee benefits we also offer an eye care scheme, access to an Employee Assistance Programme for you and your immediate family and membership of ‘perks at work’ – which includes discounts on holidays, shopping, family days out and much more.
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 Northfield St Nicholas Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 359 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- office@nsnacademy.com
- Phone number
- 01502 563528
Arranging a visit to Northfield St Nicholas Primary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@nsnacademy.com.
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