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This job expired on 21 March 2023

  • Start date details

    September 2023 start or sooner if possible.

  • Closing date

    21 March 2023 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    10 March 2023

Job details

Job role

  • SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

L1 - L5

Additional allowances

CPD and Pension

What skills and experience we're looking for

This post is a vital appointment in terms of enhancing and ensuring the positive life chances for our students through success and achievement. As such we are keen to recruit a dedicated and ambitious professional who will add value to the academy in both academic terms and through involvement in the fabric of learning and success beyond the classroom. A passion for supporting our most vulnerable students and those with barriers to learning is essential.

This outstanding individual will provide expert advice, modelled through outstanding teaching to develop the practice of all staff and will work closely with our dedicated inclusion team to support our students.

The successful candidate will be provided with the training, support and CPD needed to enable them to meet the requirements of the role and thrive within the Outwood Grange Family of Schools. They will be a suitably qualified SENDCO or someone with a willingness to achieve National SENDCO Award and will be expected to deliver approximately 15 hours of teaching per week.

Our Ofsted report published on 21st September 2022 said“Outwood Academy Easingwold is an aspirational and nurturing environment where pupils are encouraged to excel. Staff have the highest expectations of what pupils can achieve and ensure that they meet them.” They also stated "This is a caring community where pupils and staff value and appreciate each other." About our curriculum they wrote "The school’s ‘intrinsic’, ‘academic’, ‘enhancement’ and ‘elective’ curriculums combine to ensure that pupils receive an exceptional education." Are you looking to work in an outstanding school? If so, please contact Giselle Gilchrist on g.gilchrist@easingwold.outwood.com to arrange a visit.

What the school offers its staff

Our academy has been voted 14th in The Times top schools in the North. We offer a high quality of education for our students and excellent career progression and training for staff. Our driving ambition is ‘Students First: Raising Standards and Transforming Lives’. This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic practitioner to join our Family of Schools and work with us as part of the team that rapidly transformed the school to one that offers outstanding provision and is school of choice in its community.

We also offer:

  • Your starting salary plus annual inflation linked increases. The starting salary will be dependent on experience.
  • We follow the principles of the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document
  • You will be automatically enrolled into the generous Teachers’ Pension Scheme
  • Pay progression happens automatically on the anniversary of the target period appropriate to your role
  • Flexible family friendly policies from day one
  • We have our own Workload Charter and are committed to ensuring that Teachers’ workloads are manageable
  • All teachers receive an allotted minimum of two hours CPD each week
  • Access to centralised resources to support with lesson planning and reducing workload
  • Comprehensive induction and training process

You will also be automatically enrolled into our Employee Assistance Programme which gives you and your family members free access to:

  • Specialist information on a wide range of work-life issues
  • Emotional support and counselling for a wide range of personal and work issues
  • Legal guidance
  • Financial guidance and debt counselling
  • Child and dependent care support and advice
  • Support for managers

We are also a wellbeing employer with a dedicated wellbeing policy and menopause policy, along with menopause champions based in our academies. Other benefits include:

  • Free flu vaccinations
  • Free onsite parking
  • Employee discounts such as competitively priced Synergy Car Leasing
  • Access to various discount sites


Further details about the role

For the full job description and person specification please click on the apply link.

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.

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About Outwood Academy Easingwold

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
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School size
709 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18

Arranging a visit to Outwood Academy Easingwold

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email g.gilchrist@easingwold.outwood.com.

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