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  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    23 September 2024 at 9am

  • Date listed

    4 September 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

Additional allowances

SEN 2 + TLR 1A

What skills and experience we're looking for

Essential Criteria

  • Qualified Teacher Status.
  • SENDCo qualification (or studying towards the qualification).
  • Degree or equivalent.
  • Can demonstrate commitment to an educational vision and values which are in line with those of the trust.
  • Successful experience as a school middle equivalent position or a role with similar levels of responsibility and accountability.
  • Able to work strategically with a wide range of stakeholders and partners, including external support services, parents and other providers.
  • Possess a strong knowledge of SEND/whole school inclusion.
  • Highly effective subject teacher, able to model good practice to fellow professionals.
  • Strong record in school or subject improvement.
  • Experience of successfully coaching others.
  • Good understanding of statutory frameworks for schools, such as the SEND Code of Practice and OFSTED handbook.
  • Experience of leading teacher professional development, either through formal routes, such as NPQ or ECF facilitation and/or bespoke programmes.
  • Able to communicate effectively with different groups, including pupils, parents and staff.
  • Up to date knowledge in SEND, including national policy, pedagogy, curriculum, assessment, behaviour management strategies, inspection findings and statutory requirements.
  • Can demonstrate an ability to secure the highest standards of teaching and learning, behaviour, pastoral care and outcomes for children and young people.
  • Able to secure robust systems for managing resources to maximise impact.
  • Possesses a strong understanding of how to keep children safe in education.
  • Able to think systematically, to introduce appropriate systems that are well understood by all stakeholders.
  • Able to maintain a healthy work-life balance and willing to ask for support when necessary.

What the school offers its staff

The trust offers a wide range of benefits including employee assistance programmes catering for the individual wellbeing needs of staff, wellbeing champions and designated wellbeing resources for staff. flexible working opportunities (where practical), occupational sick pay, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave, competitive pension schemes with the opportunity for shared cost AVCs, money saving ‘salary sacrifice’ cycle scheme and tech scheme.

Commitment to safeguarding

SHARE MAT is committed to the Equalities Act 2010 and also to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children and young people, by adhering to the “Keeping Children Safe in Education” guidance. All staff and volunteers are regularly trained regarding our expectations in keeping our students safe. An enhanced DBS is required for every post

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About Royds Hall, A Share Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1221 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Phone number
01484 463366

Being part of SHARE Multi-Academy Trust and Teaching School Hub for Kirklees and Calderdale, provides staff a wealth of support and a wide range of opportunities to collaborate with colleagues across the Trust and also with the wider Calderdale and Kirklees network. This means we can offer the successful candidate access to a fantastic support network, CPD and opportunities to develop practice.

Royds Hall is a small secondary school that achieved a Progress 8 score of 0.2 in 2023, and in March of the same year, Royds Hall was graded 'Good' in all categories by Ofsted. We enjoy strong behaviour for learning and a curriculum that is ambitious for all and well-sequenced. Staff wellbeing is central to our vision of 'valuing people, supporting personal best. Visitors and staff regularly share that the school is warm and supportive, with high expectations for all.

We also offer pupils a wealth of extended learning opportunities from Royds Hall Scholars, Duke of Edinburgh, debating society, and Steam Lab to knitting for fun. The PE department supports our pupils in representing the school in a wide range of sports, including basketball, netball, and athletics. We take part in the annual Speakers' Trust event and have been successful in reaching the final in recent years. Pupils gain from a wealth of opportunities offered, including leadership opportunities in every year group. In 2023, 100% of pupils took part in an extended learning opportunity. A strong belief exists that offering a wide range of extended learning opportunities ignites pupil interests and allows them to uncover skills and abilities that support their sense of achievement and happiness in school and into adulthood. We believe every child can succeed, and it is our privilege to provide them with opportunities to identify their talents, future dreams, and aspirations.

"We are delighted to officially announce that the inspection team rated Royds Hall a Share Academy as a ‘Good’ school. We are exceptionally proud of what our staff and pupils have achieved in the last five years. Whilst the outcome doesn’t change the way we work, it provides further evidence of the very positive journey of improvement we are on. We will continue to focus on what matters for our pupils and community and ensure that our pupils leave school fully equipped with the life skills, experiences and educational outcomes to enjoy a happy and successful future.” – May 2023

Royds Hall is a wonderful place to work, where you will have the opportunity to make a difference every single day.

Arranging a visit to Royds Hall, A Share Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email royds.recruitment@sharemat.co.uk.

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