SENDCo
The Sky Academy, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 7HWThis job expired on 6 December 2021
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
6 December 2021 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
24 November 2021
Job details
Job role
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Leadership scale 1-5
SENDCo job summary
Pay – Leadership scale 1-5
Sky Academy is a successful, oversubscribed, special school for students with SEMH and SLCN. We are looking for an enthusiastic, organised and creative SENDCo. The successful candidate will be based within our pastoral base at the centre of the school. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with excellent communication skills and vision to make a huge difference to the young people at Sky. We are looking for leadership candidates with a breadth of experience of working with young people, who are positive, resilient, highly motivated and are passionate about inclusive working with young people.
The successful candidate will make an important contribution to the continued development of the whole academy provision at Sky and be a central part of the Academy Leadership Team. They will set high expectations and provide expertise and passion in equal measures. Their practice will ensure the best possible KS4 outcomes enabling our young people to achieve the skills and qualifications that will open doors for the rest of their lives.
You will be able to demonstrate the enthusiasm and tenacity needed to work in a sometimes challenging but highly rewarding environment, alongside maintaining the highest professional standards. You may have experience of working with students in a specialised setting, or you may be looking for your first role in an SEN school - you must however be motivated to make a positive difference to our students’ learning journey and care deeply about their creative achievement alongside their wellbeing and personal development.
Should you have any further questions about this role, or would like to visit the academy prior to application then please send an email FAO Bex Jones, Headteacher to office@sky.learnmat.uk
Job description/ person specification and application form are available on the academy website: https://www.theskyacademy.co.uk/about-us/vacancies
Sky Academy is committed to Safeguarding and the welfare of its students. All staff share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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 The Sky Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 16
- School size
- 76 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- Email address
- recruitment@sky.learnmat.uk
We provide an education that engages pupils and develops positive attitudes to learning, while developing key skills that they need for life beyond school. We strongly believe that teaching is a relational activity where the teacher and the students work together to solve problems using a theoretical framework based around relationships which informs policy and practice.
Through a clinical therapeutic approach to trauma, we aim to understand educational needs of the students and rectify the deficiency whether it be social, emotional, attachment or an undiagnosed educational need and stabilise the pupil so they are ready to learn. This work involves intensive engagement with families, local communities and multiple agencies.
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