SENDCO
Zaytouna Primary School, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 8WHThis job expired on 28 February 2022 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2022
Closing date
28 February 2022 at 9am
Date listed
20 January 2022
Job details
Job role
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 0.6 FTE ( 3 DAYS A WEEK)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Main scale to UPS3 (£25,714.00 - £41,604.00 FTE)
Actual salary
- Actual salary £15,428.40 - £24,962.40
Additional allowances
+ TLR £1723.80 ( 0.6 FTE OF £2873)
SENDCO job summary
Special Educational Needs and Disability Co-ordinator (SENDCo)
Required from September 2022
0.6 FTE (3 days a week)
Main scale to UPS3 (£25,714.00 - £41,604.00 FTE) + TLR £2873.00
Actual salary £15,428.40 - £24,962.40 + TLR £1723.80
Zaytouna Primary School are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic SENDCo to lead the SEND provision across our school. You will have the experience, knowledge, vision, courage and personal qualities to build on the school's achievements and successes to move it forward in its next phase of development.
We want to recruit people who are passionate about making a difference to children and want to challenge themselves to keep on improving. Our working relationships are positive, supportive and forward looking.
This role will be based out of the classroom, but will involve provision of cover on an as-called-for basis and the delivery of interventions. The successful candidate will be an outstanding teaching practitioner, with the drive and capacity to support teaching colleagues in providing the very best possible learning opportunities for our children. The successful candidate will sit on the Senior Leadership Team.
On 1st September 2018 the school became part of Transform Multi Academy Trust. We believe a significant impact can be achieved for our school with the right vision, motivation and skill of a teaching assistant who has the passion for enabling children to achieve.
We are a warm and welcoming school that truly inspires all: children, parents and the wider community, by providing them with calm, reflective and safe environments in which they can be nurtured.
Our broad and balanced curriculum of intellectual, physical and spiritual education is all inspired and underpinned by the principles of the Islamic Faith and British Values so that children become positive contributors to any community in which they choose to live. We believe that children should have a positive emotional attachment to learning and be awed and inspired by the learning of Allah’s creation so that they become lifelong learners who see the whole world as their classroom.
Our school family celebrate diversity, where difference is respected. We prepare our children to live in a multi-cultural world where they value people of all faiths and none along with people of all walks of life and who challenge discrimination of any form.
We warmly welcome applications from those who are passionate about making a real difference to the lives of children and thrives on challenging themselves and others to keep on improving.
The successful candidate will:
Work alongside the current Leadership Team and Wider Leadership Team in promoting a shared vision of Zaytouna Primary School.
Ideally be a qualified SENDCo or working towards the accreditation
Be an outstanding teacher, passionate about children’s learning and welfare and with high expectations for all learners.
Be an exemplary role model with strong leadership and organisational skills who can nurture and inspire, challenge and motivate both pupils and staff.
In return we offer:
A welcoming community and a highly motivated, professional staff team that are driven towards continuously raising standards.
Excellent professional development opportunities through an extensive range of network groups and other Transform Trust initiatives
Calm and purposeful learning environments
Friendly, polite, well behaved children who deserve the very best
Excellent partnerships between pupils, staff, parents, governors and community
A forward-thinking approach to teaching and learning throughout the school
Career opportunities as part of a successful Multi Academy Trust
How to apply
Please complete an electronic application form through our Trust website http://www.transformtrust.co.uk/vacancies
Closing date for applications: 9am Monday 28 February 2022.
Tours of the school are welcome, these will be on Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 February at 4pm, please book your place by calling the office on 01332 383379.
Interviews to be held week commencing 7 March
Any questions or queries should be directed to Joanne Robottom, Office Manager at Zaytouna Primary School, 500 London Road, Derby, DE24 8WH.
Email: joannerobottom@zaytounaprimary.co.uk.Telephone: 01332 383379.
Transform Trust is a Multi Academy Trust with over 6700 children in 19 Primary Schools covering Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Derby and Derbyshire. Joining us, you will be part of an ambitious and innovative organisation. We promote the autonomy and local nature of each of our schools and we are an enabling organisation rather than a directive one.
We believe education has the power to transform lives and communities. Our Vision is to provide high quality education and deliver the best outcomes for children.
We are strategic partners in Inspiring Leaders, Flying High Teaching School Hub, East Midlands Maths Hub and with Derby Research School.
We offer unrivalled opportunities for professional development through our schools and Transform Applied, Transform’s unique and high regarded CPD service www.transformapplied.co.uk
All school roles are classed as regulated activity and as such, it is an offence to apply to for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children
Transform Trust and its schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This appointment is subject to safer recruitment procedures, including satisfactory references, medical, Enhanced DBS with children’s barred list clearance and completion of safeguarding children in education training.
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 Zaytouna Primary School
- School type
- Free School, Muslim, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 419 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Zaytouna Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- joannerobottom@zaytounaprimary.co.uk
We are an exciting and happy school community who are committed to #DoingThingsDifferently. From our curriculum to our enrichment offer, our approach to professional development to our partnerships with the local community, we’re striving for innovation and excellence. We believe that school should develop a child’s mind, body and soul. This drives every decision that we make and we’re proud that we are able to offer this entitlement to all of our children. It’s what we care passionately about. We also know that to fulfil this, we need to ensure that mental and physical health and wellbeing is at our core. For our children and our adults. You’ll see this reflected in everything that we do.
We’re proud to be a school of Islamic distinctiveness – you’ll see that our QIS offer enriches our children to be the best versions of themselves. It’s what makes our school a genuine family community. This together with our comprehensive development of our core British Values means that our children are being well supported to become informed, critical thinkers of the future.
We are ambitious and unapologetic about what we do at Zaytouna. It’s based on what we believe to be important and on the future that we want for ourselves and our children. We make sure however that we have as much fun as we can along the way!
Arranging a visit to Zaytouna Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email joannerobottom@zaytounaprimary.co.uk.
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