Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator (SENDCo)
Batley Grammar School, Batley, West Yorkshire, WF17 0ADThis job expired on 25 September 2024
Start date details
January 2025
Closing date
25 September 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
9 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
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Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Leadership Scale 5-10
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator (SENDCo) job summary
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator (SENDCo)
L5-L10
1.0 Full Time
Permanent
To commence January 2025
Batley Multi Academy Trust’s sole purpose is to provide a great education for Primary and Secondary learners throughout a local family of schools. The Trust is passionately committed to the communities of Batley, Birstall, Dewsbury and our surrounding areas, serving our local learners and their families in order to secure excellent educational outcomes, partnered with high aspirations. Batley Multi Academy Trust currently comprises Batley Girls’ High School, Batley Grammar School, Field Lane Junior, Infant and Nursery School, Healey Junior, Infant and Nursery School, Manorfield Infant and Nursery School and Upper Batley High School. We provide high quality education for all young people. This collaboration enables us to share expertise, knowledge and best practice to ensure academic and pastoral excellence throughout all of our schools, with all schools embracing the same overall ethos and values, whilst maintaining their own unique characters.
Batley Grammar School is a “good school” (Ofsted Oct 2018) and we continue our school improvement journey to become an outstanding school. We aim to combine our traditional ethos and culture together with a modern approach to teaching and learning. Visitors regularly comment about the friendly atmosphere and calm, purposeful learning environment being quite palpable. “Staff are proud of their school ….”; “It is a place where pupils can indeed ‘believe, grow and succeed”; “Pupils are committed to learning, they are respectful in classrooms and they try their best”; “Your school is a calm place to be, and a happy place to learn”. (Ofsted October 2018) At Batley Grammar School we value staff who take pride in their work and who are willing to contribute fully to the life of the school including its extra-curricular programme.
We are seeking to appoint an experienced, articulate and enthusiastic Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator. The post holder will work with staff and learners within the primary and secondary phases, to ensure all young people make progress based on their starting points. The SENDCo will lead and model best practice, monitor and evaluate the quality of provision for all aspects of SEND including the SEND provision within the school.
Reporting to the Headteacher, the successful applicant will contribute to the school’s strategic development of inclusive practice, working closely with the Trust SEND Lead and school leadership team. The successful applicant will have QTS and be an inspirational teacher and leader; hold the National Award for SEND Coordination Qualification, or be an experienced SENDCo working towards this qualification. The post holder will be an excellent communicator with a child centered approach to education, and have highly developed, persuasive, influencing and networking skills. A strong commitment to raising educational attainment for young people with SEND. Effective leadership, negotiation, organisation and communication skills and the ability to work under pressure and prioritise effectively are essential skills required for this post.
A flexible ‘can do’ attitude is essential, as is the ability to provide the very best levels of service to the school’s stakeholders for the benefit of all our young people.
This is an exciting opportunity within a supportive forward thinking Trust, who in return for your commitment and hard work, will support you to achieve your own career goals and aspirations.
Please contact the People and Talent team on 01924 942076/ recruitment@batleymat.co.uk, if you have any questions about this role.
Closing date for applications is Wednesday 25 September 2024 at Midday
Interviews will be held soon after the closing date
Batley Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check for Regulated Activity and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
Batley Multi Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
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.
About Batley Grammar School
- School type
- Free School, ages 3 to 16
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 1006 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 16
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- School website
- Batley Grammar School website (opens in new tab)
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