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Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator (SENDCo)

Ben Jonson Primary School, London, E1 4PZ

This job expired on 7 May 2021 – see similar jobs

• Closing date

  7 May 2021 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 March 2021

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern:
  • Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Inner London Weighting
• Additional allowances:

  SEN Allowance

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator (SENDCo) job summary

The staff at Ben Jonson Primary School are committed to ensuring that children thrive. The school is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, visionary and highly skilled SENDCo to join us in this mission. Ben Jonson School has a diverse Special Educational Needs register. The successful candidate will be adept and experienced at working with a range of needs, a range of external agencies and families as well as being highly confident in influencing internal policies and ways of working.

The main responsibilities of this role are as follows:

• To take responsibility for the day-to-day provision for pupils with SEND, inclusive of pupils with an Education and Health Care Plan (EHCP) or on a SEN support plan, including application, review and implementation of such personalised plans and evaluating needs for children with potential SEND

• Provide professional guidance in the area of SEND in order to secure high quality teaching and the effective use of resources to bring about improved standards of achievement for pupils with additional needs. To be a trusted source of expertise, relevant research and practical resources for all staff

• To assist the Assistant Headteacher for Inclusion with the implementation of the Inclusion strategy, and ensuring the practices of the Inclusion service within the school are robust, fit for purpose and compliant with SEND code of practice

• To maintain strong and transparent relationships with key stakeholders, including staff, external professionals and families, ensuring they have an active part of decision making around the child and always ensuring the child’s voice is heard and represented in creative forms

• To lead on outstanding teaching and learning provision to create a fully Inclusive classroom environment, with innovative approaches to assessment, planning and differentiation for children with additional needs

If you join our team you will be well supported in your career through exceptional professional development, a knowledgeable governing body and, most importantly, wonderful children and supportive staff.

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 Ben Jonson Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 666 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Ben Jonson Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@benjonson.towerhamlets.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ben-jonson-primary-school (opens in new tab)

Ben Jonson Primary is a vibrant, three form entry school, situated in the richly diverse community of the Ocean Estate with a robust commitment to a high quality of education for pupils with special educational needs.

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