Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator (SENDCO)
Greet Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B11 3NDThis job expired on 30 March 2020
Job start date
1 September 2020
Closing date
30 March 2020 at 9am
Date listed
12 March 2020
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
Full-time equivalent salary
- Main pay range 1 to Upper pay range 3, £24,373 to £40,490 per year (full-time equivalent)
Additional allowances
MPR-UPR plus TLR 2.1/2.2 (£2,796/£4,813)
If you are a qualified SENDCO, the appointment is at TLR 2.2.
If you are a teacher with good experience of SEND and a desire to gaining the SENDCO qualification, the appointment is at TLR 2.1, moving to TLR 2.2 on qualification.
Professional development for leadership roles: The school and the Trust are fully committed to supporting staff in their leadership roles. We will encourage all leaders over time to gain professional qualifications.
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator (SENDCO) job summary
DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO LEAD AND SUPPORT STAFF TO DEVELOP CONSISTENTLY GOOD TEACHING, LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT IN SEND AND INCLUSION SUPPORT?
This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious and outstanding teacher with a proven track record of impact on pupils’ achievement. The successful candidate will oversee the day-to-day operation of the school’s provision for pupils with SEND and provide professional guidance for colleagues in order to secure high quality teaching and learning across the whole curriculum.
This is an exciting time to join Greet - a school which has a strong reputation for pupil academic success, innovation and staff development. We offer prospective staff good facilities, high quality CPD, and the opportunity to join an experienced and welcoming team of staff. Our families are supportive and have high aspirations for their children. Our pupils are well behaved and have a very positive attitude to learning.
You will have:
• Qualified Teacher status with at least four years’ experience in the primary sector
• An understanding of working at a whole-school level
• A thorough understanding of what makes quality first teaching and of effective intervention strategies
• A commitment to and confidence in meeting the needs of SEN pupils
• Sound knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice
You will be:
• Skilled in contributing to and implementing strategic direction and operational management
• Willing to undertake the National Award for SEN Co-ordination
• Able to make consistent judgements based on careful analysis of available evidence
• Committed to inclusion and raising the standards for all
• Self-aware, reflective, adaptable and emotionally intelligent
• Able to build effective working relationships
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 Greet Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 845 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Greet Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- m.oboyle@greet.bham.sch.uk
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