Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCo)
Alderman White School, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 3DUThis job expired on 20 June 2023
Earliest start date
1 September 2023
Latest start date
1 January 2024
Closing date
20 June 2023 at 9am
Date listed
26 May 2023
Job details
Job role
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time can be discussed
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPR/UPR
Additional allowances
TLR 1b
What skills and experience we're looking for
Following the promotion of the current postholder, the White Hills Park Trust seek to appoint, for January, or September onwards if possible, a SENCo. We want someone who can lead a culture where SEND is everyone’s responsibility, and to ensure that our SEND students achieve the best possible outcomes and are fully involved in the life of the school.
You will lead a team of skilled and enthusiastic Teaching Assistants, and continue to build on our excellent SEND practice. You will need to be able to work with a range of stakeholders, write successful bids for additional funding and contribute to EHCP reviews. WE will ask you to lead staff training and provide guidance and support to colleagues in a variety of roles across school.
Due to the demands of the role, you will not have a mainstream teaching commitment, but may be timetabled for small group courses or interventions.
What the school offers its staff
Alderman White School is a friendly, thriving and stimulating place to work and study. Our students are well-behaved and motivated. We have excellent support from parents and the community, and a talented and positive staff team. We are ambitious for every student and provide high-quality pastoral care and support, as well as outstanding enrichment opportunities for our students and the local community.
Further details about the role
Our membership of the White Hills Park Trust, a small local Trust of diverse schools with a common ethos and values, provides excellent opportunities for further professional development and networking.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Alderman White School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 770 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Alderman White School website
- Email address
- white@whptrust.org
- Phone number
- 0115 9170424
Arranging a visit to Alderman White School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email white@whptrust.org.
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